Dora The Explorer DVD Collection
By rainbow
@rainbow (6761)
January 31, 2007 1:08pm CST
Has anyone else let their kids have this? You get a DVD with 3 stories and a comic of the same stories.
My boys absolutely love it and keep wanting it on, I think they are starting to say some of the words with her already.
We are on issue 2, it teaches spanish words with jolly stories and nice mannners. Do you think this is a good start in learning Spanish?
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7 responses
@kittykatzz (1132)
• United States
8 Feb 07
though i havent bought a "set" im sure we have most of them! .. my 2 year old absolutely adores the show and absolutely LOVES swiper the fox.. he points and yells when they review the maps!.. i think its a great show for kids!.. and a little spanish can't hurt either!
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@kittykatzz (1132)
• United States
8 Feb 07
i didnt even think the other one went through! lol.. but id STILL didnt get this cute pic i found! i hate that ... and you can never get back exactly what you wrote!
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@suedarr (2382)
• Canada
8 Feb 07
My six year old niece loves Dora the Explorer and I do believe she has a DVD collection like the one you've described. My sister has done up her bedroom in a complete Dora theme, blankets, poster, etc and she was thrilled when she first saw it. Cheers!
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@sherinek (3320)
• United States
7 Feb 07
All the stories are very good. My daughter loves Dora. She calls it "Doraspora" (LOL). It gives children time to think and makes them pronounce words. We are not learning Spanish in my country, but for English even (since English is not our native language) its very good.
@rainbow (6761)
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7 Feb 07
Thank-you for your reply, it is sometimes a bit difficult to know whether these sets are worth it, especailly if they don't seem to pick up on the educational part, they do seem to love her at the moment so I'll probably let them have it until the novalty wears off.
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@rainbow (6761)
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31 Jan 07
It's pretty simple we have a few colours, tree, numbers, please, thank-you, hello things like that and it is always explained or 2 charactors say it one in each language or Dora translates the spanish to Boots, the monkey. It's repetative too, so they learn the songs quick.
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@kittykatzz (1132)
• United States
8 Feb 07
as i havent purchased any "sets" of the program. i believe i still have most of them on video around the house.. lol.. my youngest is 2 and just absolutely adores it!..he's so cute,.. he points when "backpack" comes up and they sing.. and he loves when they review the map!..i think dora's a great show for kids.. and a little spanish here and there cant hurt! ive even caught my nine year old watching!.. i think actually that both of their favorite character is swiper the fox!.. "swiper no swiping!" lol
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@awonderfullife (2893)
• United States
7 Feb 07
I hadn't about this DVD, but my kids would love it. They have learned many Spanish words from Dora and both can count to 10 in Spanish!
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@shywolf (4514)
• United States
31 Jan 07
I've seen bits of the show on TV, didn't know about the DVD though. It really does seem like a cool show with a lot of good morals, values, and a nice lesson in Spanish at the same time. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who would love to have their child grow up learning more than one language. It sounds to me like the DVD would be really worthwhile, as well. I wouldn't have guessed that it comes with a comic. That's cute! ^_^
@rainbow (6761)
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31 Jan 07
I think it might be a start as in England we are not good at teaching our little ones languages. It's a new thing I got from the corner shop,it seems very wholesome and simple, the voices get a bit wearing after the third time running one after the other but my boys are singing the soongs and thoroughly enjoying them selves. Think it's quite a nice idea.
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@rainbow (6761)
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31 Jan 07
I think it might be a start as in England we are not good at teaching our little ones languages. It's a new thing I got from the corner shop,it seems very wholesome and simple, the voices get a bit wearing after the third time running one after the other but my boys are singing the soongs and thoroughly enjoying them selves. Think it's quite a nice idea.
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