Product Details

• Format: Color, Live, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Consumervision
• VHS Release Date: June 1, 2000
• Run Time: 45 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00004VVPG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #203,146 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This total immersion approach to language means that no English is spoken on this video, and only the occasional sentence is translated onscreen. Instead, viewers are treated to five sections of objects, concepts, or actions while a woman identifies them in Spanish. The first section shows a boy (niño), various people, and animals eating (comer) and an apple (manzana) and then puts it all together (El niño come la manzana!). The same method is used for numbers, colors, manners, and phrases and then another section of familiar words and phrases. The 40-minute video comes with an introduction and the lessons spelled out in a fold-out cardboard display attached to the video box. This is a serious effort meant to teach children a second language while they are still quite young. But that won't stop children from enjoying the brightly colored video of animals, toys, and a multiracial cast of kids. Ages 1-5. --Kimberly Heinrichs

Product Description

Ages 1-5 learn the Spanish language using the "Total Immersion Method."

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Muy Excellente!, January 5, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Bilingual Baby, SPANISH [VHS] (VHS Tape)

My babysitter(from Costa Rica) has watched this with our kids, and tells me the narrator's accent is dead-on correct! The kids love to watch it, and then test their new words out on her - so now I've been watching it, so I'm not left out! It is VERY easy to learn, and the music, video, and on-screen graphics are very high quality. I recommend this tape to anyone who wants to introduce Spanish to their child.

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Recomended!, January 5, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Bilingual Baby, SPANISH [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I really appreciate the fact that this video is so well thought-out. I'm learning as much as my 2 year-old is. He's learning some Spanish in daycare, and I'm amazed to hear him repeat words and phrases he learns from this video, as well! He loves every video he has from this company, and I'm glad to say this series is just as good as all the others we've bought from them. I recommend it to all my friends!

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth the money!, October 12, 2001

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"for2nato" (Auburn, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bilingual Baby, SPANISH [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is my 3 year old son's favorite video. He requests "spanish" before Thomas the Tank engine. Today he asked me for a manzana (apple) for lunch! (which prompted me to write this review)

The video covers numbers 1-10, colors, and some basic nouns and verbs. Basic sentences using the vocabulary words are also presented. The video is set to instrumental music, mostly classical. The video uses real children and objects as opposed to cartoons. This aspect particularly engages my child.

Though this certainly won't make your child bilingual, it is a great introduction to another language. I wish the producers would do an additional spanish volume!