Hop, Skip, and Sing French (Hop Skip & Sing) [Audio CD]

Ana Lomba (Author), Dominique Wenzel (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 16, 2006 | Series: Hop Skip & Sing

Who says you can't giggle as you become bilingual?

Make learning French second nature for your child with this activity-packed, 75-minute CD and book---perfect for kids ages two through seven. Listen, sing, dance, and learn Français anywhere, from the playroom to the classroom and even in the car!

Kids will play their way to new French language skills while they:

• Sing along to household words and funny phrases
• Learn to saute haut, haut, très haut (jump high, high, very high) by saying it and doing it
• Tell old stories in a new way--"Les trois petits cochons" anyone? ("The Three Little Pigs")

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From the Back Cover

Who says you can't giggle as you become bilingual?

Make learning French second nature for your child with this activity-packed, 75-minute CD and book---perfect for kids ages two through seven. Listen, sing, dance, and learn Français anywhere, from the playroom to the classroom and even in the car!

Kids will play their way to new French language skills while they:

• Sing along to household words and funny phrases
• Learn to saute haut, haut, très haut (jump high, high, very high) by saying it and doing it
• Tell old stories in a new way--"Les trois petits cochons" anyone? ("The Three Little Pigs")

About the Author

Ana Lomba is the founder and director of Sueños de Colores LLC, a language learning company specializing in child instruction. She is the coauthor of Play and Learn Spanish and Play and Learn French, which won a Parents' Choice Award in 2005.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (August 16, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071474560
• ISBN-13: 978-0071474566
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #923,337 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #60 in Books > Books on CD > Children's Fiction > Educational
  • #67 in Books > Books on CD > Children's Fiction > Language

More About the Author

Ana Lomba is changing the way people think about and interact with young children learning languages. Her Parents' Choice award winning books Play and Learn Spanish and Play and Learn French are quickly becoming bestselling favorites with parents (and grandparents) who want to nurture their kids' innate language abilities and propel them to real fluency. Her lively stories, music, and games allow parents and educators to engage the whole child into a new language.

Key to the success of Ana's innovative approach is her focus on the family as the ideal environment for early language learning - even her signature curriculum for language schools is built with parental involvement in mind.

Another important element is the challenging factor - we are not just talking about flashcards and coloring books, but a whole system designed to stimulate young kids' intellect and imagination into language learning (and beyond). Within this system, parents operate as language educators, which means that they have to challenge themselves as well! The good news is that - for the most part - parents today are ready for and looking forward to the task because they understand their critical role in their kids' education, and they know that the best possible education today IS an international education.

Visit www.analomba.com to learn more about Ana's curriculum for language schools as well as her new multimedia audiobooks in Spanish, French, Chinese and English.

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Ana Lomba has taught preschool, elementary, and college-level Spanish courses, and held leadership positions with some of the most influential language organizations in the US, including ACTFL, NNELL, and FLENJ. After graduating with a law degree from Spain, her native country, Ana pursued graduate studies at Binghamton University, Princeton University, and NYU. She founded her company, Ana Lomba Early Languages LLC, in 1999. She lives with her husband and three children in Princeton, NJ.

In the picture: Ana Lomba's kids playing pirates at home.

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Teaching French to Pre-K through elementary, September 8, 2006

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Cor - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hop, Skip, and Sing French (Hop Skip & Sing) (Audio CD)

If you're familiar with Ana Lomba's other materials, you know to expect a quality product. I was pleasantly surprised that this new CD includes many songs/rhymes (and explanations) for younger kids. There are about 25 songs/rhymes on this cd, some original, others traditional. Most are suitable for young children, ages 3-4 and up. Many songs have hand motions, which are explained on the cd. There are some longer songs for older kids and these songs tell more of a story. (They're actually fairy tales, like Goldilocks and the three bears and Little Red Riding Hood.) A native speaker sings the songs and sometimes she is accompanied by native speaking children; the spoken French is excellent. An English speaking man's voice gives explanations and talks about the vocabulary in upcoming songs. His French is also very good. He also explains the hand motions or gives some cultural background. There is French and English text for all the vocabulary and lyrics in the booklet that comes with the cd. My favorites are L'escargot (track 7), a game (more a rhyme) with handmotions, Ouvre et ferme (track 15), a song with handmotions and Maman Cane (track 45), a song about mother duck and four eggs/ducklings; lots of crac, crac (eggs cracking) sounds and couac (quack) that my preschoolers will love. A great product!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great tool for this Spanish speaking momma!, September 6, 2007

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Senora Gose (Bryan, Texas) - See all my reviews
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I'm in pursuit of introducing French and German to our four children before we attempt a European vacation. I'm bilingual, so teaching Spanish is a breeze for me, but I got a bit stuck when attempting the other two languages. Thank goodness for Ana Lomba's materials. I like the songs and the cute conversations. The children do get bored during the explanation parts of how to do the songs, but I'm able to reel them back in and still get some practice in. (That's why I'm giving four stars, not five) I wish the explanations weren't so prolific - having them in the pamphlet that comes with the CD would be great. It's just a little too much English for us (the kids are all five and under.) In my language learning, I like as much French as possible.

All in all, it goes well with Flip Flop French: Ages 3-5: Level 1, which we use for our "doing" lessons, and any explanations about how to put sentences together..., and then we use this for our listening lesson. They both have the CD's, but they are VERY differently presented, so the kids seem to enjoy switching back and forth. Hop Skip and Sing is well worth the money, but being a visual learner, I don't think I could get by without Yvonne Batot's Flip Flop French.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Hop, Skip and Sing French, April 25, 2009

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Deborah Ann Casillas "discodebby" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hop, Skip, and Sing French (Hop Skip & Sing) (Audio CD)

Fun and catchy, although the children dont have the proper French accent so it was kind of annoying not to hear the French word as it should properly be pronounced