As many of you know, around this time last year, we started our trilingual adventures with Little Pim in an effort to teach Vanessa my third language, French. While I haven’t been as consistent as I would’ve liked to, Vanessa tells everyone who’s willing to listen that she speaks three languages!
The good thing about learning French with Little Pim (or any other of the nine languages they offer) is that it’s a complete package. They have the DVDs – the episodes are short and really cute and it’s impossible not to fall in love with the little panda – the music (which Vanessa often requests at bedtime), the flash cards, and the apps. And now, they also have the books! I love these because Vanessa already recognizes Little Pim, the panda, and so she immediately associates it with French.
Although not yet available in all the languages, Little Pim has come out with two trilingual books – one about colors and the other about feelings – which are absolutely excellent for those of us trying to raise children in English, Spanish and French.
The colorful books featuring the adorable panda are hardcover and filled with flaps and tabs, which easily caught the attention of my daughter. While they’re probably too basic in Spanish and English, I can definitely use them to reinforce some of the vocabulary she already knows in these two languages in French, especially the book on feelings. I think she pretty much has the colors memorized and figured out.
I also love that the book on feelings has pictures of real kids making different faces to represent each feeling, just like the videos! All the vocabulary words also include a pronunciation guide, which makes it easy for practically anybody to read them.
Another great add to your Little Pim collection!
THE GIVEAWAY!
This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to the winner:Rosie!
We’re giving away one copy of of each of the books, Little Pim Colors and Little Pim Feelings, to one lucky winner.
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Would LOVE this for my 15 month old who is already saying “popa” & “memi” (porfa/por favor & merci).
Spanish & French are our main languages at home.
I would love this for my three year old and her (soon to be born) younger sibling. My daughter speaks English, Spanish and French and we are committed to raising #2 with the same linguistic abilities.
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I would love to win this book for my little 2 years, since we speak only Spanish at home because Daddy and Mommy are Latino, I would love it she loves being read, and because I also wish you could learn a third language such as French
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My sons are bilingual and would love to expose them to a third language
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I’d like to win because we love Little Pim and are still on our journey to raising our girls Bilingual!
I would love to win these books for my son and I! My husband reads to him in English and I read to him in Spanish, so any bilingual books we can find are great.
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i would love to win these books so as my grandad can help me more with my french
I think learning multiple languages is a must in today’s society & I’d like to win these for my grandkids. They love books.
I would like to win these 2 books for my daughters, ages 3 and 4. Although, we live in a small town in the Midwest, where there is limited exposure to the Spanish language, I find it imperative that my daughters continue to learn about their Spanish heritage, including and not limited to language and culture. I just recently started teaching my oldest French and this book would really help in the learning process.
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I have 3 children 5 and under. My husband and I are 150% committed to teaching them the beauty of diversity in language and culture. We’ve taught them that language is a tool for communicating and that there are many in this world. We want them to appreciate language and not see any one language as “better” than another. Often once kids enter school (i.e., English dominant schools), we find that they don’t view speaking Spanish as relevant to their daily lives. Our hope is that our children retain their Spanish primary language and add others along the way. It would be so powerful to see children leading the way in truly adopting a multicultural way of life where each culture is celebrated and respected !
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I’d like to win them for our sons. They’re learning a little French now and to add the Spanish words for basic colors would be super. Our kids are 2 years old and 1 week, we’re staring young with foreign language. I also followed on twitter.
How neat! This would be great for my kids, who we’re trying to teach multilingualism to.
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I would love to win these books for my son! He loves to read (no matter what language we read in).
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I would love to win for my son (Joaquin 3yo) and I. We love learning new things and are trying to learn more than two languages.
I would love these for my soon-to-be little girl! We’ll be a bilingual Spanish-English family, but I would love to introduce a third language as well! I’ll find you on Facebook too.
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I would like to win these books for my daughter she is learning to speak and I read every night, she is making progress in their language day by day! It would be a beautiful gift to her! thanks
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We are beginning our own trilingual adventure! We already use OPOL eng/Span but need some help for French.
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This would be a great resource for a busy dad of a 2 and 4 year old who is trying to teach his kiddos a third language. We’ve been using the “Little Pim” videos for months now and can see the additional benefit that the books would provide because a multimedia pedagogy is better than a monomedia pedagogy. Their little sub-consience is working whether you realize it or not.
Keep up the good work,
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