DVDs (or books) in Spanish

[SundayCrepes]

I have just bought the whistlefritz dvds and got Little Pim from the library. My 4.5 year old son enjoys watching both of them. After he has had some exposure and gotten down some Spanish I'd like to broaden his horizons and get him some regular ol' dvds (and picture books) in Spanish. We tend to mainly watch documentaries. I've just noticed that one of his favorite dvds, "That's How We Build A House" http://www.amazon.com/Thats-How-We-B...f=pd_rhf_p_t_2 has a Spanish option. Are there any other movies out there that are in Spanish or at least have a Spanish-dubbed option? What about picture books?

Thanks

[JuniperBCN]

Don't know if you're up for using the computer or if these work outside of Spain, but http://www.rtve.es/infantil/ is the kids section of the Spanish national tv station. Pocoyo is very mellow and easy to understand. We also have a bunch of DVDs from the US which have a Spanish dubbing option.

[SundayCrepes]

Originally Posted by JuniperBCN

We also have a bunch of DVDs from the US which have a Spanish dubbing option.

Thanks. I'll check out the link. Can you name the dvds you have. It's really hard to do a search based on this criteria.

[ocelotmom]

I've found that most mainstream kid DVDs have a Spanish language track, but I haven't really looked for it in documentaries.

[zh97]

We also find that most kids movies have a Spanish and French language option. Any of the disney ones, etc. I also limit my online searches on the library website to "Spanish materials" and find a lot that way. This is also a good way to find audio books. Right now my kids are reading "Goodnight Moon" in Spanish with the complimentary CD. If you have itunes, there is a whole season called "learning with sesame street" in Spanish that is free.

[rparker]

In my experience the North American versions of pretty much every Disney feature length cartoon come with a Spanish option. Off the top of my head: Dumbo, The Little Mermaid, Cinderella, Aladdin. I'd have to check some of the others (which I can do if you're really curious and ordering them from outside the US).

Picture books we have in Spanish: Green Eggs and Ham (love!), The Cat in the Hat, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (this one is only an "ok" translation and a bit awkward to read if you aren't fluent), The Places You Will Go. I've ordered Big Dog Little Dog but it hasn't come yet. We also have some board books that wouldn't be very great for a 4 year old but that my daughter loved when she was a baby. If you search Amazon.com you can find a TON of Dr. Seuss and P.D. Eastman books translated into Spanish.

A pretty fun Spanish movie is the Me Gusta/No Me Gusta video: http://www.teachersdiscovery-foreign...20142%20V00024 It's been over a decade since I've watched it so I can't vouch as to how appropriate the content is for preschoolers, but my high school Spanish class LOVED it. You can see a clip from it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKJYrV4rFQ0 That movie guaranteed that I would never forget how to use "gustar." I'd like to get it for my daughter but I have no idea where to find it...

[eclipse]

We get a lot of kids Spanish books from the library. I don't know if all libraries have a good Spanish section for kids, but we use the San Diego library system, and they have tons. My 4 year old actually really likes Spanish board books because they are usually simple and have only a few words on a page and are easy to figure out from context.

Most kids DVDs I've seen have a Spanish dub option. If you have DirecTv, they have a few Spanish stations that you can get without ordering their spanish package, and they have kids programming on the weekend mornings. Dora and Diego are excellent in their Spanish forms (I, personally, have learned tons of Spanish from them), they have Plaza Sesamo (Sesame Street), US shows like Beakman's World and Inspector Gadget, etc. If you can get V-me, it's the Spanish version of PBS - some PBS shows dubbed, but also some original Spanish language children's programming. If it's available, we usually run the Spanish programming with closed captions - in Spanish - so we can pick out individual words if we need to.

[SundayCrepes]

Lots of great ideas everyone. I will follow up on them. Thank you for them.

It looks like I may have found a great leader for a Spanish playgroup. I am so excited.