French for Kids: Learn French with Penelope and Pezi, Beginner Level 1, Vol. 1

I loved it. I am from a french speaking country and want to introduce my daughter to the language of Moliere. Although I speak sometimes in French to my daughter and wife who does not know French, this dvd reinforces French learning. The lessons are well and simply structured from greetings to colors, numbers, social/family events like birthdays. the graphics are suitable to kids and grasp their attention and words are repeated over and over for better understanding. The quizzes are helpful to check if the words are understood. The minor hiccup the dvd has is the poor quality of the sound, especially of the dog and also the actors speak too fast as in normal situation.

Great program. See my other review. We use both videos to help the kids learn French and its definitely working. I highly recommend. Once they master French, we will move onto a new language.

I sent this to a young girl that is in the process of learning french as a gift and she said the DVD was awful. Terrible quality and could not use it at all and it was very expensive. Since it was a gift I cannot return and refund. It will just be discarded. A better option is the DK French CD and book.

Good points: the French taught is authentic, useful and relevant for a young child. The French speakers have standard accents and speak slowly enough for a child learning the language but not so slowly that they distort the language. But Language Tree could have done SO much more. In the end there is actually very very little taught.Not so good points: the little quizzes are silly and don't seem like the best way to reinforce what is taught, certainly not to a child. I'd like to see more repetition (children saying the words over and over in different situations). I think anybody much older than 5 would be bored with this, and younger than that, most kids aren't good enough at the DVD remote control to be able to do the quizzes by themselves (or even understand the concepts).My 3 year old quite enjoys this DVD (which is why I gave it 3 stars and not 1) but it requires that I sit there with her the whole time (you cannot bypass the lame and tiresome quizzes).I don't mind that it's filmed in somebody's living room. What I cannot understand is why the host (now I'm sure he's a nice guy... but...) is even in this DVD. He is clearly uncomfortable in front of a camera, his French accent on the few words he speaks isn't good, and it looks like the doorbell rang while he was making his costume and he never got to finish it.All that said, I will actually buy the Volume 2 DVD if it's available. As per above, my daughter likes it....

This product was not very helpful in that most of the songs, or activities are not accompanied by the words, (in French or otherwise). This made the test your knowledge portion of the dvd difficult, as the actors speak quickly and it's hard to understand through their heavy accents. My children became discouraged after 20 minutes or so, due to not being able to follow along. I will shop for a different product to teach my children French.

Good DVD ld highly recommend this product although I ought to have bought the complete set.My girls are at the top in their class

While an entertaining video for my little ones, 3 and 2, to watch, I think the sound quality is off. I have been speaking French since I was a kid, and this video is a little tough for me to understand. There needs to be more repetition with the words and phrases, they move too quickly through the segments. I love the songs though! They are cute and my kids adore the dog, Pezi, flying through the air with the balloons. The learning tree guy is very strange and awkward! His costume really makes no sense, and I had no idea what he was supposed to be! The best part of the whole movie is when they are singing the un deux trois song and the tree man is dancing while eating the cake. The grandmere is just sitting there watching him with the weirdest look on her face. Hilarious! I think the film is effective if you watch it with your kids and recite the words and phrases yourself. My kids say a few things, but they learn better when they hear me repeat the words.

my son loves it!!!!!!!!!! some people complain about this video,but it worked miracles for my son.

ITS Good for kids , it gets their attention . And with some lessons on the side it helps them catch on

This seemed like a good way to let my two children start to learn french - however, they were not at all interested in watching this DVD. It didn't engage them at all. Maybe it would appeal to some children... But, sadly, not mine.

I bought this for my 5 year old son as it stated beginner level 1 - it was way too fast and very wooden, I also expected the animation to be much better, quite disappointing..French for Kids 1: Beginner Level 1 [DVD] [2008] [US Import] [NTSC]

These were not great to help my kids learn french. They were not done in a fashion that is helpful.

The audio was horrible