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post #1 of 17
4/19/08 at 12:39am
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My son wants to learn German. I'm looking for what worked for your child--he reads well, knows some Latin.

But he does enjoy songs and things geared towards children, but with meat (does that make sense?)

There is a group of adults that meet up to speak German in our town, but I'd like to do more with grammar and vocabulary...

We've looked at things on line, which work up to a point, but then he tunes it out... it is too dry and not fun.

I know little German...

Thank you for your help.
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post #2 of 17
4/19/08 at 12:47am
We are using Rosetta Stone.
post #3 of 17
4/19/08 at 1:00am
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We are using Rosetta Stone.
Its been awhile since I've seen Rosetta Stone, but we've used www.dw-world.de
online and he says that it is kind of boring... I don't know if Rosetta Stone is similar to this? He will do it, but doesn't like it at all... But he likes what he has learned (does that make sense?)

He is just turning seven this month...

Are there free online trials of RS?

Thank you!
post #4 of 17
4/19/08 at 1:44am
Muzzy!!!

We LOVE Muzzy! It's not a complete program at all, but it's certainly a GREAT way to introduce kids to the sounds, the cadence and pronunciation of the language.

We did Rosetta Stone for Latin a few years ago, and are going to try it again next year w/ my 6.5 yo, but it was pretty boring when we went through it. Maybe that's because it was Latin.

love, penelope
post #5 of 17
4/19/08 at 1:45am
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Are there free online trials of RS?

Thank you!

We found RS German at our library. Just a thought! .

(Also, IIRC, you can request a catalogue and sample CD from them).

love, penelope
post #6 of 17
4/19/08 at 2:21am
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Muzzy!!!

We LOVE Muzzy! It's not a complete program at all, but it's certainly a GREAT way to introduce kids to the sounds, the cadence and pronunciation of the language.

We did Rosetta Stone for Latin a few years ago, and are going to try it again next year w/ my 6.5 yo, but it was pretty boring when we went through it. Maybe that's because it was Latin.

love, penelope
I love Muzzy, but my son does not...
Minimus Latin took him pretty far in Latin (and it is all comic book format, and he loves graphic novels to it was perfect for him...).

Take a look at minimus before you get into RS again--it is a very gentle way to ease into it (and it is not boring at all)...

Thanks for the heads up on RS, I'll see what our library has. I hope to try whatever out even if it is via ILL before buying...

Thank you!
post #7 of 17
4/19/08 at 3:03am
Thank you for the suggestion!!!!

love, penelope
post #8 of 17
4/19/08 at 3:13am
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Happy to share

Has anyone tried rocket languages German? I've seen the add here on mdc, but don't know if anyone has actually used it?

post #9 of 17
4/19/08 at 7:53pm
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Free!

this is free and looks fun:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/german/lj/

post #10 of 17
4/22/08 at 8:07pm
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post #11 of 17
4/22/08 at 9:29pm
We got a free demo disc from Rosetta Stone.

You could also look into the non-credit class at your local community college. My ds took Spanish at our cc last year.
post #12 of 17
4/23/08 at 2:39pm
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We got a free demo disc from Rosetta Stone.

You could also look into the non-credit class at your local community college. My ds took Spanish at our cc last year.
that is an interesting idea. There is a Deutsche Schule that we can participate in next year (fall), but I was hoping to find something between now and then...

I've found so much free stuff on the internets, that I am actually now just looking for some good music recommendations--so what is your favorite young child friendly music in Deutsche?


thanks!
post #13 of 17
4/29/08 at 1:01am
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Hello Home learning families! I am still looking out for German music for children that is good for learning the language from! Or just music that is good to listen to!

Best,
carmel 23
post #14 of 17
4/29/08 at 10:44am
Hello,

we love the Ritter Rost series. They are books that come with a CD of music - it is very funny and the illustrations are cute, too. It might be too advanced, because they are for German kids, but maybe for a full-immersion style lesson.

Not music, but short stories on CD: Wicki der Wikinger, Conny. There is a great series that might be available on CD called Die Wilden Kerle about a bunch of kids who play soccer. That's really popular and I believe there is a soundtrack, maybe to a movie?

I wonder if you could find a CD with Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil and maybe some other fun kids songs in German. Have you heard of that? It's easy to understand and it's all over the web, youtube and places like that.

Some other fun songs we've liked (although you'd have to google them to see if you could find where to get them) Der Gorilla mit der Sonnenbrille, das singende Känguruh... & what about Nena - 99 Luftballons (yeah 80s!!)?

Good luck and let me know if you find somewhere good to order this kind of stuff.
post #15 of 17
4/29/08 at 2:37pm
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Hello,

we love the Ritter Rost series. They are books that come with a CD of music - it is very funny and the illustrations are cute, too. It might be too advanced, because they are for German kids, but maybe for a full-immersion style lesson.

Not music, but short stories on CD: Wicki der Wikinger, Conny. There is a great series that might be available on CD called Die Wilden Kerle about a bunch of kids who play soccer. That's really popular and I believe there is a soundtrack, maybe to a movie?

I wonder if you could find a CD with Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil and maybe some other fun kids songs in German. Have you heard of that? It's easy to understand and it's all over the web, youtube and places like that.

Some other fun songs we've liked (although you'd have to google them to see if you could find where to get them) Der Gorilla mit der Sonnenbrille, das singende Känguruh... & what about Nena - 99 Luftballons (yeah 80s!!)?

Good luck and let me know if you find somewhere good to order this kind of stuff.
thank you! Danke!
post #16 of 17
4/30/08 at 3:57am
Usborne Books has beginner picture dictionaries in a variety of languages including German. Email me if you would like more information.
post #17 of 17
4/30/08 at 1:24pm
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Usborne Books has beginner picture dictionaries in a variety of languages including German. Email me if you would like more information.
I've seen those. They're on the list for sure. thank you!

Also, K12 has a German language program, that is 50 bucks per semester now... which seems like it might be interesting.... I wonder if anyone has tried this for German or other language?
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