Tagged: teaching German to kids

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German Stories for Children Online (Free Animal Packet, vol. 2)

This semester the kids are using the free online Book Box stories in German. The kids are spending about 5-6 days per story (and since we don’t always get to it, this really means close to two weeks), listening to the story twice at some point during the day.  The first story we listened to is called Vier Freunde, The Four Friends. The first time through I stopped along the...

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Free German Worksheet Packet on Animals

This year ED is moving beyond colors and numbers in German. I’m trying to build her vocabulary while giving her plenty of time to practice these new words.  I’ve created some packets where she also learns some basic new grammar skills. The first packet is on animals – introducing just six animals. On the first page we go over over the vocabulary – das Pferd (the horse). On the second...

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German for Kids – (Free Worksheets)

I didn’t talk very much about what we were up to with German this last semester.  With all my health issues it took a bit of a back burner for a while. I mainly had the kids listen to German stories on CD. We are using a German children’s book this year called Bobo Siebenschlafer  (affiliate link).  I bought both the book and the audio CD.  It has been just...

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German – Stories for Kids

We’re learning German in our homeschool. Why? Well, because that’s what I learned and studied growing up. Plus, when I was in the Peace Corps in Hungary I listened to German TV stations because I understood that better than Hungarian. Anyway, that’s the language that’s easiest for me to teach the kids. Not long ago, we started using using Bobo Siebenschlafer in our homeschool. It’s a book that has  a number...