La Condessa Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 My dd6 has asked to learn German next year. I'm excited to be teaching a language I can actually speak, but I am definitely not fluent. What suggestions do you have for an elementary German curriculum? I would prefer to keep things fun and gentle to start. Something like Salsa Spanish or Song School Latin, maybe? Is there anything like that out there? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Maybe try to find Planetino? My family had been using that with a tutor. I've been supplementing with vocabulary from various places, including watching occasional YouTube episodes of Meine Fruende Conni, and people reading Lesemaus books online (I don't know why they do this). I didb't know any German prior to this year, do you are staying from a better place! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadah Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 We did Tam Tam, Tamburin, and then switched to Planetino, all of them by Hueber. It's the best I have ever found out of everything we have tried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epicurean Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 If you think she'll be reading fluently by next year, Duolingo is free and works like a game. You can do it on a computer or on a smart phone. There are also these cute coloring books and 52 Weeks of Family German. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Condessa Posted March 27, 2017 Author Share Posted March 27, 2017 Planetino looks great, but pretty text-heavy for my dd. It might be great for once she takes off in reading, but I'm not sure how long that will be. Duolinguo, too. Tamburin looks less reading and writing dependent. How was it for you to implement? Are there many activities that require several students to do together? I found some cute little kid songs in German on youtube I think would be fun to include, along with German children's books. Does anyone have a suggestion for lists of great German picture books? Is there something like the Caldecott Award in German? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadah Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Tam Tam is a phonics pre-course to Tamburin. You do basically a letter a week with a worksheet and activities. I used the activities only. They are reading fairly fluently by the end. Tamburin required reading but is still mostly game-based. The student makes the games themselves. They were easy to make - mostly index cards, dice, etc. The worksheets have a lot of cut and paste. Dd loved those. The only German book that has got any love here is Bobo Siebenschläfer. We have done better with cartoons and music in German. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadah Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 I would watch Pocoyo which is kind of like Salsa Spanish. It is not really meant to teach German, but it is basic enough and slow enough to learn from. We watched an episode 3-4 times before moving on and then moved on to Peppa Pig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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