The Language for Children Series
Already a proven home-study program, the Language for Children series is making noise with this updated, integrated book-plus-audio edition, available in editions for French, German, Italian, and Spanish! Along with its charming visuals and lively activities, the series now provides in CD format the stimulating sounds of language to entice preschoolers through primary graders into learning a second language. Cute, catchy songs and the humorous, serial adventures of SuperCat are sure to captivate the imagination and foster language acquisition. Each set in the series contains an 80-page full-color activity book coordinated with two 60-minute CDs as well as a Parent/Instructor CD packed with helpful tips. Together children and parents can master basic language skills, including making introductions, counting from 1 to 20, and describing objects. The perfect package for parents and teachers who want to familiarize three- to nine-year olds with foreign languages and cultures.
$34.95
Power-Glide Junior Course (for 5th-8th grade)
Created to help progressing readers, typically 5th through 8th grade, the new Power-Glide Junior course starts at the beginning and moves at an age-appropriate pace. Activities are created with the pacing word choice, linguistic sophistication and adventure story that will keep the upper elementary age child wanting more. The Junior Course includes multi-sensory activities for all types of learners. Instead of using boring rote memorization and mind-numbing drills, this course gets children excited about communicating in another language. The adventure story, the variety of learning activities, and the simplified teaching methods are all designed to make learning interesting and fun. The Power-Glide Junior Course is the perfect next step after taking the Children's course, or a first step on the way to fluency for the young reader. Available for 2 years of curriculum in Spanish, and 1 year in French.
Power-Glide Children's Course (for Pre K-4th grade)
The Power-Glide Children's Course was designed for children Pre K - 4th grade. Course activities are designed specifically with these learners in mind and include matching games, story telling, speaking, drawing, creative thinking, acting, and guessing - all things which children do for fun. Children who complete this course can expect to understand an impressive amount of language, including several common phrases, some complete sentences, numbers, colors, body parts, and instructions for drawing and acting. They will also be able to understand stories told all or mostly in the language, to re-tell these stories using the language themselves, and to make up stories of their own using words and sentence patterns they have learned. After completion, your children will be well prepared to continue learning at a more advanced level, and they will have the foundation that will make learning at that level just as fun and interesting as in this course. Available for 3 levels of curriculum in Spanish, French, and German, and for 1 Level in Latin.
Teach Me for Children A Musical Journey Through the Day
Give your children a jump-start on learning a foreign language by using the stories and familiar tunes from the Teach Me learning series as instructional tool! Children aged 2-12 can learn languages with ease and humor using this innovative book and audio set, which teaches numbers, the alphabet, days of the week, everyday phrases and more! The CDs feature familiar tunes sung by native children accompanied by professional musicians, and come with a delightfully illustrated 20-page book suitable for coloring which includes all song lyrics and translations. 21 songs included.
Teach Me More for Children A Musical Journey Through the Year
More songs, more learning, more fun! Teach Me More continues the learning adventure with more songs and an advanced vocabulary. The second level celebrates the seasons and introduces you to the beach, the zoo, a museum and celebrates the holidays and a birthday party. The More series includes a delightfully illustrated book with song lyrics and translations in English. For children ages 2 and up. With 22 favorite songs including Kuckuck-Kuckuck, Going to the Zoo, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Simon Says, Silent Night, Months of the Year, and many more!
The Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday CDs contain background music by Holst, Puccini, Mozart, Debussy, Vivaldi, Ravel, Granados, Dowland, Sibelius, Geshwin, Brahms, Bach, Liszt, Satie, Delibes, Pachelbell, Albeniz and many modern composers. For each language, a short series of words such as -- "root, branch, stick...leaves, moss...chilly" is repeated over and over by pairs of native speakers -- first by a woman and then by a man -- to create a long "language-string." By using pairs of speakers, a range of permissible pronunciation is provided. The vocabulary used is varied and practical.
The advantage of using this format is that the meaning of the words is known regardless of the language being heard. For about 85% of all households world wide, the "native" language used is one of the 25 and thus it provides a guide for infants in these homes for the meaning of each language-string. Many children continue to listen to our CDs when they grow older.
Also included with the three basic CDs is a free 2 hour MP3 CD with 100 popular songs in these 25 languages. The songs are to be played at a special party (and then for another year and a half or so) when an infant turns 6 months of age. Since a baby begins to discriminate against languages which are not heard after age 6 months, this party -- an Akilo Party -- helps to broaden familiarity with these languages.
These language materials were developed over a period of 12 years (since 1996) and rely upon basic research in the field with contributions by faculty and staff at UC Berkeley and Stanford University. It was decided that these audio materials with their special formats were badly needed and deserved the time required to make them. Infants in more than 40 countries now listen to them.
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Sing 'n Learn
Sing 'n Learn uses familiar melodies to teach basic vocabulary and pronunciation. Children will enjoy learning basic vocabulary and pronunciation through popular themes such as numbers, family, animals, colors and more. Each 32-page songbook contains pictures featuring Penny and Tommy Panda and a digitally recorded CD with more than 20 vocals. The book also includes English translations, suggested activities and instructional guides, with fun illustrations that promote understanding and enhance learning. For Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese.
Let's Learn Picture Dictionary
Created by leading educators, these colorful, large-size dictionaries introduce beginning language learners to more than 1,550 commonly taught basic words. Each Let's Learn Language Picture Dictionary in the series boasts 30 delightful two-page spreads that vividly illustrate the meanings of words. Fun-filled panoramas focus on scenes familiar to children aged three through eight, such as home life, the classroom, city life, sports, the zoo, and even outer space! Learners will love to revisit these detailed depictions of people, places, actions, and objects, each time improving their recall. Featured words are set off with individual illustrations and definitions to help learners at various levels build vocabulary. Includes an index and glossary of all the individually illustrated words. An ideal selection of first word books for parents and teachers who want to encourage second language acquisition.
$29.95
Spanish English Learning Game
Are you looking for a fun way to learn Spanish or English? Are you interested in learning Spanish or English while interacting with family and friends? If you answered yes, then Spanish English Learning Game may be just what you have been searching for. Spanish English Leaning Game is a board game similar to Monopoly that allows children of all ages to learn while having fun. Players roll dice and move around a board. They pick cards from four categories and try to guess the word based on the picture. The game includes an audio CD to master pronunciation. By turning the learning experience into an interactive game, people enjoy themselves and learn faster than through conventional lessons.
Spanish English Learning Game 1: Spanish-English Words and Pictures $29.95 Spanish English Learning Game 2: Spanish-English Basic Sentences $29.95 More on the Spanish English Learning Game...
