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Little Dover Activity Books
Dover Picture Word Books
Foreign Language Picture Books from Usborne
Foreign Language Videos/DVDs from Usborne
Foreign Language Card Game and Recording
Fun with Chinese
Fun with Latin
Japanese Stories and Music
The Rosetta Stone

 

 

Little Dover Activity Books


2 French Books:
Peter Rabbit Storybook in French, and The Little French ABC Coloring Book
#FUN05 $2.50

 

 

Dover Picture Word Books


Learn over 500 common, useful words in the language of your choice. Nouns are keyed to pictures of everyday scenes with dozens of familiar objects. By studying the pictures, students can learn over 500 terms for a variety of household items, clothing, foods, furniture, animals, parts of the body, types of stores and public buildings, and other subjects.

To help reinforce words and meanings, all scenes can also be colored.

The back of each book contains an alphabetical list of all words learned along with their English translations. The Mandarin book uses the Pinyin transliteration.

Paper, 8 1/4" x 11", 32 pages each.

French #7771  $3.95
German #778X  $3.95
Hebrew #2138  $3.95
Italian #2022  $3.95
Mandarin #9111X  $3.95
Russian #6718  $3.95
Spanish #7798  $3.95

Foreign Language Picture Books from Usborne

First Hundred Words

A basic vocabulary of 100 foreign language words with illustrations and their English equivalent. The sticker books have 100 stickers to correspond with vocabulary. Paper. Ages 3+
 

First 100 Words in French   #0137 $6.95
First 100 Words in Spanish #1958 $6.95
First 100 Words in German #4833 $6.95

Sticker Book in French      #1915 $8.95
Sticker Book in Spanish    #1923 $8.95

Sticker Book in German    #5627 $8.95

The following is a slightly older version of the French sticker book. It has a smaller format, but the content is the same, and the cost is lower!

Sticker Book in French        #1178 $7.95

Damaged Sticker Book in Spanish  #D1923 $8.95 $7.15 (There is a 1/4" crease on one corner of the book).
 

First Thousand Words

Amusing and colorful pictures are accompanied by the foreign language word. Includes scenes with the objects and then the individual objects are framed around them. There's also a dictionary and phonetic pronunciation guide. Hardcover. (The separate Sticker Books can be used to practice newly acquired knowledge of the foreign language. Match the stickers to the words on the accompanying pages.) Ages 2-12.


The First Thousand Words in French
:

Hardcover Book (Rev Ed)  #2830 $12.95
Sticker Book #007X $9.95


The First Thousand Words in Spanish
:
 
Book only #309X $12.95
Book & cassette #8790 $21.95 $17.99   (One copy left).
Sticker Book #4639 $9.95

 

First Thousand Words in German:

Hardcover Book: #3073 $12.95  No longer available.

Sticker Book         #1931 $  9.95  No longer available.
 
Miniature Version of the First Thousand Words text (paper, 5.2"x6.7") #2799 $5.95

 

Foreign Language DVD/Videos from Usborne



First Fun with French and Spanish DVDS/Videos
- Follow Isabel and her family as they go about their day. Isabel's family does not speak English, so she will interpret everything for you! Based on the book, Usborne's First Hundred Words, this is an animated introduction to a foreign language that makes learning simple for young children and enjoyable for the whole family. Ages 2+, 40 minutes
$14.95 each

Video (out of print, limited supply):

Spanish video #9535 $14.95 $8.99   Sale price! Limited supply.

DVD:

French DVD  #8177 $14.95

Spanish DVD #8185 $14.95

 

Foreign Language Card Game and Cassette/CD


Linguafun!: Language Learning Card Games -
The whole family (up to 4 players) can learn the foreign language of their choice while playing this fun card game. Players learn games like Gin Rummy, Solitaire, Concentration and Go Fish as they combine red, white, and blue cards to form sentences (the cards can make over 5,000 sentences). On one side of the accompanying recording listen to pronunciation of words and a variety of sentence combinations. The other side contains an interactive language game to use along with the cards.

