coastiechick Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Well, I have searched the forums for info on Professor Toto AND googled reviews and nothing much as come up . . . So, we went ahead and ordered the whole set with our 20% discount code (HOMESCHOOLER) and have a 30 days money-back guarantee; We're going to be learning italian, as it's our heritage & I studied in Rome for 4 months in college, so at least I can be of help at a preschool level lol Anyone used this program? I'll post how it goes . . . the kids left the tv when I started to play the youtube dvd example and wanted to watch it again (even though I thought it was boring) so I thought that was a green light :001_unsure: LONG TERM GOAL: I want my kiddos to learn italian (and actually my whole family) and move onto Rosetta Stone (as a family) when my oldest (4 now) is 6 or 7; and then I am hoping we can all learn latin together after this . . . and squeeze in a family trip to Italy :drool: (in the off-season lol) as a homeschool field trip that satisfies a lot of subjects thank you, Rochelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnTeaching Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Your plans sound like a lot of fun! I haven't heard anything about this program before, but it's definitely nice to have someone try out new things. I hope it works well for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastiechick Posted November 6, 2010 Author Share Posted November 6, 2010 SO ... yesterday we had the chance to try our first Prof Toto session ... it is total immersion (in our case italiano), but my 2 year old was mesmerized by it and I encouraged them to repeat after the professor when he asked his students to repeat them ... my 4 year old was hungry, so she was cranky, but after I gave her a snack, she wanted to go right back to watching Prof Toto ... SIDENOTE: do not tell your kids it's a game ... made that mistake and my 4 yr old kept asking me when we were going to play the game -- I won't make that mistake again. If you use the discount code "HOMESCHOOLER" you get $50 off the total w/ shipping comes to $178 ... that's not really that bad for 3 notebooks for coloring & make it more like a lesson, 3 dialogue booklets w/ translations (and vocab booklet), a whole lot of DVDs and a CD for listening to children's music in italiano! There are lots of suggestions in the parent booklet AND it has a 30-day money back guarantee ;) I'll let you know more as things progress ... maybe next week when we've done several session ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastiechick Posted November 19, 2010 Author Share Posted November 19, 2010 Update on Prof Toto: my 2 year old really loves it; my 4 year old would rather be doing classwork, BUT she watches it anyhow and when I sent her to her room for a timeout I heard her reciting the numbers 1-10 in italian! success! woo hoo! I was laughing pretty hard. I think it's time to make it more of a class lesson --- as in "this is called a borsa," picking up my purse ... the 4 yo would appreciate that, but either way, it must be working because both of them repeat Prof Toto as he says things ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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