Learning German — Lesson Pages
Her are a few of the printouts I’ve made for when we start back up with German after our summer holiday. The kids know very, very little — just the numbers 1 through 12, some animals and some of the...
View ArticleForeign Language GOLDMINE!!! German Flashcards, German Writing Worksheets
I found a goldmine!!!! I am SO excited about the language flashcards I came across. If anyone is teaching their young ones a foreign language, you might want to check them out. The drawings are cute...
View ArticleGerman Worksheets (free) and Our Plans for Learning German this Semester
Last semester, we spent time reading simple stories together in German. There are a couple of stories we downloaded from Amazon, Peter und das Huhn and Der Kartoffel-troll. We read them aloud...
View ArticleFree German Worksheets for Kids
I’ve been starting to plan and work on our units for next fall. I wanted to do some basic review work in German because we spent all last semester using Pimsleur German to do conversational German in...
View ArticleGerman – 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...
View ArticleWhy Should Kids Study Languages?
U.S. students lag far behind in their foreign language capabilities compared to students in much of the world. The U.S. has a lot to learn from these countries. There are so many reasons to learn a...
View ArticleGerman 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...
View ArticleFree 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...
View ArticleGerman 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),...
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