My son and daughter enjoy YBCR, Trebellina, Little Pim (Spanish & French), Wink to Learn Chinese, Baby Learns Chinese, WhistleFritz (Spanish) and the Simple Science Videos by Peter Weatherall.  For some reason, they don't pay much attention to Tweedlewink.

Hi aangeles,

We are trying to teach English, Tagalog, Chinese, French and Spanish.  So far he seems to really be enjoying it.  We're also trying to teach music and math, and just a little bit of ASL.  Music he loves, but math he seems to resist a little more.

Thanks for your reply.

tobias8

aangeles,

Just an update.  After you gave the site at which you obtained your chinese flashcards, I ordered a set.  I had been teaching my tobias8 with Wink to Learn Chinese and was curious as to whether he could recognize the chinese characters on the flashcards.  To my surprise, he was able to select the correct card with my questioning.  Thank you again so much for sharing your experience and resources!

tobias8

Hi aangeles,
Thanks for the information!  I went and ordered from their web site both the DVD's and flashcards.  I also use wink to learn chinese.  Do you use this also?

I seem to also remember that you were teaching Tagalog also.  What materials are you using and how is the progress?

Thanks.

By the way, tobias also likes the Little Pim vols in French and Spanish.  I'll have to look at some of the other resources you recommended.  There sure are a lot to choose from...which is actually a good thing!  Thanks again.

Tobias8,

Sorry for the delayed reply. I am not currently using Wink to Learn Chinese because it is in simplified Chinese. I am waiting for the traditional Chinese version to come out (which they assured me will be at the end of this year).

Regarding Tagalog, I am happy to say that my daughter's comprehension has increased by leaps and bounds since my husband started being more consistent and conscientious in speaking Tagalog to her. At this time, I think her understanding of English, Chinese, and Tagalog are about equal. Unfortunately, I don't have any Tagalog books/DVDs to supplement her learning. Will have to wait until we make a trip back to the Phils. to get her these.

aangeles,

Thanks for the reply.  One more question re: tagalog; are you using any flashcards, homemade or not, to check her understanding?  How can you tell her understanding is approximately equal with English, Chinese, and Tagalog? 

You definitely are quite an inspiration.

Tobias8

Hi aangeles,
Thanks for the information!  I went and ordered from their web site both the DVD's and flashcards.  I also use wink to learn chinese.  Do you use this also?

I seem to also remember that you were teaching Tagalog also.  What materials are you using and how is the progress?

Thanks.

By the way, tobias also likes the Little Pim vols in French and Spanish.  I'll have to look at some of the other resources you recommended.  There sure are a lot to choose from...which is actually a good thing!  Thanks again.

Hi aangeles,
Very impressive and inspirational videos.  Thank you for sharing, it definitely helps keep my motivation to keep teaching tobias in a similar fashion.  By the way, where did you get the chinese flashcards?

My 13 month old also would not pay attention to LM so I gave him a break from the math for a month and went back to presenting him simple red dots with the Doman method and he seems to be paying more attention.  I don't know whether it is easier to present the dots more "joyously" when I'm holding them, but so far it seems to make a difference. 

There is a wonderful website and the product is excellent for someone wants to learn Chinese. I am using it for all my Chinese classes right through all 7 locations in Melbourne. It is http://www.betterchinese.com

This product is one of the bests and the easiest for a Non Chinese speaking parents to learn Chinese with your child. It is suitable from birth to high school. They produced both simplified and traditional Chinese characters so that parents are free to choose either one or the written forms you would like your child to learn Chinese.

What I have done in the past few years was collecting all orders from my parents and place the order together so that parents can share all the added costs of express international delivery and insurance and packaging charges and so on. So it cost parents ranging from $80 to $95 per set of 36 books and 1 cd, it depends on the exchange rate.

Tobias8, that's right, the friendliness and the acceptances to others make bilingual babies all that much more pleasurable to be with. Can you imaging if we could encourage at least 1/4 of the Australian population to be at least bilingual (multilingual is even better), the violence of the society would be reduced dramatically.

From the personnel and social point of views, bilingual is the way to go. 

Hi kimmba,

I went to the site you recommended.  Looks interesting.  How do you think its products compares with the Wink to Learn series.  Wink to Learn is what I'm currently using for my 13 month old and he seems to enjoy it.  I'm open to supplementing it, however, with other good products.

Thanks.

I like the observation that multilingual-learning babies are able to embrace differences in people and cultures.  Makes sense to try teaching other languages even when the parent is only familiar with their native language--by whatever method possible.

Thank you wenjonggal.  The discussion thread was very helpful for not only addressing my question but also for providing other helpful links!

The wink to learn website has downloadable translations of the sing to learn chinese DVD.  It also includes the pinyin pronunciations.  I find it very helpful for teaching my little one AND learning myself,

Hello,
I'm trying to teach my little one chinese as well.  Could you give me your insights on traditional and simple chinese characters? 

Hi Daddude,
Thanks for the advice on simply reading an abundance of books to help our children progress with reading.  I think sometimes we parents can forget that with all the technology of computers, the internet, child development DVD's, video and youtube, sometimes the simplest of our educational resources, namely "books" and the act of reading them with our children, can get forgotten.   

Hi Kappasweet,
I went back to the Trebellina DVD and was unable to find "animated clips" in the menu.  All I have for a menu is "play".  Is there a trick to pulling up the menu for the DVD?  Perhaps I have a different version?  (just purchased this month)

Thanks

GloriaD,
Yes, I have examined how Daddude has taught his son how to read.  It is very impressive.  It's nice to be able to share and put together people's best practices as we teach our children and each other!