The English set has instructions in Spanish; the rest of the recordings have instructions in English. In other words, the English set is for Spanish speakers wanting to learn English, while the other recordings are for English speakers wanting to learn the language listed (Spanish, French, German or Italian).

Set includes: 54 game cards, instructions and 45 minute cassette or CD. 1-4 players, ages 7-adult.
CD $14.95 $12.99 each
Cassette $14.95 $9.99 each while supplies last

Spanish:

Cassette: #4639
CD: #3549

English (Ingles):

CD: #3586

French:

CD: #3578

German:

Cassette: #6007X
CD: #3551


Italian:

Cassette: #4620
CD: #356X

Fun with Chinese

Click on the title above to view our Chinese resources.

Fun with Latin

English from the Roots Up, Vol I: Help for Reading, Writing, Spelling and S.A.T. scores by Joegil Lundquist. If you are interested in learning important Greek and Latin roots, without studying the entire Latin language, English from the Roots Up is for you. It uses 63 Latin and 37 Greek root words. Included is a pronunciation guide, and a neat little explanation of Roman numerals (now you can translate the darn numbers at the end of movies!) My husband, Bill, took Latin in high school and says it helped him with English and prepared him for all the science classes he took as a biology major in college. Paper, 125 pages, Ages 7-adult. You may also be interested in the cards that go with this book and Volume II of the series). 

#1033 $29.95 $26.99

 
English from the Roots Up word cards (for Vol I)- You can make your own cards to accompany the above book, but everyone I know prefers to use this pre-made set of cards for 100 Latin and Greek words.

#1084 $18.00 $15.99
English from the Roots Up, Volume II by Joegil Lundquist- The long-awaited second volume of EFTRU is finally here! Continuing the popular program begun in Volume I, this book gives you 100 new Greek and Latin root words to learn. The new words are a little more advanced than those in the Volume I edition, but are still easy enough for young learners. Many of the lessons also refer to lessons already presented in Volume I. A new feature in this volume: pronunciation guidance for Latin and Greek words on every page. In additions to more advanced content, there are also new activities. You do not need a background in Latin to learn or teach this program. Paper, 107 pages. Ages 9-adult.

#2311 $29.95 $26.99
 
English from the Roots Up word cards (for Vol II)- You can make your own cards to accompany the above book, but everyone I know prefers to use this pre-made set of cards for 100 Latin and Greek words.
 

#FC2 $18.00 $15.99

 

English from the Roots UP FUNPak Buy both books (Volumes I & II) and save even more!
#FUN38 $59.90 $49.99


Rummy Roots: English Vocabulary Building Games - Our whole family had fun with this card game. After playing, the kids became very aware of all the words in our language that are based on Greek and Latin. "Hey, mom, bicycle-tricycle, two wheels-three wheels!" Exclamations like that would come from the back seat of our car on the way to the post office or from the kitchen table as we ate breakfast. It is designed for 2-4 players, ages 8-adult (our 6-year old played, with help. We also copied the vocabulary list so everyone could have one for reference).

Rummy Roots teaches 42 Greek and Latin roots, alphabetizing, dictionary skills, vocabulary and more using rules based on popular card games like Go Fish. It is fun and challenging, and there are several games on different levels. Play is enhanced by combining Rummy Roots with More Rummy Roots (see below).

Ages 8-adult. For 2-4 players.

 Rummy Roots #RR1 $15.95



More Roots: English Vocabulary Building Games
Ready to learn more? More Roots continues along in the same format as Rummy Roots (above) and introduces new Greek & Latin roots to increase your knowledge and skill level.

There are several games on various levels so it's fun for a variety of ages and abilities.

Ages 8-adult. For 2-4 players.

More Roots #MRR $15.95




Japanese Stories and Music

 

The Rosetta Stone

Click on the title above to find out why The Rosetta Stone is by far our favorite language software program!

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