Nelson Mandela once said, “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.”
This is undoubtedly true. For this reason and many more, we, as a parent, would love our children to speak as many languages as possible. Therefore we plan to teach our mother tongue first and continue adding other languages.
Teaching children your mother tongue is easy; when you live in a country where most people speak the same language as your mother tongue. Because you’re not the only teacher to your child, but the whole people around are.
The challenge comes when you live in a foreign country. Teaching your language to your children requires a lot of commitment because their exposure is minimal.
As any Ethiopian parents living in the US, teaching our children Amharic is one of our challenges.
Therefore one of the things we do to help us teach Amharic to our children is to have as many Amharic books as possible. There aren’t a lot of choices available here, and that makes it even more challenging.
From some of the Amharic books we found, Fidel’s Amharic & English bilingual sound book is the best resource available.
In this blog post, we will review and give our honest opinion about the sound book.
What is Fidel Amharic & English (bilingual) Sound Book?
Fidel sound book is an interactive book with colorful pictures with sound options installed with it (battery powered). Both the text and sound are in Amharic and English languages. It makes it very convenient for English-speaking children to learn the Amharic language with play.
- Fidel sound book has four study models
- Alphabet (Amharic & English)
- Word (animals, vegetables, fruits, numbers, shapes, day-to-day communication, etc.)
- Reading (stories)
- Game (question and answer)
- It comes with six Amharic nursery rhymes
- Has twelve pages of different learning subjects in audio with 180 buttons to press
- It has rich content, which includes matching games and facts about Ethiopia, Athletics, and Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian traditional music instruments, Ethiopian numbers, and Amharic stories for parents to read to their kids.
- It also comes with a pen marker with its own dry erase, which children can also practice writing.
Our Honest Opinion of Fidel’s Bilingual Sound Book
I saw Fidel’s sound book for the first time on social media. I ordered the book immediately because I am always searching for learning materials to teach Amharic to our kids. Then, the book is delivered to our door after a few days. It came with a battery on, and when we tried it, we all were impressed. It gets the kid’s attention. The Amharic nursery rhymes were especially our children’s favorite because they’re very young.
Later, the kids figure out how to press on the pictures and listen to the sound, change from Amharic to English or vice versa, and even play the question-and-answer games. The other favorite thing from this sound book is the sound of all animals, farm and wild. It is a playful, interactive, and great material for the price.
We recommended it to our friends and gave it as a gift. All kids aged 3-12 were delighted. Also, parents are pleased with the contents of the book. Fidel’s sound book can also entertain kids while learning during car rides and travels.
The current price is $40 (free shipping for orders in the US). We say it is worth every penny. You wouldn’t regret buying this sound book to teach your kids the Amharic language.
Where to get Fidel Bilingual Sound Book?
You can buy Fidel Bilingual Sound Book on the website using this link. Fidel trading gives EnatHood community a 10% discount when you use ENATHOOD promo code.
Let us know how you like Fidel’s bilingual sound book in the comment below.
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