EmilyGF Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 My kids understand German fairly well, as long as the person is speaking slowly. They can get what our friend says to her kids in German, so it isn't just me. We're dropping out of German Saturday School this next year and I'd like to use a challenging program with no English for them. I would like them to work on it 30-60 min/day. They are ages 8 and 10. I've seen books mentioned here before that seemed really good, maybe by Arcadia, but couldn't seem to find them in my searches last night. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks, Emily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Somebody here once mentioned: Einsterns Schwester, a reading and writing curriculum for German; it's not a language-learning curriculum, so only relevant for kids who already speak German. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loesje22000 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Would this be useful? http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/3141208255/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF It also has a workbook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyGF Posted June 15, 2015 Author Share Posted June 15, 2015 Thanks, Loesje, but we're using ES and I feel like we need more support - while they understand, they need more verb conjugations and systematic vocabulary than someone who speaks the language daily. I know what I'm looking for but can't seem to find the thread. Argh. Thanks, Emily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Do you have any connections in Germany who could bring a few books? For children who speak and understand, grammar and spelling review books for German native speakers of elementary age are a good choice for some systematic practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Have you considered just reading basic texts with them and discussing grammar topics as they occur? I have been frustrated in finding a suitable Spanish curriculum for my daughter, so that is what I have ended up doing in that language. I would also strongly recommend using something like Anki flash cards to build up vocabulary. Previously we would forget vocabulary very quickly. Now I enter the Spanish words from the texts we read into Anki. It has made a huge difference. My daughter speaks German very fluently, and we have used assorted language arts workbooks meant for German grade school students, such as those put out by Duden (search on the amazon.de website under the search term "Lernhilfe." But these books probably don't have the explicit grammar that you need. We use a lot of German CDs, songs, as well as science and history-themed materials meant for children. My daughter likes the Was ist Was series. She loves listening to the CDs put out by the rock group Randale, which as very age appropriate texts. My daughter has also been attending Saturday morning German school, but wants to give it up. Since there is a cohort in our town of very fluent children, they have used the Duden workbooks I mentioned above for their text. I am not exactly sure what text the other students who are not fluent are using, but I have not been impressed with the things I have seen at the school. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Sorry didn't see your post earlier Was it this thread? http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/544832-good-german-program-for-kids-7-10/ We also try to watch Die Sendung mit der Maus on YouTube daily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyGF Posted July 2, 2015 Author Share Posted July 2, 2015 Ideen - I think that was it. Thanks! We watch Maus and Elefanten, but we're working on the expressive... I'll look into the Duden Lernhilfe, thanks! Emily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4KookieKids Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Sorry didn't see your post earlier Was it this thread? http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/544832-good-german-program-for-kids-7-10/ We also try to watch Die Sendung mit der Maus on YouTube daily. Do you just search the old ones on youtube? The channel I found hasn't had any new ones updated in a year. Is there a place that uploads new ones more regularly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Do you just search the old ones on youtube? The channel I found hasn't had any new ones updated in a year. Is there a place that uploads new ones more regularly? Try this for more recent ones. http://www.wdrmaus.de/sachgeschichten/abisz.php5?filter=2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4KookieKids Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Try this for more recent ones. http://www.wdrmaus.de/sachgeschichten/abisz.php5?filter=2015 Thanks! That's great! I can't access it on this computer (everything's outdated), so I have to wait and use my husbands. I noticed on youtube that everything is separated instead of having the Lachgeschichten and Sachgeschichten together in a complete episode. Is that how everything on the internet is, or can you find it all together? In particular, I think my kids might have more interest if we had the little mouse transitions and Blaubär at the end. :) The think the shorts with the mause are hilarious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 .Is that how everything on the internet is, or can you find it all together? In particular, I think my kids might have more interest if we had the little mouse transitions and Blaubär at the end. :) They think the shorts with the maus are hilarious! I only found a few together and those links are usually sent by their German teacher. My kids like those too though they don't mind the rest and they are okay with reruns. Their German teacher also prints out the Der Maus articles but I don't know where he gets those from. ETA: We are also checking out the elephant site http://www.wdrmaus.de/elefantenseite/mobile/index.php5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4KookieKids Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4KookieKids Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 I only found a few together and those links are usually sent by their German teacher. My kids like those too though they don't mind the rest and they are okay with reruns. Their German teacher also prints out the Der Maus articles but I don't know where he gets those from. ETA: We are also checking out the elephant site http://www.wdrmaus.de/elefantenseite/mobile/index.php5 I also just found the current and previous week's here www.wdrmaus.de/aktuelle-sendung/index.php5 They look like they're the entire episodes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4KookieKids Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 ETA: We are also checking out the elephant site http://www.wdrmaus.de/elefantenseite/mobile/index.php5 I didn't see this when you first posted it (saw the original post, but not the addition), but was recently directed to the elephant site by another friend, and I just wanted to bring this up for anyone else who missed it. These are great! My younger kids really love these episodes! We watch them here, and you can watch the last three most recent episodes in their entirety: http://www.wdrmaus.de/elefantenseite/eltern/was_laeuft/der_elefant_fuer_unterwegs_ganzesendungen.php5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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