mediamaterials

CRYSTAL SPRINGS BOOKS

http://www.crystalspringsbooks.com/prodinfo.asp?number=4321

http://www.crystalspringsbooks.com/prodinfo.asp?number=5350

ten-minute cassette tapes for recording one song per side from long tapes & CDs

homework, home connection opportunities

also available in twenty-minute length in last URL

MUZZY

http://www.early-advantage.com/

http://www.early-advantage.com/justforkids/Justforkids.aspx

enthusiastic recommendation for Level One

adored by children

small, sequential segments shown in my class that go along with curriculum

Spanish, English, French, German, Italian, and Mandarin Chinese

second URL contains print and online resources for children

EARLY START TO SPANISH

http://www.earlystart.co.uk/spanish.html

new video-based series with children talking to each other about their life in Calahorra, Spain

produced in cooperation with the Spanish Embassy

part one topics: greetings, useful phrases, colors, numbers, calendar, brothers and sisters, pets

continuation topics: directions, residence, school, alphabet, time, preferences

e-mail for questions, prices, and ordering to USA

LANGUAGE BY VIDEO: AN OVERVIEW OF

FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS FOR CHILDREN

http://calstore.cal.org/store/detail.aspx?ID=275

excellent information for anyone contemplating purchase of video materials

my experiences with the Muzzy video are described in this book

CHISPA PRODUCTIONS

http://www.chispaproductions.com/

"sparking a love of language and culture"

Spanish and bilingual videos, DVDs, and educational materials

AVAILABLE NOW -- baseball!!!

¡POCOYÓ!

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=pocoyo&search_type=

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocoyo#Characters

http://www.tudiscoverykids.com/personajes/pocoyo/

short seven-minute videos about cute little boy and his animal friends, produced in Spain

second URL gives background information

available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian

do search for "Pocoyo" to see multitude of titles

MISCOSITAS TV FLES PLAYLISTS

http://www.youtube.com/miscositastv

http://www.youtube.com/profile_play_list?user=MisCositasTV

http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=MisCositasTV&p=r

collection of short "You Tube" videos for use in FLES teaching

videos in Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Chinese

cartoons and vignettes by Nico,

a young boy who talks in Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Indonesian

"in-flight" movies to places and events in the Spanish-speaking world:

México DF - Arte y Arqueología

Teotihuacán, Xochicalco, Chichén Itzá

El Día de los Muertos en México

Honduras - País maya, país moderno

República Dominicana - Cultura en el Caribe

Puerto Rico - La Isla del Encanto

Buenos Aires - La Ciudad del Tango

Colombia - De mar a montana

Caracas, la capital de Venezuela

DISCOVERY KIDS VIDEOS IN SPANISH

http://www.tudiscoverykids.com/videos/

large selection of short videos for FLES classes

majority are suitable for lower primary K-3

counting, fables, telling time, musical instruments, transportation, animals, shapes,

stages of growth of butterflies, chicken, and frog, family, fruit, vegetables