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“Parents and teachers know children learn language by using

language to make sense of their world. The materials in this program

honor this basic understanding. Rather than relying on drills and

memorization to learn Spanish, children participate in meaningful

projects, creating puppets, following recipes, making play dough,

playing bingo, making pictures of their family and homes, and

entering story worlds. In the process of all of this making and doing,

children hear and try out the new language.

Practical and well-designed lessons in the Whistlefritz series

integrate all areas of the curriculum, with each new lesson spiraling

back to previous lessons giving children multiple opportunities to

develop their Spanish. In the DVDs, a delightful feature of the series,

children meet an adventurous mouse named Fritzi who entertains

and invites them to practice and extend their new language. With

lots of fun, and seemingly without effort, children fall in love with and

become competent speakers of Spanish.”

Sarah Hudelson and Karen Smith

Arizona State University

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