Product Description

Spanish for Kids vol. 1 introduces Spanish is a way that kids will truly enjoy. Featuring 3D animation along with live action sequences, this DVD teaches basic conversational Spanish within the context of a fantastic birthday party. Carlos and his best friend, Chiquitita the Chihuahua, teach useful phrases your child can use right away. Lessons include meeting and greeting, colors, numbers, clothing, and much more. Embedded throughout the video are interactive DVD games that test a child s comprehension and original music by a Hollywood composer designed to reinforce new words and phrases. All Language Tree videos incorporate the breakthrough Multi-Cognition ApproachTM, developed by a Stanford University cognitive scientist, for faster and deeper learning. DVD comes with learning booklet.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10671 in DVD
• Brand: LANGUAGE TREE
• Released on: 2005-07-01
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: Spanish, English
• Subtitled in: English
• Dubbed in: Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .15 pounds
• Running time: 35 minutes

Features

• Learning Spanish opens doors to new life opportunities: greater career possibilities, enhanced academic performance, and better understanding of other cultures. Spanish for Kids Vol. 1 introduces Spanish in a way kids will truly enjoy. Starring native Spanish speakers and 3-D animated characters, this DVD teaches basic conversational Spanish within the context of a fantastic birthday party - full

Review
This DVD should be in every home. I thoroughly enjoyed my first lesson in Spanish. Each lesson is broken down into short meaningful segments that teach through repetition and song. Your children will play this one over and over again. I encourage parents to sit down with their children and reinforce the lessons they are learning. This one is a must have for home schoolers and parents who want their children to grow up knowing another language. --Review Board, The Dove Foundation

Customer Reviews

Almost really good
Uses a birthday party event to teach some basic words and phrases. The context is easy to understand. The simple songs help reinforce the learning. My 2 year old watches this and we will probably both learn some Spanish from it. I like that I have the option to just play the video and skip the exercises because my child isn't old enough for the exercises. My complaints are 1) sometimes the accompanying instrumental music is so loud that its hard to hear the words clearly. 2) It would help if they would put the Spanish text up on the screen (as well as the English, maybe English in smaller text). That would help when its hard to hear the pronunciation clearly. 3) The acting is awkward. I'm not sorry I bought it and will probably buy more in the series, but I do wish that the creators of these things would look at the product a little more closely before production because it wouldn't have been much more work to make it much much better.

Fun Learning Format
There's a lot packed into this DVD. The DVD is split into 5 chapters with a specific learning theme. After each scene, the characters review what was taught and then follow up with a song or a DVD game. My kids enjoyed the games, the music and the kooky animated Chihuahua that jumps in with the human characters. In the past, I had a difficult time getting them to study Spanish with books and CDs but this DVD really had them interested in learning more.

Spanish Lesson
My 2 1/2 years old loves it - I think a little more than Professor parrot speaks Spanish. [I must also mention that she has several Spanish language tools like books, classroom style charts with English and Spanish numbers, colors, and shapes and and other DVD/CDs] We call the time we spend viewing this DVD our "Spanish Lesson" and I notice that when many of the words appear on the screen in Spanish she will shout it out before the narrator says it. I think that it is a good complement to the other tools that we use and I look forward to the other volumns.