Barnes & Noble.com - Used Books: Play and Learn Spanish: Over 50 Fun Songs, Games and Everyday Activities to get Started in Spanish!, by Ana Lomba, Hardcover

Synopsis

The fun, easy, and natural way to get kids started in learning Spanish

Young children have an amazing capacity for picking up new languages, and

every parent is a natural-born language teacher. Now Play and Learn Spanish introduces a unique approach to getting kids started in Spanish that is as fun as it is easy.

Instead of drills and boring grammar exercises, you get loads of fun games, activities, and songs that let you seamlessly integrate the Spanish language into your everyday life. From taking a bath to going shopping, making lunch to driving in the car, Play and Learn Spanish turns daily routines into fun learning adventures for you and your child to enjoy together. No need to set aside extra time in your busy schedule—with this program, you learn as you live. And you’ll be amazed at how quickly you see results.

Play and Learn Spanish is packed with lively color illustrations and features:

•Songs, games, and activities that make language learning natural and fun

•Key-word illustrations to help with the retention of important words and phrases

•Whimsical comic strips that put Spanish in a real-world context

•Sidebars with fun cultural information about everyday life in Spanish-speaking countries

•English translations for all activities

•A sixty-minute audio CD containing all of the book's songs, games, and expressions

With Play and Learn Spanish, it won’t be long before you hear your child say he or she wants to give you un beso muy grande de buenas noches (a big good-night kiss).

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Biography

Ana Lomba is the founder and director of Sueños de Colores, an early language learning program for children from birth to seven years old. Marcella Summerville is the founder and director of the Spanish Workshop for Children.

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Play and Learn Spanish: Over 50 Fun Songs, Games and Everyday Activities to get Started in Spanishby Anonymous

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06/28/2008: This book does give good examples of conversations in Spanish. The conversations are supposed to be between a mother and her child, but the 'child' is an adult trying to sound like a child. The speaker is from Spain, so her Spanish is different than Latin American Spanish. I tried using this with my Spanish class (grades 1-6), and it didn't really keep their interest. Also, without lots of teacher or parent support, I don't think children would be able to comprehend much of what the narrator is saying or trying to teach. The songs, games, and activities were all integrated into the same tracks, so finding a particular game or song is somewhat difficult. It might be useful with middle or high schoolers.

Play and Learn Spanish: Over 50 Fun Songs, Games and Everyday Activities to get Started in Spanishby Anonymous

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01/24/2007: I brought it last summer, and I haven't stopped using it yet. It covers almost every thing in a child's day. Conversations include getting up, eating meals, hide and go seek, playing pirates, princess, cleaning up, building a snowman...and on and on and on!

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