spanish toys

[businmotion]

bilingual toys.. I have found leap frog to be ok

[Antoinette]

there are heaps of spanish toys on the market because of Dora the explorer

[businmotion]

Originally Posted by Antoinette

there are heaps of spanish toys on the market because of Dora the explorer

were not a fan of Dora.. he likes gabba gabba and pocoyo

Im thinking of ordering toys from mexico.. i want my son to have a second language.
we like listening to Mona warner. she has some kids albums

[bssage]

Spanish would be nice because it fairly common.

I think if you could get you kid to be bilingual in say Japanese or Chinese Then they would have a skill that is in high demand. In our global economy that is a very valued asset.

[businmotion]

Originally Posted by bssage

Spanish would be nice because it fairly common.

it is my family heritage so I find it more than nice or common. Plus I live in America which is a large continent spanning from Canada to Chile. So I see what you mean by common but most dialects are different. I have no intrest in joining the world economy.. I was told that chinese must be learned before the child is 7 or humans looses the ability to be hear certain sounds...

[bssage]

Oh absolutely. I wasn't knocking Spanish. And if it is a part of your family then heck yes.

By "common" I just meant that like English its spoken in a lot of different places. And there is no shortage of bilingual Spanish/English speaking people.

I used to work in a manufacturing environment and we had a lot of dealings with different countries. We could always find someone to communicate in Spanish. But when it came to working with Nissan, Toyota, or our Asian counterparts. Well we were at a disadvantage. That's all I meant.

I wasn't trying to imply one was better than the other.

[businmotion]

Originally Posted by bssage

I used to work in a manufacturing environment and we had a lot of dealings with different countries. We could always find someone to communicate in Spanish. But when it came to working with Nissan, Toyota, or our Asian counterparts. Well we were at a disadvantage.

good point.. I myself was working as a Diesel mechanic specifically on vegetable oil systems till my son came along. now Im Mr. Mom

[Antoinette]

i speak English, french and basic Mandarin (you said chinese but chinese is not a language it is Mandarin or Cantonese) i also speak limited italian which is enough to hold a conversation but by no means am i fluent..

i am teaching my Son French and will be teaching my daughter french when she gets here because its my background but i agree that Chinese is so useful if you ever wanted to go into economics then Chinese would get you so far. but from a cultural viewpoint i agree with teaching what comes from your background..

i have never met anyone who could speak even minor spanish... i don't even know how to say hello in Spanish LOL

[Father_0f_7]

I speak English and Italian, I also do sign language. My 3 oldest also speak Italian. I have found that speaking Italian isnt very useful unless you are living in Italy.

My oldest boys speak spanish and they use it quite often at their jobs. I think it would be a wonderful language to learn.

[IADad]

We've found Handy Manny to be slightly superior to Dora, but still pretty limited, not like you're really going to teach a language that way.

I have a friend who taught their daughter french by her mother only speaking to her in English and her father only speaking to her in french. That way they avoided confusion over what language to speak when, and it was simple immersion, just like we learn our native tongues. And it was easy for the parents because they didn't have to remember to speak part of the time one way or another. She's like 9 now and fluent in both, but lacks a little on the french side because there are so few people she can converse with.

And Antionette, I had no idea there were french people in Australia, I thought you were all decendant from English prisoners....;-)

BTW, hello in spanish is "Hola" (pr. - OH la)