Rock 'N Learn: Spanish

Some facts about this DVD

1. Volumes I & II are both on one DVD
2. There are 26 sections, for a total running time of 55 minutes
3. It's a useful revision tool for beginners learning Spanish
4. Some sections are more helpful than others

This DVD is useful for helping students to remember basics such as the parts of the body, numbers, colors, the alphabet, and simple phrases. The music is catchy, and the pronunciations are clear. The actresses are pretty attention grabbing also.

In some of the other sections however, they rattle off the most peculiar phrases that you'll never, ever remember or need to know, and we often just skip over these. I also think that they go a little too fast sometimes, but at least you can listen to the correct pronunciation of the words.

We generally just show the section relevant to what the child is doing in school to complement his class work, and reinforce what he's learned.




Amanda Richards, April 24, 2008

We owned a couple of very good Rock N' Roll DVD's ("Colors, Shapes and Counting" and "Phonics") prior to buying this one. However, I am very disappointed in the Spanish DVD. It was boring to me and I am not sure I will ever show it to my son, who is a toddler. What a waste of money.

They are learning Spanish. My DS4 liked this DVD the best but I have also watched it and think that although the songs are a little annoying I like that the words are on the screen and you can figure out what is being said as well as see how things are spelled.

Worth buying. We play it to the kids in the car, they have learned quite a bit.

I bought this DVD a few months back... and honestly I can barely force myslef to finish watching it. Its Boring! There is no context for the Spanish that is taught. They throw out vocabulary and these phrases with no context to this cheesy rock music! If I, as an adult, am bored... I know my kids will be too! Too much translation goes on... there is no actual dialogue throughout the video.... which makes this video useless in my Spanish classroom. Worse still.... I wanted to use the colors part of the DVD for my 2nd graders... but honestly, the lady's skirt was too short. In short... take your money and buy another DVD; something that puts Spanish in an authentic text... with catchier songs!

Hi, I'm StoryMaker. We got the Rock N' Learn Spanish DVD from the library once. First of all, I'm saying that the one I'm reviewing might not be the exact version I tried - I think we got an older version or something, the box art was slightly different and the content *MIGHT* of been different. Either way, with repetition, this teaches Spanish phrases and words VERY well using songs. I learned Spanish alphabet, foods, adjectives, phrases and more from this DVD. With repetition, this DVD teaches a lot of Spanish language. The songs are very catchy and the colorful 3D designs capture kids' interests. When we were younger, we had the audio version that just has songs. It was good, too! Some of the phrases are just plain DUMB (why would you need to tell someone you have 2 eyes?) but it doesn't matter very much. It's Spanish language-teaching that WORKS! Signed, StoryMaker. "Gotta trust the kid's review!"