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dolorsofmary
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DOes anyone know of a good curriculum? My husband's 1st language is spanish. He is fluent in Spanish and English. He has been teaching our son who will be 5 in August SPanish from a very slim spanish booklet. He will be exhausting that soon. Any suggestions that is hands-on type maybe or like sing spell read and write for spanish? THanks!
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I did some research on my own and came up with the following; (does anyone have anything to add to my comments please?)
1) Salsa cost over $1k! but very entertainment driven and can get videos on-line for free supposedly
2) All Bilingual Press: hmm sounds interesting and less expensive
· Español para los chiquitos (An Interactive Spanish Course for Young Children) is designed for children who do not yet read (about K-1st grade). The program includes a textbook, 2 audio CD’s, 1 activity book, and 1 parent/teacher manual for a total cost of around $50.
· They also stock about 10 different bilingual story/grammar books, available with or without audio CD’s, that you could use to supplement any curriculum
· http://www.allbilingual.com/SpanishforKindergartenandFirstGr ade.html
http://www.allbilingual.com/pdf/ch05.pdf standard spanish, I called them, they are a home based business and they are there to support the parents. This seems to be the least expensive route well the others had a larger upfront cost and it lasted longer, but because this focuses on children who are very young this might be more appropriate.
3) Power glide sounds very interesting! http://www.power-glide.com/Spanish%20Elementary%20School%20Y ear%201.html $150.00 for grades k-6
4) La Clase Divertida (The fun class)
$110 grades k -6
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Dolors, have you tried using the search feature? It may be something someone has talked about in the past but isn't able to be here right at this moment to post about.
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yes I have, first I submitted and then I was like, duh, I should do a search and I well I belong to 4 different forums and that gave me some insight. I didn't get much but I was able to unearth somethings. My husband warned me that there would not be as much for spanish .It is strange I guess. I would think that there should be a lot out there but there really isn't. I did find different programs varying quite a bit according theprice. Of course the cheapest is having my husband just speak it in the home as life goes by but I"ve been trying to get him to do that for almost 5 yrs now to no avail. Maybe a program will help him on his tues and thurs nights with our son and then help me at other times so I can learn too.
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If your husband will speak Spanish - even a little - at home to your son, that's definitely going to give your son an advantage. I have several friends who've married people from other countries and they have raised bilingual children by having each parent speak his/her native language to the children (at least most of the time). Typically the children prefer to speak one or the other language at home, but they really do understand both languages.
Of course, as your son learns to read and write, you will definitely need to find something to help him learn to do so in Spanish, too, but he's so young now that I don't think I would worry about that for the next year or two.
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We do a variety of things which I will try to post about later, but in the time I have right now I will mention that my boys have been really delighted with Muzzy. It has DVDs, CDs, and computer games and is immersion style.
I have an extra copy if you're interested which I was planning to sell, pm me if you are interested.
Netflix has Hola Amigos as an instant view - we also watch that occasionally, but it doesn't appeal to my children nearly as much as Muzzy.
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Here are a few more things my kids have enjoyed, many of which are available from our library:
Professor Parrot Speaks Spanish
Jose Luis Orozco's CDs and songbooks - really excellent!
Dan Zanes' Nueva York. Fun and educational! (Your library probably has many children's Spanish language CDs)
Spanish versions of classic children's books, like Buenas Noches Luna. Page down to see "Customers also bought" for more ideas.
Many of the DVDs/movies you already own likely have Spanish language tracks. Once your kids know the storyline they can start to watch in Spanish and pick up a lot immersion style.
Hope that helps!
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