We may have a bookshelf full of bilingual books in our house, but sometimes it’s fun to mix it up. The world of apps makes it easy to do just that. Instead of simply reading a story and maybe talking about it for a few minutes, we can extend the benefit of Spanish stories by letting our kids explore apps like Learn Spanish: Little Blue Jackal by Niyaa.
This iPad app is a high-quality learning tool that can be used to encourage both English and Spanish proficiency. Your preschoolers or elementary schoolers will love touching the pictures and learning over 50 Spanish words in Level 1, but it doesn’t end there. Then, they will advance to Spanish phrases in Level 2, and finally, listen to the story about the (un)importance of outward appearances in either English or Spanish in Level 3. After reading, they will get to play Memory and Feed the Jackal, as well as color some of the pages from the story.
What I love about this app in particular are a couple unique features: the Parent/Child Comprehension activity, which promotes excellent discussion of the moral in either language, and the Sleep Mode, which can be turned on if you only want to listen to the story without visuals. A great bedtime option!
Watch this video to see the app in action. Check out other apps from Niyaa by following them on Twitter or Facebook, or visiting their website.
The Giveaway!
FIVE lucky winners will receive a promo code to download this iPad app for free!
Happy for my preschoolers to hear another voice speaking spanish.
I’m looking forward to the different levels of the app – seems like a fantastic learning tool.
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Sounds like a great option to expand the vocabulary!
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Also, I forgot to mention that I like the the Parent/Child Comprehension activity feature.
I will right away grab your rss as I can not in finding your email subscription hyperlink or newsletter service. Do you’ve any? Kindly allow me realize so that I may just subscribe. Thanks.
I’d love to have this app for my son. Maybe he wouldn’t be so reluctant to learn more Spanish!
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Looks like a fun app. I love that it has the story in Spanish!
I like everything about the app, but the morals thing is perfect timing since I am teaching my son about fables and whatnot.
I love it. It should be encouraging for my girls. I am a subscriber.
Some days my daughter is reluctant to practice Spanish with me. This app with help us both immensely because she loves learning with the iPad!
I like the idea of giving me son more vocabulary
Learn Spanish: Little Blue Jackal by Niyaa
I just ordered my first IPAD! So excited to find Spanish apps for my boys.
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Looks perfect for my daughter
I looking forward to having an app that will not only teach my kids spanish, but entertain them as well
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Looks like a great app my kids would love!
I like the memory game .
The moral of the story
learning over 50 Spanish words
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seems like a good app for my husband to learn with too!
Thanks for all the great comments on our app. We really enjoyed building this app and sharing our experiences as we raise our kids multi-lingually. You can connect with us at http://facebook.com/myNiyaa
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Im Living in india where it has been very difficult to find other spanish speaking kids for my 2 year okd to interact with. This will go a long way to improving her spanish.
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