Helping each other in teaching children multiple languages

[andreasro]

anybody having problems downloading u tube videos ?? my connection is a bit slow , so i used to download the movie with real player sp downloader than save it to my library and play it for my kids .
any suggestion ?? nikita you use u tube a lot , did you have problems lately ??
viv

I've just tried my download solution - it works fine. I use Orbit Downloader software to download youtube clips http://www.orbitdownloader.com/. Orbit downloads them whenever possible.
Then I play them with VideoLan http://www.videolan.org/. Both are free I recall, VLC is. No need to run a scan for your computer as Orbit says on their webpage, though.

Hope this helps.
Andrea

[Nikita]

Hey Viv, just read your message...my connection is fast, but sometimes youtube goes slow. I just stop the clip to give it time to catch up, then play it. That's what my kids told me they do. If two slow, I close other taps open. If still too slow, I give up!

[Wolfwind]

Thank you hypatia. I will be searching amazon and ebay for those. I am so excited.

[bella]

giga tribe
i found about it  a month ago and i am in heaven for the amount of material it is shared over there . i don't have time to look around but i joined mainly a group of francophone montessori mums who are sharing practically all they have on their har disk of material , scanned books , videos . i could downloads over 100 french kids movies , lots of books , montessori albums , workbooks ,...
i highly recommend it . i am now downloading 60 episodes of the magic school bus .
it is great .
you should try it
love
viv

[TracyR4]

Would love to see resources in Polish. My father is Polish and speaks it but I never learned it. I would love for my children to learn Polish, as well as Spanish, French,. My older daughters are learning Latin but we use it rarely in church.

I see some Polish Powerpoints on here but there is no audio so I'm not sure how the word would sound.

[ola]

HI Tracy,
I am Polish native speaker. There are some Little reader LIbrary files available here I translated some time ago. They have Polish pronunciation. I hope to produce some more soon. I think it is quite tricky with the Polish recources. I do not know if you can download anythink Audio for free; and the webpages of bookstores are in Polish only (but I am sure you can order anywhere in the world)
My children adore Audiobooks - tales and stories with songs and music (I used to listen to them as a child and now they are available on CDs) - they are called 'Bajki grajki'
http://www.audiobook.pl/c/pl/52_32/-5/1/0/long/bajki-grajki.html

the other tales in both Polish and English - Bajkowa Akademia Angielskiego:
http://www.literia.pl/promo,262,Bajkowa_Akademia_Angielskiego.html

songs for children in Polish; book and CD ('What Granny and Grandpa sang when they were children') - 'Co Babcia i dziadek spiewali kiedy byli mali'
http://www.edukacyjna.pl/ksiazka.php?id=6475

audio tales in Polish online; free to listen to:
http://www.waszebajki.pl/

some cartoons in Polish on you tube:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/LwcNLMVIAPo&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/LwcNLMVIAPo&rel=1</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/bGipVJhZtEc&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/bGipVJhZtEc&rel=1</a>

I will keep my eyes open and post anythink useful that I can find.
I hope it will be useful
Best wishes, ola

[lelask]

hello Viv, karma for Giga tribe ,thank you

[maweri]

Don't forget the materials made for the babies and kids to learn the language of the land that they are living in. They are much more cheaper, than DVDs especially made to learn a foreign language and in addtion they often have different language settings (english, german, french, italian, spanish) because it's cheaper for the DVD-makers.

For example german: http://forum.brillkids.com/teaching-your-child-signing-speaking-foreign-languages/german-resources/msg75143/?topicseen#new
In amazon.de you'll find so many educative things, especially DVDs, when you cant speak the language.

For english it's esay as well: amazon.com or amazon.co.uk
There are so many nice DVDs and sing-along-CDs
Another good resourece is the bbc-shop. BBC stands for high quality.
http://www.bbcshop.com/childrens/icat/childrens/

For french it is, naturally, amazon.fr

But where can I find spanish, italian and dutch DVDs?
What are popular and nice series in these countries?

(For adult learning: Watching kids DVDs is such a fun way to learn new languages. The language is very simple and you can see and hear the word when using subtitles and you see the pictures.)

[Tatianka]

Great idea with sharing!

I can help with Russian resources. But I need help with Arabic as I would like to start in September..

But Im really interested i n all languages:)

[mybabyian]

I am teaching my son Spanish.  I found a wonderful children singer that he likes - Miss Rosi.  She has a beautiful voice and her songs are often pretty simple.  You can go onto YouTube and there are lots of videos with her songs.  Just search Miss Rosi (or often people who put up her songs spell it Miss Rossi)  This video in particular I made from one of her songs.  Hopefully it will help some of you who are trying to teach Spanish like me.  I plan to make more from her more basic songs.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/0cPTvIN3LvU&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/0cPTvIN3LvU&rel=1</a>

[NickJackson]

Learning all different languages must be fun. I would want my kid to learn these classes as well.

[bella]

http://www.wholesomechildhood.com/StepByStepLanguage/

viv

[bella]

ok i know it doesn't look like a kid program , no flash and whistles but i am really considering it myself it can give me a plan from which i can develop  my lessons , and playing the mp3 sound recording is excellent to expose the kids to the language . than we can make it a bit more interractive and child friendly
viv

[Ireneey]

Chinese Resources:
Learn Chinese online: http://www.masterchinese.com
Chinese books for kids: http://www.chinazest.com/textbook-for-kids/

[Boca Beth]

Since Spanish and English are the two most widely spoken languages in my country, the United States of America, I have chosen to raise our three children knowing those two fluently.

In addition to the Boca Beth Program over at www.BocaBeth.com, its bilingual products found here (Brill Kids enjoy 50% discount) at http://www.bocabeth.com/categories.php and a FREE resource area full of audio links, YouTube lessons and more at this link
http://www.bocabeth.com/Bilingual_Resource_Area/default.php (of course, since I am the founder) our children have enjoyed these two resources a lot:

For ages two - ten:  www.OnLineFreeSpanish.com  (computer generated games, printables, songs, and more all for FREE)

For ages 11 and beyond:  www.MyPLT.com  (a personal tutor is assigned to help your child with the dialect of Spanish you wish to introduce, and the cost is so affordable for one hour)

I have found interaction with music and movement fun to be the key for the younger kids ages birth - around 8-10, then a more immersion approach with a one-on-one tutor setting for 11 to 12 years old and up.

Sure hope this helps out all with a Spanish and English vision.[/size][/size][/size][/color]

document.getElementById('recent_loading').style.display = 'none';document.getElementById('recent_page_box').style.display = '';

Page: 1/4  

Loading...

Members

• Total Members: 214772
• Latest: addisonjones

Stats

• Total Posts: 110526
• Total Topics: 19136
• Online Today: 509
• Online Ever: 826
• (January 22, 2020, 12:09:49 AM)

Users Online

• Users: 0
• Guests: 423
• Total: 423