Whistlefritz Spanish Immersion DVDs

Hola!  Me gusta Espanol!  Y mi hermanita, tambien!  Todos fiesta!  Or something. 

I took Spanish for four years in high school (the first time it was available in the early nineties in small-town Iowa) and for a year in college.  I used to get Cosmopolitan magazine in Spanish in a pathetic attempt to improve my fluency.  Unfortunately, having not used Spanish conversationally in years, I've forgotten a LOT. Mostly how to conjugate, but also many very basic vocabulary words.

After we moved last year, we enrolled the little angel in Spanish classes at her new daycare/preschool.  She's blown us away with her affinity for the language, so when Parent Bloggers Network offered this review of Spanish immersion videos from Whistlefritz, I jumped on it.  Baila, baila, baila.

I gave these videos the ultimate test:  I let the little angel watch them while strapped into a carseat for six hours on a cross-country drive.  I was ALONE with her in the car, so her potential for crankiness was high.  I couldn't actually see the videos, but I was listening carefully.  The videos are immersion -- completely in Spanish -- but after about six months of Spanish at school, the little angel seemed to understand enough to follow directions in only Spanish.  When the teacher told her to say what a dog says (all in Spanish), she responded appropriately "bow wow."  I was impressed that she was following.  I was also happy to realize that I had no trouble understanding the entire video, even though I haven't followed conversational Spanish (even on this level) for years. 

One of the videos was about animals (Los Animales) and one was about daily life (Vamos a Jugar).  I'll definitely be asking the little angel to watch these with me so that I can improve my pronunciation. Hers is flawless, since she learned Spanish from a native speaker.  It's sort of embarrassing when your three-year-old corrects your pronunciation of the word "vaca." Que horor!

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So - when we drive to CO next month, can I borrow these from you? I think Monkee would enjoy, as would her Dad.

:)