Spanish Flash Cards Cards – September 21, 2006

These are very interesting flashcards. There are 50 of them and they're nice and colorful. The pictures are cute. For me, at least, it doesn't matter whether the pictures are 'real' or cartoons. The point is that you associate with pictures.I like the fact that you're given the articles "la" or "el" before the word because there are many words in Spanish that you don't know their gender. So knowing the "la" or "el" you know whether the words are feminine or masculine. English on the other hand has no feminine and masculine words.I even learned new words. What confused me was the word "el venado" for "deer". My dictionary word for it was different, and it didn't distinguish which country it was from so I don't know what country "el venado" is from. Venezuela, Bolivia, Spain, Mexico? One flash card says "la cometa" for kite. Unfortunately there are two kites, so shouldn't it have been "las cometas" to go along with another card for hands "las manos"?The word for orange(the object/color) is "naranja" for most countries, but the flash card here for that is "anaranjado" which I believe is from Spain. "Naranja" is a lot shorter (remember that "j's" are like hard English "h's")The flash card "el gato" is the masculine form for "cat" in these flash cards. For reference, for a girl cat, it's "la gata". The flash card for turtle is "la tortuga" but the word also means "tortoise" and the picture can't really be distinguished. But for reference, "la tortuga" is for both.Mom and dad can be "la madre" "el padre" which I first learned. I don't know whether the flash cards "la mama" and "el papa" (I'm unable to put the accents on the last "a's" on both, facing left)so I don't know if those are really for "mom" and "dad" or whether those are really Spanglish.The flash card for dog was "el perro" for the masculine gender. Why they don't have "la perra" for a female dog is beyond me which defeats the purpose of being gender accurate. Call me picky but for those who do have a background in Spanish, it's annoying.There are NO English translations on the front of these flash cards, but phonetic spelling for the word for those without a background in Spanish pronunciation. So complainers who don't know the difference between phonetic spelling and actual English can spoil these cards for others by claiming there's English in these cards other than the English translations on the back.The flash card for "el carro" is used in some Latin American countries, whereas you can also use "el coche". But both are right. The "rr" flash card words "el carro" and "el perro", remember to roll your "r's" which takes practice. Too advanced? Perhaps. But Spanish is precise in pronunciation and you'll discover that if you're a Spanish learner whose trying to be better with listening comprehension and you have a non native speaker butcher words, you could be confused.Many will be confused when they see the flash card "la jirafa" which is giraffe. The phonetic spelling is "la kheerahfah" on the card. To make it simple, ignore the "k" and start with the "h" and make it hard "h" to make the Spanish "j" sound or better still it would've been simpler to start with an "h" for the card's actual phonetic spelling.These flash cards are a quick, good start and for me at least, the cartoons are colorful enough and whimsical enough in drawing to be easy to remember.

I am from Spain, and we speak Spanish at home. I wanted a set of flashcards in Spanish to continue the language immersion. I got these cards, and while I don't love the drawings, they are great for what I wanted them.PROS - For English speakers, it has the pronunciation written, and on the back the English word.- They have numbers, colors, and a good selection of words.- They are sturdy enough, I think they will last in a decent shape.- My daugher loved them when she saw them; but she generally LOVES flash cards. She is almost 3.NEUTRAL - Some of the words are not the most common in Spain, although they may be in Latin America. E.g. "anaranjado", which in Spanish is an adjective, instead of the noun "naranja". "Venado" instead of "ciervo". While this is a con for me, because my daughter will have more trouble matching what I say to what is written, it is just part of the richness of the Spanish language :). So that is why I leave this as neutral.CON - The colors are a bit dull, and I don't love the drawings. I agree with other reviews; pictures would have been better.- And I also agree with other reviews that the pictures are small, specially for the numbers! I have difficulty counting them. But I got a different set of cards for numbers, anyway.Still, I was happy to find a set of cards in Spanish! Thanks for that!

I retuned mine, I didn't see that this were for reader kids already, I have a 3 years old boy and this is too soon for him, looking for the Spanish alphabet... the product is great for language practice, just didn't work for me.

I like them there is a lot of common words and all transactions are correct. The only issue I have is that some pictures don't look that realistic.

I am an older adult learning Spanish and the children's products are perfect for me. I wish there were more flash cards for me to study.I've also used the Brainy Baby video for Spanish and other Children's products.I'm very confused when I hear little Latino toddlers speaking better Spanish than me. How did that happen? Are Latino children smarter than old white ladies?

I got these to use in my classroom with my middle school students who are either taking their first year of a foreign language or are in their second year but in need of a review. They are perfect! I like how they have a pronunciation guide under the word.

So excited to use these flash cards, they include the translation of the word which is a huge plus..only con is instead of using an actual number like "4" it has a picture of four carrots, which can slightly confuse a child

My son who is almost 3 loves to play with these cards. He loves to be quizzed in English by me and in Spanish by my husband. He also plays on his own with the cards, sorting them into groups (e.g. colors, fruits, animals, etc.).

It is what I expected

初級スペイン語を教えています。こういうタイプのフラッシュカードを探していたのですが、やっと見つけました！難を言うと、カードのイラストが何を指しているのがわかりにくい。。。残念です。値段や大きさ、語彙のチョイスなどはとても気に入っています。

I bought these for my 4yr old because she was showing an interest in spanish, mainly from watching Handy Manny. The cards themselves work very well for her except she sometimes gets confused wth the numbers because they use a picture of something ie 3 carrots for the number 3. So she is not always sure if its the number or the picture. I suppose the repetition would eventually solve that problem. I would have thought using the number of dots for the corresponding number would have been better for a child. I still give it 4stars because apart from that they still do the job quite well.

This was bought for child who is learning Spanish his mother says her child is nowable to say some sentences.

These cards are fine if you're learning Mexican Spanish, but the phonetic pronunciations are no good if you are trying to teach children Spain Spanish. Words and pronunciations are different.