Customer Reviews

French for Kids: Learn French with Penelope and Pezi Beginner Level 1 Vol. 2

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We bought this video after previously watching and enjoying the French volume 1 from the same company. My 3-year old daughter loves this one even more! The production quality and animation has improved and the songs are even better. In fact, my daughter wants to hear the songs again and again. She also enjoys the "quizzes" at the end of each lesson. The actors, who are older versions of the same kids in the first video, are very cute and charming. My daughter loves to see other kids speak French and it encourages her to speak it as well. The level of the video is fine for my daughter who recently enrolled in a French pre-school.

A bit cheesy..but aren't all language videos? It has a proper amount of pacing so that the language is easy to pick up. Easy to watch multiple times (well, loads easier than watching BARNEY videos anyway).

This video was perfect for my French kids who have forgotten a lot of their language. It helped stimulate their memory and they really enjoy the characters.

I'm mother-tongue french and this DVD is so bad done. First of all they mostly speak in English, then the scenes are poorly done. I don't suggest to anybody to buy this DVD.

I bought this for my three year old. The idea was that I would watch it with her to guide her in her french learning. But Pezi's voice is so terrible I can hardly stand it. I can't believe no one else mentions this in their reviews?! My daughter doesn't seem to mind as she seems entranced by the "big kids" - but she gets frustrated by the "game" which doesn't work on our DVD player and can't be skipped, forcing us back to the main menu to pick the next chapter. Even though it was relatively inexpensive, I don't recommend it. For a non educational video, but nice exposure to french - we both enjoy the Barbapapa cartoons but you can't get them on amazon.com

My 6 year old grand daughter absolutely loves this 2 volume set of learning French. It is just a great introduction to the language and engages children so they really want to learn.

I wish the company would make a set at level 2 so she could continue to learn even more French. It is a good investment.

One star is very generous,it definitely earned ZERO STARS!! But it won't allow me to rate it with zero stars? I don't have experience with French language videos, but my daughter began learning Spanish with the WhistleFritz language videos and Speakee Videos and Salsa videos which are a worlds apart from this video. Even the Little Pim series which is somewhat boring and reminds me of Baby Einstein has this beat hands down.

My daughter recently decided that she wanted to learn French, so I thought this would be some entertainment/education. The video is neither, and I cannot bring myself to watch it a second time. And my daughter is not interested in it again either, in fact I had to continuously encourage her to watch the video the first time. It is so poorly done that I had to have the subtitles on to understand it. Yes, it is repetitive, but that doesn't help, if the child (or adult) doesn't understand what the characters are referring to. I could have easily misinterpreted if not for the translation. The narrator has to explain in English, because the editing leaves out scenes that would make it follow a comprehensive time line. For example the in one scene the children are leaving the house to go to school, but in the next scene they walk back in the door apparently arriving home from school.

The characters also tend to talk among themselves more than to include the the viewer. The viewer is not engaged to participate like in Kai Lan or Dora videos or previously mentioned Spanish language videos. I cannot image how bad the first video must have been when I see the reviews that the second volume is much improved. I based my purchase decision on the reviews of both the first and second volumes...seeing as how volume 2 had a limited number or reviews. The reviewers who rated it more than one star must not have watched or received paid compensation for their favorable review. Do not buy.