5 simple ideas to help learn Spanish

We have recently started to try and learn how to speak Spanish as a family.  Together we came up with 5 ideas to help us along in the journey.  They are all very simple, but I can already tell they are making a huge impact on this learning experience :)

1. Change you phone settings to Español.

#2 Label everything in sight!  My younger children are not old enough for the Rosetta Stone program, so I've been looking for ways to get them involved.  We labeled everything from las ventanas (the windows) to the la nevera (the refrigerator), and had a lot of fun doing so.

#3 Watch children shows on television en Español. This seems to help because they often review colors, numbers and just easier vocabulary. I have Plaza Sesamo (Sesame Street) on my DVR.

#4 Listen to music en Español. Sirius has a lot of great stations to choose from.  

#5 Search Pinterest.com! Just type in "Learn Spanish" and a ton of reference pictures come up and helpful websites.

I have screen shot many of these on my phone to keep as a handy references :)

We're learning Latin-American Spanish!

Hola,

The Charmed Farm Fam is going to try and learn a new language!  Rosetta Stone had a New Year's special on their software programs, more than 1/2 off.

 Here is Rob doing his first lesson :)

Normally the programs cost $499, but they were marked down to $229. Also, we purchased through ebates.com and got another $16 cash back :) The program allows up to 5 users - my hubby, my 10 year old son, my 12 year old daughter, my mother in law and I are all going to try it out. If the program works for us, I want to look into "Rosetta Stone for Kids" for the little ones. If just one of us can pick up a new language, I'd say it was $213 well spent.

Have any of you tried Rosetta Stone programs? Any advice or tips on learning a new language?

I personally took a Spanish class in middle school, high school, even in college and have yet to be fluent. I have picked up more and more along the way, but would not be able to hold a convo.  I think my issue is that I have never immersed myself in the language or culture.  With my family learning together, we can help each other and really have fun with it :) We can study Latin American traditions, eat their cuisine, watch movies together in Spanish and who knows? Maybe when we finish the program we can take a trip! We will let you know how it goes :)

Adiós,

The Charmed Farm