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The Homeschooler’s Speekee Adventure – 4

Posted by Jim on October 31, 2011 Comments Off

Speekee – Week 4

Another week complete and here comes our weekly wrap-up.  We re-watched Video 1 – “El Parque”.  Then we reviewed some of the things that we have learned the past few weeks.  We practiced greetings, introductions, counting, etc.  Our favorite review game was playing “CUIDADO!” One of us would pretend to do something dangerous (like holding an unlit candle) and the rest of us would shout, “CUIDADO!” My 2 year old kept asking to playing long after we were done.  She picked up on it so quickly.  My best “ah-ha” moment of the week was when my 2 year old was playing play-doh and began counting the play-doh tubs on her own in Spanish.  Wow, not only does she get it, she remembers it, and thinks of it on her own.

Have a great week,
Kimberly
http://welovetohomeschool.blogspot.com/

Speekee TV on the Wii

Posted by Aaron on October 5, 2011 Comments Off

In response to a question from a new subscriber to Speekee TV, here’s how to get Speekee on your Wii.

First you need to choose the Internet Channel. On my Wii this is over on the bottom left hand side of the screen, but the chances are it will be different for you, depending on how your Wii is setup.

Wii

On the next screen you just press “Start”, then choose “www”. Then use the Wii controller to type in the address www.speekee.co.uk/tv – the Wii pops up an on-screen keyboard that allows you to do this.

Wii

Finally, enter your username and password. Again, the Wii will let you do this using the on-screen keyboard.

Wii

Once you’ve logged in you’ll see all 10 Speekee episodes available to watch in full.

There are some limitations to be aware of on the Wii:

  • no subtitles (closed captions)
  • video is not available in high definition
  • your choice is limited to the 10 full episodes – so you’ll need to use a PC or Mac in order to get all the shorter clips, look at bonuses and see the homeschool curriculum.

Have great fun with Speekee TV on your Wii!

 

The Beth and Jim Conversations 15

Posted by Jim on September 25, 2011 Comments Off

[Jim] Guess who made the classic mistake of thinking his new product would immediately ‘sell like hot cakes’?

Yes indeed, yours truly. And that, after already having started and grown a business in the past (later selling said business).

The thing is, I knew the ingredients that went into making Speekee, and I knew that everything fell into place when it came to scripting, filming, post production etc. I knew it had quality – and great educational value.

But products do not sell like hot cakes unless the punters know of their existence first, and, surely, many a great product has disappeared before it has even got going.

Among the many marketing notches a business can add to its belt is a positive testimonial from the customer, and Speekee has never been short of these. Not so long ago we ran a promotion with our friends at The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, in which around one hundred homeschoolers reviewed Speekee. After, I collected all the positive comments they made… over 90 of them, and you can see them here: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=193986447297642
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Speekee TV is available at http://www.speekee.co.uk/online.php – the first two weeks are absolutely free. Subscriptions are $7.50 per month thereafter, and you can cancel any time (-;

Boca Beth Bilingual Products are sold online at http://www.BocaBeth.com – we offer award-winning CDs, DVDs, coloring/activity books that are presented in both Spanish and English with FREE shipping available.

Turning Subtitles (Closed captions) or or off

Posted by Aaron on September 20, 2011 Comments Off

Jim wrote earlier on why we don’t recommend use of subtitles in Speekee TV, at least initially. But as Jim said, the choice is of course yours. If you aren’t sure how to turn the subtitles off, it’s simple! There’s a button in the top right of the video player – just click this to switch them on or off.

Subtitles on

If you can’t see the button (circled in yellow in the picture above) just move your mouse over the video to make it appear.

Subtitles off

Note: Speekee TV subtitles are not available on the iPad, iPhone, Wii and possibly other devices.

Hola Speekee, Dino and Lupi

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