Vanessa, have you checked out Dishnet work? Their phone number is 1-800-333-dish (3474). They also have a website, www.dishnetwork.com . They have channels from Asia, and channels in Spanish, Greek, Russian, Chinese, and Polish.
I am also homeschooling. My son is just three, but when he is old enough I will teach him to read in English. When his reading in English is well-established then I will teach him to read in Spanish. The reason I have chosen this method is that Spanish is so much easier to read! I love Spanish. I generally sub-consciously revert back to Spanish phonics when sounding out a new word. I'm have the same theory about learning to tell time. . .my older children (who alas are not learning Spanish, long story) always receive analog watches first. Only when they are very comfortable with using those do they get to "graduate" to digital watches.
I also use movies occasionally for my ds in Spanish. Especially because Spanish is my second language, I value this resource to help him hear this wonderful language from native speakers. We recently got a video by Jose Luis Orozoco. It is wonderful. My ds loves it, but even better his older siblings like it too. I may get them speaking Spanish yet! And yes, as someone else mentioned, I am ever learning and improving my Spanish, and my English too for that matter. I have a growing collection of books in Spanish from Amazon.com that I consider treasures.
Leslie
P.S. For anyone who is curious why my older children don't speak Spanish. . .I started with my first child trying to do OPOL, but since Spanish is my second language, I became discouraged and quit. Same scenario with my second child. With the third, I lasted longer, but quit again. I can imagine what you must be thinking of me at this point, LOL! So with my fourth child, I thought never mind. I will have to find some other way to share Spanish with my children. However, when he turned 18 months and began speaking his first words, I got an idea!!! I thought that if I started at that point and spoke Spanish, AND he responded to me, that would keep me going. IT WORKED!!! Yes! My ds is now three years old and OPOL is thriving. He understands most everything I saw to him in Spanish, I can tell because he often translates. I will say, "Donde estan tus zapatos?" And he will respond, "where shoes?" then he will go and get them. Things like that. Obviously being surrounded by English speakers, and due to the fact that english words are shorter...if you were a toddler would you say shoes or zapatos? socks or calcintines? hot or caliente?
A friend of mine said her mother had the same problem with her when she was a child. Then a new baby came into the family, and when the girl heard mom talking to the baby in Spanish, the girl (my friend) followed her example. Maybe what I need is another baby, LOL!
I warned you it was a long story! Leslie
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