Editorial Reviews
Review
With fun songs and story line, kids love listening and singing along while
building a basic vocabulary. -- Family Fun Magazine, November 2006
Product Description
From the award-winning creators of Fun Spanish for Kids and Magic Spanish
for Kids.
Your child will play Simon Says, fly to Barecelona, dance the Mexican Hat
Dance, and meet our Spanish animal friends. Our "playtime" format makes
learning Spanish language and culture exciting and memorable.
Learn greetings, culture, colors, days of the week and conversation.
Ages 2-7 are prime time for your child to learn Spanish.
Product Details
- Audio CD
- Publisher: Future Boomers Corp.; Bilingual edition (May 9,
2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 096628769X
- ISBN-13: 978-0966287691
- Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.3 inches
- Average Customer Review:
(10
customer reviews)
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After an introduction to Spanish, my students really enjoy CD's - especially
ones that feature "real " conversations or catchy songs. This one is pretty
good, but I agree with the other reviewers, the vocabulary that is focused on
does not go as well with other textbooks or curriculum, and so is not
reinforcing or building confidence near as much as it could. I recommend Hop
Skip and Sing as well (by Ana Lomba) but it's a little young for my 6 year old
already.
As with all CD's, I do recommend flash cards or something to go along with it,
to help concrete the information and the experience. Immersion works, but only
after a foundation (however small) has been built. Presenting the target
language (Spanish in this case) in many formats will produce better results,
faster, and longer lasting!
Sra. Gose
Author of Flip Flop Spanish: Ages 3-5: Level 1 & Flip Flop Spanish Flash Cards:
Verde (Cards)
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Just like the other Beth Manners's CDs this one was a hit. Very practical
language - and this CD includes quite a bit of culture - so very useful. They
love all the games a music.
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We have all of Beth Manners' CDs . This one is the most interactive. For example
the children play Simon Says along with the CD and they do the Mexican Hat
Dance. There is plenty of very practical vocabulary and phrases but it also
includes Spanish culture - a trip to Barcelona - where they eat delicious
Spanish foods such as gazspacho soup and crema catalana. Makes my kids want to
travel! We love this one too!!
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I like this CD because it teaches lots of Spanish language and also adds
culture. Love the little trip they take to Barcelona. When I visited Spain with
my three kids, they could not wait to taste Crema Catalana because they learned
about it on this excellent CD. And - they ordered it in Spanish ( with a little
help from me). Was quite delicious!
I speak five languages and I have found that language and culture should be
taught together.
The pronunciation is authentic and clear. Spanish is spoken with many different
pronunciations, all over the world. This pronunciation is typically Latin
American. It is important for learners to hear all pronunciations, in order to
develop a good ear. We have all of Beth Manners' CDs and my kids love them all.
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If you are looking for one CD to help your kids learn Spanish, don't get this
one, get BETH MANNERS FUN SPANISH FOR KIDS. This one misses many opportunities
to teach Spanish--there are whole songs done only in English, not to mention
some rather strange and drippy information about Spain, Columbus etc. Even on an
imaginary tour of Spain one learns mostly obscure words--for instance the
Spanish word for creme brulee. I'm sure your 7 year old need to know that one!
On the other hand FUN SPANISH is a complete joy, and teaches MUCH of this same
material plus a whole lot more. I just don't think there's any comparison
between the two. My daughter likes this fine, but nine times out of ten she'll
request the FUN SPANISH tape-- she loves the Goldilocks story told in Spanish.
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If you have her other 2 CD's this one seems like mostly review. It is OK but I
was hoping for more words to learn instead of repeating so many. The other 2
CD's "Fun Spanish" and "Magic Spanish" hold my 2.5 yr old son's attention - this
one he tuned out almost immediately. It is still OK - just not what I expected
or hoped for.
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This CD is unique because it is very interactive. Children play Simon Says in
Spanish and do lots of fun activities. Lively and upbeat. Perfect pronunciation
- it has it all. We already have Fun Spanish for Kids and Magic Spanish for Kids
which I also recommend. We just ordered the coloring book Spanish Coloring for
Kids.
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My 4.5 yr old is speaking several spanish words & phrases after listening to
this DVD only about 5 times. It's totally fabulous!
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This is a wonderful CD. I've tried many but this really holds my children's
interest. It is a very active CD. The children are dancing the Mexican Hat dance
or playing Simon Says in Spanish. They go to Barcelona and stroll around the
city. My children enjoy doing the activities along with the CD which also makes
it more memorable. I highly recommend it!
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My kids find this CD to be a lot of fun. They enjoy the games and activities and
are picking up many Spanish words and phrases. We also have the other Beth
Manners CDs so they are really starting to build their vocabulary.
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