Here are some good ones to subscribe to:

  BASHO & FRIENDS
 
  chemcher18
 
  Rossana Conte

  Spanish for Kids
 
  Dino Lingo
 
  Señor Howard
 
  Dibujos Pekes
 
  yecid ortega
 
  eSpectacularKids
 
  Rockalingua
 
  Tio Spanish - learn spanish videos
 
  whistlefritz
 
  kidsimmersion
 
  Eugenia Romero
 
  SraKennedySouthern
 
  Jose-Luis Orozco
 
  onlinefreespanish
 
  msblanca
 
  A GREEN MOUSE
 
  Andres Salguero

    

Hello there,

My mother tongue is gujarati. We talk to our 3.5 months old in gujarati. Though I sing to her in 3 different languages. i.e. gujarati, hindi and english
Also I am going to start showing her flash cards in English once she turns 4 months. So my concern is, what if mix of all languages will confuse her and if she loses the interest.
Has anyone gone thru the similar case? What did you do differently? I want her to learn mother tongue (so that she can communicate well with her grand parents) as well as english.
Please share your thoughts. Thanks! 

No limits!! She will not get confused... go for it!

200 cards/images at a time! Extraordinary what the brain can handle...

What do you think  of Salsa, Oasis? Are you still watching it?

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- Connect virtually with the characters from Speekee
- Immerse themselves in a multi-sensory Spanish experience
- Listen, speak, read and respond in Spanish
- Be rewarded for using the Spanish language they have learned
- Measure their progression by earning points and levelling up
- Create their own virtual sock puppet

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Jim

The Spanish children who appear in Speekee TV are to become virtual 'friends' with the viewer, swapping messages, photos etc. at specific intervals. All in Spanish of course (-;

hello, what is this program about? what kind of material, music, reading??? thanks

Hola Suyapa,

Speekee is a video program, all in Spanish, now largely watched online as 'Speekee TV'.

It includes music and reading. Here is some of the official blurb:

10 EPISODES OF SPANISH
OVER 150 MINUTES OF PURE SPANISH LEARNING
LEARN SPANISH FROM REAL SPANISH CHILDREN IN REAL SPANISH LOCATIONS
FEATURES SONGS, ANIMATION AND PUPPETS
OPTIONAL SUBTITLES IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH
FREE ACTIVITY SHEET DOWNLOADS
GREAT FUN AND EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE
CREATED BY SPECIALIST LANGUAGE TEACHERS
FREE OPTIONAL CURRICULUM
SONGS YOU CAN'T STOP SINGING

And there's more to come. We are working on some exciting new interactive elements which are sure to be a hit with kids - and which will increase the Spanish learning by quite some way we think.

Wow! So many replies, I am not sure where to begin. Thanks everyone!

I love the simplicity in WATCHING what the child does and responding to that. Perhaps that is the answer I have been looking for.

As one of Speekee's co creators, I have noted with interest your comments about non native speakers, and I am reminded of my experience teaching English as a foreign language - I am the only native speaker in this case and one of the ways I use to get the students (my experience is mainly with adults) speaking is to practice with each other. They are happy with this as long as I am there to assist as they go along. This said, it is not my intention for Speekee 2 to show non native Spanish learners as teachers.

I am happy to hear Speekee - rightly! - described as being interactive. This was one of our key aims during product development. We thought long and hard about how a video could interact with the viewer, and we settled on Speekee using the phrase '¿Y tú?' - And you? - as an invitation for the child to repeat what has just been said. Feedback from parents tells us this concept is sometimes latched onto by their children and sometimes not; we knew that not everyone would understand what Speekee was asking the viewer to do!

There are plenty of smart young learners who understand all the nuances of Speekee, and it's these I particularly have in mind when I talk about Speekee 2 being child led.

I can tell you that your responses are already helping me shape my thinking. And I am quite happy to share a little with you about what we have currently in the planning stages.

Put simply, we are working on increasing the interactivity of Speekee TV. As it is an online video series it lends itself to other online activity. What do I mean by this? Well, we are currently discussing ways in which we can get the learner more involved in the whole Speekee experience...

For example, guided 'virtual' communication with the Spanish children who feature in the program. Such messages would be solely in Spanish, in keeping with the immersion ethos of Speekee. And when I say guided I mean that the communication should be seen by the parent for what it is: another Spanish learning tool, Speekee-led of course. As for the child, I feel intuitively that the older Speekee viewers will be delighted to call the likes of Lucía, Antonio and Ana Belén their 'friends'!

We shall see... it's all in the initial planning stages at the moment, but with regard to the child-led part I can imagine some of the communications becoming more flexible, allowing the child to expand on the Spanish they have learned through Speekee. Then if we carefully WATCH what develops naturally we will know precisely how Speekee 2 should look and feel.

Without any previous knowledge of the subject, I was wondering if Speekee 2 could be wholly child led. With thanks to your input it appears unlikely, and so to summarise my thinking today: from a new interactive feel to Speekee we shall discover what the learner needs to learn in Speekee 2 (-; (-;

¡Perfecto!

Hi all,

Would you mind sharing with me your thoughts and experiences on the subject of child-led learning?

As we continue our research into how best to structure Speekee 2 we find ourselves very interested in this concept.

Can part 2 of our program be led out front by the children who have learned Spanish from scratch with Speekee?!

Have a great day,

Jim

Thanks Beth! It's always a delight to be working with you.

I REALLY like that crystal clear Boca Beth logo (-;

Jim

Thank you very much for that list, TmT.

http://teachers.net/mentors/spanish/ - I have come across this one before. It's simple to use but it doesn't do what I would like a network to do: promote the teachers. It appears to leave them isolated.

http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/eslsp.html - This page appears to have a glitch in it... as I scroll down the letters get bigger and bigger. Enormous, in fact.

http://forums.theteacherscorner.net/forum.php - I like the look and feel of this one. It's not exclusively for Spanish teachers.

http://forums.atozteacherstuff.com/ - A very well populated forum, again for teachers in general. There are so many posts it's easy to find a number which are Spanish related.

http://teacherfocus.com/ - Another busy forum for teachers of all subjects.

This is all very useful for my research into the possibility of starting up a forum just for Spanish teachers, so thanks again - ¡Muy interesante!

I have found some nice and simple Spanish flashcards here: http://learnspanish.itgo.com/

Could be a good way to get started.

¡Hola a todos!

I have been mulling for some time the idea of starting a forum exclusively for Spanish teachers.

The purpose would be: bringing teachers out of isolation and sharing ideas for the benefit of all.

My question is: do you know of a forum that does this already? If so, please point me to it.

And if you have any suggestions for getting such a network started, I'm all ears!

Un saludo

You could try my product, Speekee... interactive video program for young childern, with optional SUBTITLES plus 10s of worksheets. Give it a go and the first two weeks are totally free. ¡Suerte!

Congratulations (-;