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Caryn Antonini and family featured in this months May 2012 issue of Palm Beach Illustrated Magazine on pages 70-75.
To view this issue of Palm Beach Illustrated Magazine in its complete expanded version, please visit Palm Beach Illustrated’s original March 2012 Issue or click the images below to view more.
Early Lingo DVDs Give Kids a Head Start on Learning a Second Language
by DANA HINDERS
When my son was born, I had every intention of being one of those moms who refuses to let her child watch TV until preschool. But, life got in the way. Once I realized how tricky it was to find time to shower or attend to household chores with a newborn around, I started looking for ways to keep my son happy and entertained.For us, the Baby Einstein videos were a lifesaver. My son loved watching the colorful characters and ended up picking up a good deal of preschool readiness skills from our collection of DVDs. I was always disappointed that they didn’t offer a foreign language option, however.
Early Lingo DVDs are similar to Baby Einstein videos, but focus on teaching your child the basics of a foreign language. There are DVDs for French, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, and English.
Early Lingo recently sent me the Spanish set to review. This is a six DVD set that introduces your child to hundreds of basic vocabulary words, including colors, shapes, letters, opposites, and common foods.
Each DVD follows Jojo and Lulu as they learn several words from the language of your choice. The videos rely heavily on repetition, showing multiple examples of each word and asking the viewer to answer simple questions such as “What color is the apple?”
The videos themselves are fairly short and mix colorful animation with live action footage and pleasant classical style music. They are pleasing for both parent and child to watch.
I really liked that the DVDs in the Early Lingo series didn’t feature a ton of previews I needed to fast forward through. There was also an option to put the DVD on a continual repeat, which I thought was a nice touch because each movie is very short.
The Early Lingo DVDs are recommended for children ages six months through nine years. In my opinion, however, they are probably ideal for children ages two years to six years. My seven-year-old son said the monkey was cute, but he thought the program itself seemed “babyish” in comparison to the other shows he watches.
To view this article by Smart Mom Picks in its complete version, please visit SmartMomPicks’s original article “Early Lingo DVDs Give Kids a Head Start on Learning a Second Language”.
Early Lingo is suggested this month on page 24 of 002 Houston Magazine’s April 2012 Issue.
To view this issue of 002 Houston Magazine in its complete expanded version, please visit 002 Houston Magazine original March 2012 Issue (page 24).
Early Lingo is included this month on page 50 of Palm Beach Illustrated Magazine’s March 2012 Issue in regards to Language Learning.
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Palm Beach Illustrated Magazine says:
Language Learning
As a multilingual speaker, part-time Palm Beacher Caryn Antonini wanted her infant son to learn another language at an early age. When she couldn’t find adequate teaching tools, she created her own. Anonini’s Early Lingo DVDs present a mis of animation and live-action footage as native-language speakers narrate the playful experiences of Jojo and Lulu, an animated monkey and bird. Importantly, there’s no English translation, so toddlers as young as six months absorb the language by watching and listening. Now, Antonini’s 2-year-old son babbles in English, Italian and Spanish — not your average toddler talk. The DVDs, available in six languages, are sold at C. Orrico, Palm Beach, earlyling.com.
To view this issue of Palm Beach Illustrated Magazine in its complete expanded version, please visit Palm Beach Illustrated’s original March 2012 Issue.
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