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Learning French #203496 10/15/14 04:29 PM
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OP FirstLast New Member F Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 1	Hello! My 6 year old daughter has been very interested in learning French. We are unable to afford a private tutor, and there are no classes in the area. Looking for any feedback on second language resources, preferably something without an accompanying cartoon or TV show.

Re: Learning French FirstLast #203804 10/18/14 07:21 AM
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KnittingMama Member K Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 267 California	You might take a look at Duolingo, which offers free online language lessons. It does emphasize writing as well as speaking the language, though. DD7 recently started Spanish, and while she likes the speech part, I think I will need to be her typist so it doesn't get too frustrating.

Re: Learning French FirstLast #203823 10/18/14 01:34 PM
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Bean Member B Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 69	At that age, we did things like French Songs for Children and watching videos turned to French and playing with Poisson Rouge: http://www.poissonrouge.com/index_fr.php. http://www.canalj.fr/La-tele/Dessin.../Episodes/Dinosaur-King-Panique-au-musee We used this one a little, and another with kids in it that I cannot remember the name of: http://www.learner.org/resources/series83.html BrainPop.fr is still in Beta Test and is currently free. I suspect it will go to paid fairly soon. There is a French equivalent of Video of the Day: http://www.brainpop.fr/

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