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JoyGal · 01-29-2015, 03:51 PM

You are SO inspiring!! I have been wanting the Little's to learn German because, well, they are half German and it will be so useful. DD1 is fluent but isn't really able to teach them. DH used to only speak German to them, but when one of them started having some English speech issues, we stopped that. She's been in speech therapy for a year now and has improved dramatically so I have been talking to dh about speaking it to them again. The only thing is, he's out of town so much that it's hard for him to teach them.

NOW though I am going to do this myself! I am going to upload the apps and use the same resources you listed above. My German is terrible, I understand more than I speak, but it is definitely not great by any means.

Thank you SO SO much!

I will keep up with this thread for inspiration.

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We do have a big handful of German movies and stories on DVD. We also have quite a few story books and even school books, although the school books are for older grades than what the Littles are in. I will pull these out and start utilizing them to my advantage.

Honestly, it's hard for me to read and try to speak it because people always laugh when I try. Dh laughs every time, I once thanked my in-laws for the 'naked eating' instead of dinner, and some of the sounds are hard for me to get. BUT, since it's for my kids, I'm going to make a much stronger attempt

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JoyGal Rose Garden Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 5,570	Re: A foreign language thread... You are SO inspiring!! I have been wanting the Little's to learn German because, well, they are half German and it will be so useful. DD1 is fluent but isn't really able to teach them. DH used to only speak German to them, but when one of them started having some English speech issues, we stopped that. She's been in speech therapy for a year now and has improved dramatically so I have been talking to dh about speaking it to them again. The only thing is, he's out of town so much that it's hard for him to teach them. NOW though I am going to do this myself! I am going to upload the apps and use the same resources you listed above. My German is terrible, I understand more than I speak, but it is definitely not great by any means. Thank you SO SO much! I will keep up with this thread for inspiration. ---------- Post added at 02:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:43 PM ---------- We do have a big handful of German movies and stories on DVD. We also have quite a few story books and even school books, although the school books are for older grades than what the Littles are in. I will pull these out and start utilizing them to my advantage. Honestly, it's hard for me to read and try to speak it because people always laugh when I try. Dh laughs every time, I once thanked my in-laws for the 'naked eating' instead of dinner, and some of the sounds are hard for me to get. BUT, since it's for my kids, I'm going to make a much stronger attempt __________________ . Before you were conceived I wanted you. Before you were born I loved you. Before you were an hour, I would give my life for you. This is the miracle of life. ~ Maureen Hawkins My Hygge Page

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