Has anyone had any experience with it? The program encourages a second language development while your child is younge since their brains are like sponges. The doll it includes is a bit on the strange side if I do say so but I was wondering if it actually has helped anyone? I know this product is pretty popular in Europe but I don't know if to many people here in the US have herd of it. Here is the link What do you think...

MUZZY, the BBC Language Course for Children

The K-6 charter school that my boys go to uses Muzzy for their Spanish program. My boys love it, but they are in 2nd and 4th grades.

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I wonder if it actually IS popular in Europe. Somehow, when ads say stuff like that, it makes me think hmmm...LOL. I'm cynical though! LOL! I would just be curious if it were actually true, or just a marketing ploy.

I have no experience with it but their advertisements make me bonkers...the woman's voice. Oy.

If you're thinking of a second language for your child, now is the time to do it though! The earlier the better! It's one thing I really regret with my kids that we didn't encourage a second language. My Dh speaks Spanish fluently and so does a lot of his family along with other languages. I can muddle thru with French and I understand a lot of Spanish but I cannot speak it. We really should have tried to be bilingual from day one with them.

What is their return policy? It might just be worth it! Maybe also check ebay...you could get it for a fraction of the purchase price.

I bought the Muzzy Spanish program when my son was between Kindergarden and First Grade. He loved watching the show, and the Spanish came out of him in interesting ways. Shortly after he started watching, we were playing Yahtzee (a great game for kids learning to add, and good again when learning to multiply), he got a bad roll, and shouted out "No me gusta eso!" (I don't like that!) We started using a lot of Spanish, like tengo hambre, tengo sed, tengo frio (I'm hungry, I'm thirsty, I'm cold). I took 3 years of Spanish in high school, so when he watched, I turned on the Spanish subtitles so I could catch the words in Spanish on the screen and relate it to the spoken words. So I learned along with him. It was great, and all they said it would be. However, he eventually got tired of it. I enrolled him in a Spanish camp at the Berlitz Language School nearby, which was Spanish immersion, and he did great. He never became fluent, and he/we were not obsessive about it, but I think it could happen with more interest/some pushing/or just more opportunity.

But I got the program out again a few days ago to start my 3-1/2 year old on it, and after the first time she watched it, she was saying "Buenos Dias!" We'll see how it goes with her.

So, I would say, I think the program is great, and although expensive, it was worth it. Does my kid speak fluent Spanish now? No. But he, interestingly, speaks unaccented Spanish when he does use it, and since it's there, we'll continue building on it in the coming years when the interest and opportunity arises.

I'm getting the French one for him for Christmas, because he wants to be able to understand what the French-Canadian players are saying about him when he makes it to the NHL (lol). Hey, how can you not support that kind of interest!

Good luck!

btw, they do have a free shipping thing going right now

I remember, we had this show in my country (Russia) when I was a 15 years old. It was on TV every day. It help me with my English))!!! It was fun to watch too!
4 months ago I wanted to order DVD from them for my twins
I want my girls to speek Russian language BUT they do not have it in Russian
I would be recomended
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