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I recently purchased this and my little one loves these videos so I thought I’d recommend them. My Mom bought these on VHS 10 years ago and it helped my siblings learn to read. The pros are they have great voice talents and they use real music (not digitalized) including classical music excepts. I even chose a song from these videos for my Jr recital at the University. The music is great. The other pro is the cost, 4 DVDs for $10. The cons are that it’s an older video and the animation reflects that. Also from the phonetic sense they teach that L says “la” and not just “l” by itself, which is contrary to how I’m teaching Peter his letters. But that’s a minute point. For the songs, they sing it once, then speak it once while showing the words and highlighting the word. Then they sing it with the text below. Then they sing it in the foreighn language it originated from, if applicable. I don’t get anything from this, I’m just a happy customer
sharing what I found. The seller has a few of these.

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New Geography presentations were kindly shared by Isa. All of the presentations are bilingual and include randomizer (based on palmchristi template). Thank you very much Isa for an amazing collection of presentations!

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I found this video absolutely… astonishing? Astounding? Interesting?

In My Language

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Whenever I find a new interesting book, or a new system, or a program – I am dying to find out how it works for other kids, other parents.  So, I thought it would be helpful to other parents to share some things that we’ve tried with our kids, what worked and what didn’t.  Since we just had a new baby, it’s easy to start right from day one!

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Babies and Music? Some wonderful suggestions. Part 1.
Babies and Music? Some wonderful suggestions. Part 2.

Part 3

My best advice is to follow your child’s lead, and if he doesn’t seem ready don’t push it. I do know that in Suzuki they start kids as young as two, and one of the biggest ways they motivate their children is to play the piano yourself. If you play already, great, do it! If you don’t,

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New Spanish presentations with words and couplets:

• Teach Your Child to read… in Spanish: Couplets 6 – combinations with clothes 1 . With illustrations & sounds. (4/6/2009)
• Teach Your Child to read… in Spanish: Couplets 5 – combinations with objects With Sound . With illustrations & sounds. (4/6/2009)
• Teach Your Child to read… in Spanish: Foods 2 – Deserts . With illustrations & sounds. (4/6/2009)
• Teach Your Child to read… in Spanish: Possessions 2 – Clothes . With illustrations & sounds. (4/6/2009)

Thanks to Tamsyn for sharing this!
Babies and Music? Some wonderful suggestions. Part 1.
Babies and Music? Some wonderful suggestions. Part 3.

With my son we mostly listen to a lot of music. I emphasize ideas like high and low, loud and soft, and fast and slow. I have some scarves that we dance with and he likes to mimic me, so when the music is slow we do large slower movements, and when it’s fast, we move quickly. He loves this. I have a few child-friendly percussion instruments I got at the local music/toy store, and we play with them too. At this age, it’s hard to get small children to tap the beat, but one thing we can do is teach them to respond to musical cues.

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New Presentations for teaching to read in English and Encyclopedic Knowledge in Geography:

• Teach Your Child to read… in English: Phrases 1 – animals and actions . With illustrations & sounds. (4/5/2009)
• Teach Your Child to read… in English: Introductory Single Words – Animals 2, Farm . With illustrations & sounds. (4/5/2009)
• Encyclopedic Knowledge – Geography: Monuments of Germany . Bilingual presentations in Spanish and German. Includes randomizer. (3/25/2009)
• Encyclopedic Knowledge – Geography: Districts of Germany 1 & 2 . Bilingual presentations in Spanish and German. Includes randomizer. (3/25/2009)
• Encyclopedic Knowledge – Geography: Flags of Germany 1 & 2 . Bilingual presentations in Spanish and German. Includes randomizer. (3/25/2009)

     Thanks to Tamsyn for sharing this!
Babies and Music? Some wonderful suggestions. Part 2.
Babies and Music? Some wonderful suggestions. Part 3.

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