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  1. $650 round trip is a very good price. I typically find anything under $900 to be good pricing (over the past three years). For the best prices, plan to travel light (carry -ons). I usually use Google Flights to search for good deals and set alerts. Then I get emails when the price changes. I've seen less than $500 RT to Europe via Iceland Air from the West Coast, but when those deals appear, be prepared to commit to purchasing quickly. Prices like that usually dry up quickly. Overall, I like Iceland Air for cheap tickets and also the flight to Reykjavik is 7-8 hours and then you can stretch your legs before continuing on to Germany.
  2. My kids did a little bit of everything. Movies, music, storybooks, tutors, apps, etc. DD is a natural language learner and knows 5 languages and continues to seek opportunities to learn more. DS was more reluctant, but eventually learned through tutors and immersion (travel). For high school age, we used iTalki to find tutors in a Scandinavian language with marginal success. One of the kids found a high school student (native speaker) who was willing to work with him weekly because the tutor needed community service hours in his country to graduate high school. The tutoring sessions were great supplements, but ultimately, we found the kids needed more structure so we hired private tutor (via Skype) to take them through lessons from a textbook. We did that with the Scandinavian language with enough success to send kids abroad (independently). For younger kids, look for a comprehensive curriculum specifically designed to help you, even if you don't already know the language. Calico Spanish is set up for anyone to teach Spanish to kids. They use fun characters and video based stories. Be sure to ask them for their homeschool discount.
  3. We hired Spanish tutors for our kids and found they really needed structure. Doing specific activities such as a craft or baking project can help give context for the language. Perhaps the tutor can read simple stories aloud in Spanish. If you need a little structure, try having the tutor work through some curriculum with the kids. Calico Spanish has well organized, open-and-go lessons that include little dialogues that you can practice. It is also story-based so that really helps kids get a context for the language they are learning. Also, they offer a huge homeschool discount, just write their support desk and ask for the discount price.
  4. Calico Spanish. On YouTube, Spotify, and you can order a music CD from Amazon or digitally from iTunes. The CD with most of their music is called Mi guitarri.
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