Professor Parrot Speaks Spanish: Learn Spanish with Songs, Dances, Games and Puppets
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Artist: Professor ParrotAudio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published); Spanish (Published)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
DVD Release Date: 2004-01-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Sound Beginnings
Movie Reviews of Professor Parrot Speaks Spanish: Learn Spanish with Songs, Dances, Games and Puppets
Movie Review: Excellent
Summary: 5 Stars
I teach pre-school Spanish, and this was the first DVD I recommended to parents. The story line is that there are four children - John and Sarah, an English speaking boy and girl; and Miguel and Rosa, a Spanish speaking boy and girl - and Professor Parrot helps them become friends by teaching the English speaking children Spanish. They start out with two songs, one teaching introductions and one teaching numbers 1-20. After the numbers song, they visit a friend of Professor Parrot, a native Spanish speaker (who doesn't speak any English on the DVD), that tells the story of Goldilocks. After the story, the kids review phrases from the story, hearing them in English, then acting them out while saying them in Spanish (knock on the door, sit in the chair, etc.) The DVD ends with two more songs, one naming the parts of the body, and one about colors.
Between segments the children speak to Professor Parrot, and he responds, in their own languages.
John and Sarah: What's that?
Miguel and Rosa: ¿Qué es eso?
Professor: (to John and Sarah)It's a storm. (to Miguel and Rosa) Es una tormenta.
I like the fact that througout the DVD Miguel and Rosa only speak Spanish; and the story-line that John and Sarah need to learn Spanish because they don't understand them when they're speaking English. One of the challenges I have with young students is getting across the point that not everyone speaks English, and Spanish is not just something we learn for fun; that there are actually people in the world that would only be able able to talk with in Spanish. Even though this DVD does contain both English and Spanish, it still gets that concept across quite well.
As other reviewers have said, my main problem is that it teaches not much more than the basics; but to be fair, you can only go so far with one thirty minute DVD. After this DVD, my class moves onto the Whistlefritz series.
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Summary of Professor Parrot Speaks Spanish: Learn Spanish with Songs, Dances, Games and Puppets
This work is aimed at ages 3-8. Join Professor Parrot on an exciting adventure of making friends while learning over 150 words and phrases in Spanish.Similar DVD Movies
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