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The Bottom Line

This is a fun and educational bilingual DVD for horse lovers of all ages. You’ll learn about horse families, care, grooming, anatomy and more. This is a great introduction to horses, and English or Spanish vocabulary.

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Pros

• Beautiful videography.
• Logical transitions between chapters.
• Clear audio and visual presentations of vocabulary in both languages.
• Quizzes and practice chapters help reinforce the material presented.

• Easy to understand horse information.

Cons

• The pacing is great for younger kids, but may be a bit slow for adults.

Description

• Narrated by Cherry Hill.
• Videoed and authored by Richard Klimesh.
• DVD
• 90 minutes long with 10 chapters plus extras.
• Two quizzes, vocabulary practice and counting to 10.

Guide Review - The Horse-El Caballo DVD

Meet the equine residents of Cherry Hill and Richard Klimesh’s Long Tail Ranch while learning about horses and practicing your Spanish or English vocabulary. Whether you want to learn the basics of horses, need material for ESL curriculum, wish to learn Spanish, or improve your English this is a great DVD. Even long time horse owners will enjoy the beautiful horses and scenery set against guitarist Rich Salas’ music.

As the chapters progress with page turn transitions, you'll be introduced to horse families-mares, foals and stallions, basic training, feeding, stabling, grooming, growth, and more. A quiz on feeds and parts of the horse help with vocabulary practice. You also learn to count to 10 with a little galloping pony and review all the words presented in the chapters.

We found ourselves torn between trying out a new vocabulary and admiring Cherry’s and Richard’s horses and the beautiful vistas around their ranch. This is a DVD youngsters will want to watch over and over just to see the horses playing and being cared for.

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