Thank you to Early Lingo  for providing me with a copy of Colors and Shapes at the Park DVD and At the Market DVD, free of charge, for review. These are my own honest opinions.

Have you ever wished that you had been exposed to another language? Do you want to expose your children to a foreign language? Caryn Antonini has created a new innovative learning tool to assist exposing children at an early age to another language. Early Lingo is the fruit of Caryn becoming a new mother and wanting to provide her child with the advantage of learning a foreign language early on as well as be able to reap the benefits that come later on in life with knowing a second language.  When she was unable to find this type of product on the market that could efficiently do this, she decided to create one.

Early Lingo uses the the learning method called Total Immersion.  This means that the child is completely immersed with the new language and there are no translations.  This has been proven to be the most natural method of learning a new language and is an effective way to learn.  With the Total Immersion Method, children can watch any time without the need of an adult assisting.  While adult instruction is not necessary, Early Lingo does encourage your interaction and participation in this learning process.

Early Lingo has a variety of languages available to spark learning.  You can choose Spanish, French, Italian, German, Chinese (Mandarin), and English.  In each version, your child follows Jojo and Lulu on adventures to learn new words.  They visit Colors and Shapes at the Park, Numbers and Counting at the Farm, Opposites at the Beach, Alphabet at School, At the Market, and In the City.

My daughter has been asking to learn Spanish for a couple years now.  She is 8 years old.  So she was really excited to receive the Spanish Colors and Shapes at the Park and At the Market DVDs.  She sat for about an hour watching and would mimic the words on the screen.  It was fun to watch her.  One word they taught her was watermelon.  So she kept telling me that we had La sandía for lunch, which we had.  It was nice to see her so excited about learning some Spanish.  Although she was confused on a few things that we didn’t know what they were.  So, even though she repeated what they told her, she had no idea what she was actually saying.  Since I wasn’t sure what they were either, I couldn’t help.  So I almost wish that they had the option to have either Total Immersion or have another option to have the word spoken in English and then repeated in another language.  Typically, this wasn’t an issue as we were able to recognize and label most of the items.  I liked the fact that they used a mixture of cartoon characters with pictures of the real item to teach.  I think it’s a great balance to have when keeping kids interested and learning.  We enjoyed these videos and I plan on incorporating them into our home schooling.  I would definitely recommend that you give these a try if you are wanting to expose your child to another language.

Here was one of the pieces of fruit that we were unfamiliar with.  Who can tell us what it is? Early Lingo does have translation guides on their site too, just in case you need help!

Early Lingo has won multiple awards including a PTPA Seal of Approval, 2011 Red Tricycle Totally Awesome Product, The Toy Man Seal of Approval in 2011/2012, and a Dr. Toy Winner. You can connect with Early Lingo on Facebook and Twitter.

Miranda

I’m a city girl turned country by my awesome husband and we have three busy boys and two darling daughters. I love spending time with my family, reading Karen Kingsbury novels, and catching up with friends while our kiddos have play dates. I’m blessed beyond measure and can’t wait to see what God has in store.
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