I have 4 children and the oldest will turn 6 next month and be in 1st grade this upcoming year. Does anybody have any suggestions about teaching a foreign language? My husband and I know a little Spanish and since we are in Arizona we would like to teach them Spanish. Has anybody ever heard of ¡El Español Fácil!--The Easy Spanish program? It was created by a mom and it says it is geared towards homeschool. theeasyspanish
I've never heard of it. But I've gotten lots of movies in other languages (french/japanese) that have helped my Sophie learn some.
I've never heard of that program either. Our kids use Power Glide and love it. We also have used Jump Start Spanish with our younger kids as an intro and to learn vocab.
Bocabeth i have started using Bocabeth. my children are 4 an 5 1/2. they love it. it is geared for the younger ages to get them started. i really love it. she (Beth Butler) is very personable in her emails and newsletter emails. check it out at Bocabeth.com.
check out Madeline games they teach three languages, my kids used those in grade sschool just to give them vocabulary words as thats about as much asthey needed then
Based on our experience, I'd suggest you really need to involve someone for whom the foreign language is a native language. When we educated our oldest at home, we learned of a former missionary to South America who was totally fluent in Spanish. She taught home-schooled children a few days each week in small groups of two or three. My daughter loved them, so much so that she later graduated university with degrees in both Spanish and biology. It was a bit of a nuisance to drive to the lady's house once a week, which was about ten miles away, but you soon learn to find things to do while the children are in 'class'. Looking back, it was the only way to go. Learning software and books can only take you so far; to really make progress, you need to involve a native speaker in your learning approach. Hope this helps.
That is true, but not everyone has a local native speaker available to teach them. A lot of the computer programs do use native speakers, though, so it's ALMOST the same!
