Ask HN: German Digital Resources for Kids

Posted by damla on Monday March 16, 2020 @03:09PM
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My 8 years old daughter self-taught German, and she has progressed to the level to enjoy reading German children's books from her Kobo.

We are looking for digital resources to increase her exposure. With COVID-19 outbreak, I see a lot of digital resources made available/free, however with no-one speaking German around, we don't come by any in German.

Do you know any good German digital education/entertainment resources for kids?

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Re:Ask HN: German Digital Resources for Kids by tcc_42 on Monday March 16, 2020 @03:29PM (#22596569)

Kudos to your daughter for self-teaching German! She might have a look at https://anton.app/de/ This App covers all major school topics, from class 1 to 10... and it is free.

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Re:Ask HN: German Digital Resources for Kids by damla on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @09:12AM (#22604535)

Thank you so much, this is treasure.

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Re:Ask HN: German Digital Resources for Kids by gus_massa on Monday March 16, 2020 @03:45PM (#22596770)

Is her native language English or German?

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Re:Ask HN: German Digital Resources for Kids by damla on Monday March 16, 2020 @03:54PM (#22596872)

She is not native in any of them. But, she learned English from 18 months on, via cartoons and apps (at the beginning), so she is close to native in English. Than she learned German basically from Duolingo (for English speakers), and DieMaus App.

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Re:Ask HN: German Digital Resources for Kids by gus_massa on Monday March 16, 2020 @04:03PM (#22596965)

Hi from Argentina!

A few yeas ago when my daughter was young, we teach her English using DVDs with subtitles in English. So she could choose to see the movie with the voices in Spanish/English/Portuguese and the subtitles in Spanish/English/Portuguese. The more sane configuration to learn English are the sound in English with Spanish subtitles or the sound in English with English subtitles, but sometimes she used other configurations for fun.

Can you get a few DVDs with English/German combination? They are probably difficult to find now, and the DVD zones are painful. But perhaps you can use the idea with another implementation.

PS: From the experience of a few friends that live abroad, the real native language is the language in the kindergarten, not the language of the parents.

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Re:Ask HN: German Digital Resources for Kids by damla on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @09:11AM (#22604528)

We don't have any DVD's, however there are some videos in the app I mentioned. She seems to follow very well, but I can't make sure to what extend (because I can't understand myself). Anyways I keep providing content with increasing complexity, because I'm sure she is progressing, and also entertaining. Thank you very much for your recommendation :)

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