Muzzy - Saint George,UT

Updated on June 14, 2011
C.W. asks from Saint George, UT
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Has anyone used Muzzy for their 2 1/2 or older? Have you tried to learn from Muzzy? Do the kids get bored with it? It's so much that if I spend it I don't want her to be bored with it after a month. And I wanna be able to sit in and learn too lol. So we can talk to each other in whatever spanish she learns and reinforces it for both of us. So, does it work?

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Your welcome Angela G :) I am in the same thing where I was going to get rosetta stone for me but I want my child to be bilingual too and I think videos and books would help supplemented with me talking to her. It's hard to just know where to pick up and start because English is so easy because everyone in the house speaks it, but with Spanish and other languages I want us to learn we are basically learning it together.

Thanks for the responses and suggestions moms. Thanks for mentioning how you did it Amy. Maybe I'll get some spanish flashcards and preschool books. I heard you aren't supposed to tell them the english meaning and then the spanish b/c then they translate it in their head and in general you won't learn it that way, is that true?

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A.J.

answers from Williamsport on

Added: Supposedly around age 3, 4,or 5, they start to tranlsate in their heads instead of learning directly in the language, so if your child is young, like 2-ish, just use English book and subtitles for yourself so you know what is being sad, but correct, teach the child in the language you are trying to learn. But that's really hard to do when you don't speak it-it's almost impossible not to tell them the English meaning.

My kids never get bored with it. They have watched it thousands of times and still love to watch it. The catch is, they won't just pick up anything from it. You have to go through the book (book has English translation and you can set english subtitles) and teach it to them and practice etc. Otherwise, they will watch it endlessly having no idea what is being said. This is good for hearing pronunciation and stuff, but they won't just "learn" it. But it is great in that it includes most basic conversational sentences, counting, letters, etc in the stories. Plus a vocabulary DVD. We have levels 1 and 2 of French, and my kids know everything in those, but we need to supplement a lot of other books and stuff since they never hear French around them other than Muzzy. But yes it's good.

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R.K.

answers from San Francisco on

muzzy is great. we use the spanish one at my school for 4th and 5th graders.

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B.G.

answers from Los Angeles on

If you are consistent with it, I am sure it will work =) My husband speaks Dutch first, German second, English third, French fourth. We speak English together almost 100% of the time, and sometimes we throw in some Dutch. The more you are all exposed to it, the more you will catch on. Our baby will grow up speaking both simply because his dad will speak to him in English and Dutch and I will speak in English. The more you hear it, the more you will get it.

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A.G.

answers from Dallas on

Now I'm interested. Amy, if kids who can read are watching it with subtitles, would it be beneficial? I have a 7 year old who reads very well, and a 13 year old who will be taking Spanish for the first time next year. I taught Spanish I for 3 years, but I'm not fluent. I will be able to help them a ton with Spanish, but I can't teach them as much as I want them to know. Also, we live in Texas. We hear and see Spanish all the time. Would you recommend Muzzy for our situation? Thanks for any input, and thanks for asking the question in the first place, MonkeyzMom. We were thinking about Rosetta Stone for our 13 year old, but didn't think it would be good for our younger son. Decisions, decisions . . .

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S.H.

answers from Honolulu on

Never tried it... but I would also get some Spanish speaking videos for you and your child.
Watching and 'hearing' it, via repetition, is how one learns, foreign languages.
And hearing the accent, when speaking etc.

It is all about increasing exposure to it, and the repetition of it. To learn. It reinforces, learning. A language.

And do it together.
Use words around the home, saying it in Spanish.

Or join a Spanish culture club.

Like anything, it only works if you/the child is consistent, in it. Daily.

My kids are bi-lingual. But because my Husband speaks to them in his language, and we also have kid shows in that language too. It is used, DAILY... so they hear the language, even if just in the background and reinforced by my Husband speaking it, to them. Properly in the correct accent.

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S.B.

answers from Redding on

I've never heard of Muzzy, but I know that Sesame Street does lots of bilingual Spanish/English things.
I still remember a song from a lonnnnnnnnnnng time ago that's so catchy you can't help but remember it.

Hace calor
Hace calor
Could fry an egg on the cement it's so caliente
Hace calor
Mucho calor
How 'bout this weather....it sure is HOT!

I'm sure you can find all kinds of different fun kid videos that teach things simply.
Visit your local library for books too. You can start with things like colors and everyday objects.
Make it fun. Little kids are like sponges and I think they pick things up more easily when it's just something they are around.

I'm interested to see if others have tried Muzzy.

Best wishes.

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