Vietnamese Videos and piracy

I found a set of Vietnamese videos teaching the alphabet in cute songs. There are 2 videos covering A to R, and there should be one more for the remainder of the alphabet. I emailed the makers of the video set to ask about the last video. Their response was that there was so much copying of their videos that they were busy suing the stores and didn't have time or money to invest in new productions. Apparently the stores were copying and selling the videos in bulk. There were some things I didn't like about the videos in that they were not exclusively in Vietnamese, but they would throw English translations of the songs in some segments. Not only that, their English translations were not the best translations. I would rather teach one language well, than have two mixed up languages. But the amount of learning video is very limited, I haven't even seen any made in Vietnam. I guess it's not as common for kids to learn from videos as it is here in the US.

Ordering off the Internet - American sites

I'm finding bilingual books at a site called www.Asiaforkids.com. They have a bunch of stuff for most Asian cultures, not just books, but dolls, videos and all sorts of cultural things to help kids learn about their culture.

Some of the books can be found cheaper at Amazon, but they are a nice resource for finding a lot of stuff in one location.

Sing and Learn - Vietnamese

I bought this before baby was even born. I've been playing the music from this book. There are a lot of cute tunes, some very traditional ones that I'd never heard but my parents remembered singing.

A sample song can be found at the asiaforkids site.

Baby is Born!

Yes, I now have a baby girl. This was a lovely home birth, pretty easy for me, but the midwives were a different story. Apparently I am much too calm, so the midwife didn't think I was as far along as I was. Plus with monday morning traffic, and her living as far away as she does, she barely got to my house before the baby was born. At least her assistant was here already.

Baby Books - Elmer the Elephant series

I found this series of board books from a publisher in England called Milet Books. They are cute and teach basics such as colors and numbers. The publisher specializes in multilingual books, and has a lot more languages aside from Vietnamese.

Getting Ready

I've been doing research on homeschooling ever since I knew I was pregnant. The main problem is that I want my child to be able to be fluent in Vietnamese but I live in the US and am 2nd generation. This means that my Vietnamese is barely fluent, and I'm going to be working on my own language skills while I teach her. Age appropriate resources are limited for teaching/learning Vietnamese for people living the the US. Even bookstores which carry Vietnamese books don't generally have a large childrens book selection. On top of that, the bilingual books I have found often are expensive and have translation inaccuracies.