Hello Everybody,

I am an American Homeschool Mommy living in the sunny Kingdom of Saudi Arabia! My daughter is 4 year olds and attends the local German School here. She will turn 5 soon and will be in the Vorschule.

Because I am an Ami and it is completely normal where I am from, I have already taught my daughter to read in English and she can read at a second grade level. I am now trying to teach her to read German, which she is more or less teaching herself to do.

I would love to get advice from you all on what to do and about German schools, which frankly are awe inspiring (in a good way), but also terrifying to me at the same time. Anyway, gotta go, my daughter's Abschlussfeier will begin soon.

Take care,

Frechesmaedl

and welcome here on our platform.

Before we start trying to help you, please tell us, if we can communicate in German as well, because that would make help for many of us much easier.

You may also browse here:
http://www.4teachers.de/?action=show&id=3376

DaF = German as a foreign language
DaZ = German as a second language

and
http://www.4teachers.de/?action=show&id=4890


And a nice site for kids
http://www.chillola.com/at/german%20starter.html

Another nice program, but unfortunately not for free:
http://www.hello-world.com/index.php


And two short videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QnCAUToqCE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=586Si9VnAGE&feature=channel&list=UL

I don't really understand, what you want to know about German schools. Would you explain, please.. ?
Yours klexel

Hi, there,

first of all, nice to see a mother so dedicated to her daughter. But anyway: If you're sending her to a German school, why not leave it to the staff to teach her German?

If you have doubts, of course, you may want to ensure that your daughter is confident in using her mother tongue - learning another language mainly relies on those 'primary' language skills.

To learn German, a child at age 4 could listen to songs or stories read out in German - especially the ch-sound is sometimes difficult for non-natives.

And don't forget: learning a language should be fun. Let her watch a Disney movie in German (with subtitles) once in a while.

All the best and good luck.
Becci

move to Bonn or Berlin there are International Schools where
English is spoken all the day.

????
She never thought of moving to Berlin, and her daughter speaks English well....
There are international schools all over the world, but her daughter is attending a German school.
She wants to learn German.

Who wants to move to Germany with such great temperatures in Saudi Arabia?

http://www.wetteronline.de/Saudi-Arabien.htm

dass jemand, der sich durch die deutschsprachige Registrierung bei 4tea wühlen kann (und vorher all die Links auf deutsch verstanden hat), wohl auch in der Lage sein dürfte, auf deutsch zu kommunizieren. Ihr dürft mich gern steinigen, aber mir kommt das merkwürdig vor.....

wird dich niemand steinigen, die Überlegung hatte ich auch schon, aber leider hat sich die Mommy noch nicht wieder gemeldet, um diese Frage zu klären.
Ihr deutscher Nick und so manche Formulierung sprechen zumindest dafür

Wenigstens konnten wir mal mit unseren Englischkenntnissen glänzen.

mit einer ECHTEN homeschoolerin sich wohl als schaedlich für die branchenueblichen Vorurteile erweisen wird?

Mal schauen, wer noch so mitliest ...