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Overview | Our Spanish Video Series

Our Spanish video series is comprised of 8 levels and is offered on DVD or online. The series features children speaking Spanish in a typical day in their life, with much humor and fun. Level 1 starts at breakfast and the series proceeds and Level 8 ends at bedtime. Your students will learn common and useful vocabulary related to their day-to-day lives.

Flight theme
We use an ongoing flight theme in which students are on a journey to several Spanish-speaking countries. Each video is the "in-flight entertainment" shown on the plane to a specific country. Culture and geography units for these countries accompany the videos in the print and online workbooks.

A progressive program
Where the vocabulary and story line build on each other. You will know when your students are ready to progress to the next level in the story when they can call out 80-90% of the Spanish in our Rapid Review Challenge, which is the last video on each DVD.

Each DVD includes:

• Three or four short video lessons including a short review (about 5 minutes)
• Full video story (about 15 minutes)
• Rapid Review Challenge for speaking practice (2-3 minutes)

Each Level Includes:

• Geography of one Spanish-speaking country
• Supplemental materials expand upon the geography to include a full, fun and light culture and geography unit
• A complete vocabulary list with translation accompanies each DVD¹

*For a faster pace, start with the video lesson immediately preceding the Rapid Review Challenge video on each level.

Notes:

1) Based on our teaching philosophy of immersion, the translations are provided for parents and teachers only and we suggest the translations are not shared with students.
2) Each DVD corresponds with our 8 Level video series.
3) Instructions as to how to use each DVD and pace your students is located inside the front cover, for your convenience.

DVD Level 1: Basketballs Aren't for Breakfast

Story starts at 8 AM: Students are introduced to the three children in the family as they come to and eat breakfast. The personalities of the kids are slowly revealed with one loving to eat, one loving to read, and one loving to play basketball and tending to get himself into trouble. Students are also introduced to the family dogs, one of whom dreams about eating the kids’ breakfast on the table and the other who wants only to be left alone and sleep.

What's covered in this video?

DVD Level 2: Little Magic House, Part 1

Story starts at 10 AM: Breakfast is over and Eli and Parker are playing basketball. As they are playing, their new neighbor, Gracie (15 years old), approaches. After several attempts, Eli finally manages to get Parker’s attention so he can introduce Gracie. Eli is very happy to spend time with his new friend and introduce her to his family. Soon Eli and Gracie leave so Eli can show her his house which surprises her. Gracie then meets the family dogs, Eli’s Mother, and his brother Andy. Andy loves nature and being outdoors so they find him planting flowers outside of his tent. Gracie is surprised again when she sees what Andy has inside his small tent.

What’s covered? The vocabulary from the previous level, plus:

DVD Level 3: Little Magic House, Part 2

Story starts at 11 AM: This story is a continuation of Gracie's visit and also introduces the Wacky Rainbow Restaurant. The story opens with Andy asking Eli and Gracie if they are thirsty and the hungry, and offering them a fun variety of beverage and snacks, all emerging from his small tent, to Gracie's surprise. Both Eli and Gracie choose snacks, including apples, with Eli making it clear he wants a red apple. When Eli and Gracie become distracted, Andy plays a trick on Eli, giving him a green apple. Eli isn't happy with Andy when he discovers his trick and Gracie starts to figure out the color rivalty between the brothers.

What’s covered? The vocabulary from the previous level, plus:

DVD Level 4: Out to Lunch

Story starts at 12 PM: Gracie has gone home after her visit with Eli. It is now lunchtime and Eli must feed the dogs. After finally finding Pequeña (who was sleeping on the couch), he can finally feed the very hungry dogs. Eli, though, is ravenous himself (as always), and is easily distracted by what he wants to eat and drink, forgetting about the dogs. Grande and Pequeña, frustrated, have to keep reminding Eli to give them their food and water! Eli’s father comes into the kitchen to finish making the family lunch and now it is Eli who is frustrated when he learns that the lunch is not ready. When the dogs are done eating, they go to the door to let Eli know they want to go outside. Eli realizes that he too wants to go outside and excitedly runs to the door, grabbing his baseball mitt, and runs outside to play, once again forgetting about the dogs and leaving them inside.

What’s covered? The vocabulary from the previous level, plus:

DVD Level 5: The Color War

It is mid-afternoon. The boys are inside talking and enjoying a snack of fruits. They start a fun dialogue using the verb “to know” in different ways. Eli and Andy decide to play a game but when Eli chooses the color red, a friendly competition emerges about whether Andy’s color green or Eli’s color red is the best. The joking escalates, culminating with Eli and Andy playing a real game of tug of war, with half of the rope being red and the other green. In the midst of their tug of war game, their friend Stephanie arrives with her soccer ball, asking the boys to come play with her. Eli drops his rope suddenly to go with her, causing Andy to fall. Andy pops right back up chasing the others to join in their game of soccer.

What’s covered? The vocabulary from the previous level, plus:

DVD Level 6: Dinner Disaster

The kids are finishing up their soccer game while Parker is looking for his lost tooth. Mom calls in the kids due to rain and Parker runs in showing off his lost tooth and is also very dirty. The kids all take showers and even bathe Big before dinner. Eli is excited for dinner and is the first to come down but to his dismay finds Mom sleeping and the dinner very badly burned. Eli is very upset. Andy, to be kind to his mother and also to annoy Eli, insists that they can eat the badly burned dinner. Soon thereafter the dogs start barking causing the boys to look outside their window where they see something they wish they could have. They wistfully look out their window while Grande gets into some trouble of her own.

What’s covered? The vocabulary from the previous level, plus:

DVD Level 7: Basketball Aren't for Breakfast Part 1

The disaster of a dinner is over and it’s 8:00, 12 hours since breakfast. It’s time to get ready and go to bed. Mom checks that the boys have what they need in their bathroom and reminds them to wash their faces and brush their teeth. Parker has his own unconventional way of getting the job done. Not surprisingly, Parker wants to play instead of sleep, to Mom’s dismay. And Eli and Andy aren’t much better.

What’s covered? The vocabulary from the previous level, plus:

DVD Level 8: Basketball Aren't for Breakfast Part 2

It’s 45 minutes later and to Mom’s dismay, the boys are far from asleep. Parker can’t sleep without his little dog. Eli and Andy, sharing the same bed, disagree of course about whose half of the bed is better (the green or the red side). Finally, Mom has had enough. Parker apologizes and tries to go to sleep next to Little, who of course is already sleeping, But Parker doesn’t want to sleep nearly as much as Pequena does.

What’s covered? The vocabulary from the previous level, plus: