Product Details

• Actors: Cameron Hill, Skylar Cunniff, Yohanna Brown, Christian Farhat, Donia Haynes
• Directors: Jennifer Cramer
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Language Tree
• DVD Release Date: October 30, 2008
• Run Time: 45 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001JPG85G
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #81,354 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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GERMAN FOR KIDS:BEGINNERS LEVEL I V 1 - DVD Movie

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended for beginners, January 2, 2009

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Cheryl (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: German for Kids: Learn German Beginner Level 1 Vol. 1 (DVD)

We recently purchased this DVD series for our daughter. We are going to Germany early next year to visit the grandparents and we wanted her to be start learning German. This video is excellent and has exceeded our expectations. Our daughter watches it over and over because she gets a real kick out of the animated dog. She also likes to show off her knowledge to us while doing the remote control games. We have been amazed that after only a few times watching the video she aced the true/false and multiple choice interactive games. We've been having fun practicing phases around the house to get prepared for our trip. The telling time section in particular we have found very useful. It helps with counting, how to ask someone the time and most importantly understanding what is repeated back. I would recommend this to anyone, child or adult, who is a beginning German student.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cute video, January 31, 2010

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Denise L. Bilyeu (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: German for Kids: Learn German Beginner Level 1 Vol. 1 (DVD)

This is a cute video that provides a unique story-line for children to relate to.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Beyond Horrible, January 15, 2011

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Patrick Goetz "cultural omnivore" (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: German for Kids: Learn German Beginner Level 1 Vol. 1 (DVD)

We're trying to teach our toddler German, to which end I've purchased this DVD, the Little Pim Series, and Muzzy, the BBC language course. I can't stress enough how bad this product is: boring, uninspired, and unedited. For example, at one point in the DVD we're told we're meeting the boy's family: mother, father, and brother, when clearly he has a sister, not a brother. The acting is terrible; the children look uncomfortable and behave unnaturally, and the adults just look bored. The animated dog is a joke and adds nothing to the product. The Language Tree must have paid someone to do a 3-5 second clip of an animated dog, and then they just re-use the same clip -- overlaid onto the actual video -- over and over. Of course this means that most of the time the dog's expression doesn't make any sense. I would be seriously worried about any child who doesn't get bored with this rather quickly. I can't begin to fathom how anyone could give this a 4 or 5-star review. All I can think is that they haven't tried the Little Pim Series (highly recommended) or Muzzy.