French for Kids Set 1: Beginning Books Pack - 10 First Readers with Online Audio | Start Learning French the Fun, Easy Way (Ages 3-8) | Language Together Series Paperback – January 1, 2016

My 8-year-old nephew had started learning French through Rosetta Stone and had asked me for some additional French lessons. Having never taught French to kids before, I was unsure at first what resource to use, but I had certain criteria:1. It needed to have audio. This is EXTREMELY important, especially if the child does not have other ways of hearing French from a native speaker.2. It needed to be fun.3. It needed to teach words in context (story, song, video, etc).After doing some initial research, this book series seemed cute and manageable for a child to learn but not feel overwhelmed. The price seemed reasonable considering you get 10 books plus free audio.Well, we are 6 books in and so far they have been a success! Every week when I see my nephews I let the eldest pick a new book, then we read through it together. I give him one thing to focus on during the week (don't pronounce final consonants, notice the soft "g" sound). He practices it at home during the week with the audio recording and then re-reads it to me the next time I see them.The audio is simply excellent! Great voice acting, and the additional sound effects really pull the story together and make it fun. The great part is that his two younger brothers and his mom also hear the audio and they are picking up French words here and there as well. (I also catch his two brothers sneaking over to look at the new book after the eldest gets his initial read-through. :P) I can definitely tell my nephew's pronunciation is improving as well!After the initial 10 weeks of reading through the books (exposure to vocabulary and building up experience with the words), I am hoping to do another 10 weeks of lessons with the same books, but do additional activities to solidify and reinforce the vocab. I noticed on the Language Together website they have free lesson plan suggestions for activities, so I will probably use their ideas plus add some of my own. Et voilà, 20 weeks worth of lessons out of these little books. :) Hopefully after we can move on to the 2nd set of books!

At first look it seems very simple for the price, but the audio that comes with it is very helpful especially when I don’t have the energy to reread these books to my 2.5 year old. He wants to read these books a lot!The audio is also great so his grandparents who don’t know French can also read the books with him. This was an added bonus I didn’t think about before buying.I like the illustrations and the simple story lines are engaging. I’ll most likely purchase the second and third set.I wish the case they come in was different, it’s a little struggle to put the books back in the holder.

Great for beginners and the whole family. Nice illustrations, good quality, digital audio for pronunciation, and a teaching guide with ideas and some worksheet activities. Simple to learn and useful sentences. Having a physical book to hold paired with digital support is so great!

Bought this for my 2 and 4 year old since they speak French. I figured this would help with reading since it is easier than more complex books. I wish the size of the books were bigger. They are very flimsy and small so kids will destroy it with ease.

I love this set of French readers! We are learning French at home as beginners and these readers really helped us a lot. Each reader comes with a theme such as greetings, colors, shapes, body parts etc, and the sentence is simple with repetition (great for beginners!!). There is English translation for each sentence and vocabulary (save me the trouble of checking the dictionary). The online audio (downloadable) feature is absolutely wonderful for practicing pronunciation and listening skills. I would recommend this for all French beginners.** I've bought both Set 1 and Set 2 and one reader out of the 20 readers was misprinted. I wrote to the publisher and they sent me a replacement immediately with follow-up confirmation. To be honest, I didn't expect such efficient yet friendly responses at all considering that I am overseas. I am very satisfied with this purchase and will not hesitate to buy from them again if they have any new French readers.

I’m a French professor who teaches adults and wanted to start teaching French to my six year-old (who has always resisted learning other languages). These books are perfect for introducing French in an easy breezy way. My child doesn’t realize he’s doing something educational. He just likes the fun pictures and repeating the phrases. Hopefully next time I take him to France, he will actually be able to communicate a bit with the other kids on the playground !

Our 3 kids are learning Spanish, French, and Chinese with Germaine Choe's Language Together series.What can I say? Their system- the books, the illustration, the audio lessons online- all work fabulously. Yes my kids are all still young, so of courses they will learn quickly especially with the 30 minutes every-other-day audio lessons. But wait, what's happening? I find myself speaking the new languages with the kids too, and I am in my mid 30's!If they ever come out with other languages (we are currently fishing for Hebrew and Arabic programs after this encouraging result), we are clicking the purchase button in a heart beat. Whether you are homeschooling or not, try the Language Together series... you will see what I mean.

It is a really good book for learning a new language. The illustrations and graphics are vivid, colourful, fun and eye catching. The narration is also very vibrant and lively. My son loves it so much. Even without the narration, he loves to flip the book. The structure and content allow the children to memorize the phrase easily.