Speekee Spanish is a great Spanish program for homeschoolers! We are loving it and are excited to share our thoughts as well as a great giveaway with you!
{disclaimer ~ Speekee is a blog sponsor and I was given a membership to use for this review}
Years ago we used Speekee, and we kept our monthly subscription long after our initial review in 2011. Want to see how long ago? Here’s a photo, aren’t they cute?!
Eventually I let the subscription go, but then Jim from Speekee got in touch with me recently to come back on board as a blog sponsor. I knew they had redone the Speekee website and was excited to see the changes and if it might work for my family.
I was mostly interested in the Fast Track, which is a 40 week homeschool Spanish program with lessons! I figured we would like it but wasn’t sure how much. We are going through a lot of changes this year and I wasn’t really looking to add another subject to our day. I figured we could review it for a month or so and then put away for another year.
Boy was I wrong. There’s going to be NO putting it away, the kids LOVE it! Seriously, these two beg for the daily lessons!
What is Speekee?
Speekee is a multi award-winning Spanish learning program for 2-11 year olds. It’s the most comprehensive Spanish program for children ever to appear online. Games, videos and challenges are all part of this super fast way for kids to learn Spanish! There are 40 videos that form the backbone of this program tailor made for homeschoolers.
What is Speekee Fast Track for Homeschoolers?
Speekee Fast Track is a 40 week program for young learners of Spanish, targeted for ages 2-8. It focuses on the first ten episodes in the Speekee series of videos. Each week 4 activities are suggested, with corresponding worksheets, videos, and other activities.
Here’s a peek at the first 4 weeks {clipped from the Speekee website, scroll to the bottom of the homepage and click on the words “Fast Track” to see this}.
How Much Does it Cost?
Speekee is an online subscription service, giving you access to all of the materials with your membership. You can see current prices here {scroll down to the bottom}.
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Fast Track is what we are using and what I am focusing on in this review. My kids are ages 5 & 8 so this is a perfect fit. My oldest is 12 and although he listens in sometimes, he is not participating with us regularly.
Each school day, the younger two work with me on the day’s assignment. The Fast Track plan does not say to watch the video each day but my kids insist. So, we do the activities, plus the video each day.
On day 2 of week 1 you are told to help the kids make puppets to represent Dino and Lupi ~ the adorable puppets in the videos.
Honestly I didn’t not want to do this. I wasn’t in a crafting mood. However, I am so glad I ignored my feelings and just did what the lesson plan said. They LOVE these puppets.
We now have Dino and Lupi sit with us for each lesson and they have REALLY helped with encouraging natural dialogue.
Below you can see a bit of the screen showing the puppets in one of the videos.
They also each have a Spanish notebook. This is for the printables from the Speekee lessons and a few more I have created on my own to enhance their learning. I will share these later on my blog, I am not done with them yet!
I am so glad Speekee came back on as a sponsor and that I was required to dig back into it. It truly is a perfect fit for my two youngest and they are begging for the lessons each day. We will be continuing on with the Fast Track program this entire school year!
One of you is going to win a 40 week membership to Speekee so you too can enjoy the full Fast Track program!!
Use Rafflecopter to enter to win below. Giveaway is open worldwide and ends 9/26/14. Be sure to click over to the blog to be able to see the widget if you are reading via email or RSS.
