Peter a Davie

The Magic Bag Ositos Peter a Davie

Parents, grandparents, guardians! Learning a foreign language should be fun! That's why I've created THE MAGIC BAG OSITOS (oz-eet-os). A Spanish or rather 'spanglish' story book that is fun and easier to read to children of 2-6 yrs. The facility to learn a foreign language is much stronger when a child is younger so why wait until they're older? Imagine if your pre-school child could converse in and understand a foreign language. What an advantage this would give them in later life. Storytelling and teaching Spanish to pre-school children for 15 years has been fun and rewarding. From these lessons my storybook THE MAGIC BAG OSITOS was spawned. My method of teaching evolved into this book. It is based on what works, a highly successful method that's been 'road tested' and works in practice. The rhythm and rhyme of the text invites children to participate in the joy of language and learning becomes effortless. In the setting, children laugh at and enjoy the antics of the characters in the stories. The children love getting involved in these stories. They love the role play. They love the Spanish chants and silly songs. Call it what you will - Silly Spanish perhaps . It works for this age group. They get it. In THE MAGIC BAG OSITOS the language learning flows better in a 'spanglish' format with the Spanish language set in context and also phonetically written for pronunciation which gives you the confidence of reading the story fluently to children so no-one need feel embarrassed anymore about speaking Spanish if you have no real experience of this. Bear this in mind, when we hear Spanish people speaking English, how many speak with a perfect English accent? Not many, so why should we worry about speaking perfect Spanish? Buy the book. Read the story. Children will laugh and learn - what a wonderful concept! The Author - Pete Davie Other books by Pete Davie THE MAGIC BAG NOUNOURS - a French or rather 'franglais' version of THE MAGIC BAG OSITOS LA FAMILIA SPANGLO - another Spanish or 'spanglish' storybook for 13+ year olds.