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   TX-Melissa
   Member

   Well, I tried running this by TheEasySpanish Yahoo group, but it has not been moderated to post, no activity there. So I thought I'd see what y'all thought here - anyone who has used, or is using the Junior Level. I'm planning to spend just one year on this before moving to Level 1. This year I'm tyrying out the game-day schedule that Sonya suggests. I think ds will really like that idea. :) So in looking over how the Spanish will fit into that, how does this look:

   Mon - Listen & narrate story, front cover work

   Tues - Listen to vocabulary, vocab index cards

   Wed - One or more suggested activities, relisten to story?

   Thurs - Libro Soy Yo page, relisten to vocab?

   I guess I just wondered if the order looked alright and I wasn't sure if we should listen to the story & vocab again, or only once. I'd love to hear how others have used this, or are planning to. Also, if anyone knows of games for Spanish we could play on our game-days, that would be awesome.

   TIA for any input!

   Melissa

    

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   TX-Melissa
   Member

   Bumping this for one more try. I'd love any suggestions at all regarding this program in general, not necessarily just junior level, like whether to re-listen to the stories and vocab, etc.

   Thanks!

   Melissa

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   Rebekahy
   Member

   Melissa, I wish I had an answer for you.  We have the program and never use it - this is my problem with it... the lessons are too short.  I know that sounds ridiculous, but I have a hard time doing any of the subjects that take less than five minutes and relistening to the vocabulary each day is a GREAT idea, but it's esay for me to put off because I think to myself - it only takes a minute, we'll just skip it.  I made a cd of just the stories, one right after the other with no vocabulary in between and I'm thinking about having the girls play it on their cd player at night before they go to bed.  I have a friend that is much more thorough than I am about following through, she got this program last year, I'll check with her to see if she used it as she could offer better advice.  BTW - the yahoo group NEVER has anyone post - it's not helpful in the least.  (Also - I think the easiest program for me is Spanish in 10 minutes a day and then we skip the book work and just listen to it in the car - as my kids are age 7 and under).

   Rebekah

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   TX-Melissa
   Member

   Thanks, Rebekah. :) Since I already bought it, I will use it in some way. But I'll have a look at Spanish in 10 min. I haven't seen that one. I've also been polling other hs friends to see who is learning Spanish, in hopes of starting a semi-regular gathering to practice. Since I can't really carry on a conversation in Spanish after 2 years in college, I want to make sure we use it.

   Melissa

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   mjemom
   Member

   I do have this and am using it, but I can't say we really go by any schedule. My husband is fluent (speaks all day at work), I am alright ;) but I did want something to give me an order or topics/vocabulary to start them off with - in hopes of building a base that we could then ditch the books and just speak with one another, learning naturally (the way my husband did, from native speakers, not like I did from a book and am not nearly as fluent as he is). All that to say, that is my overall goal with this program, and what we do is this: We listen to the lesson and then all practice the phrases. Throughout the day and each day after I review those particular phrases and vocabulary until I think they have it down pretty well, and then we move on to the next one. I haven't really done many of the activities and we are only a few lessons in, but that is working fine for us so far. If I have any revelation of a good "schedule" as we get further in, I'll try to remember to come back to this and let you know. Other than that, the only advice I have is to find a native/fluent speaker that can practice with them - or get it down pat yourself enough to converse with them - easier said than done I know - that's why I am thankful for Daddy on this one! :) HTH

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