PetraLingua

Program is perfect for teaching young elementary age children beginning Spanish. I homeschool 6 kids and it is also great for working with multiple age groups

My 7 yr old son decided that he wanted to learn some Russian. Being 7, and having used Rosetta Stone before, I knew he would prefer something a little more kid-oriented. We decided to give Petralingua a try online. I was very happy with how the lessons are laid out. He is a very beginning reader and he is able to navigate through the lessons without much assistance, they are fairly intuitive lessons. They are colorful and not too long and have plenty of review. So far we are impressed. Enough to order the accompanying DVDs and workbooks to see how that goes. Overall, great beginning introduction to the language.

Not sure of the significance of the DVD, they are very short versions of what is already on the computer under the subscription. Navigating the buttons was frustrating as sometimes they worked and sometimes they didn't, with not very many instructions - we had to figure it out. I speak German and the German spoken in the program is great, very accurate. Perhaps it's just my computer that kept the program from operating smoothly, I'm not sure. My 8 year old enjoyed it nonetheless. :)

This program was not intuitive as to how best to use it. I do love the way it works once we figured out the sequence to use.

I'm a homeschooler and I'm very happy with this course. I do like how complete it is.