Well, our first week of choosing one word per day to practice German went fairly well! I've been trying very hard to follow my own advice, so each day we did learn the new word (we started with Please) and each child enjoyed saying it in German, and doing the silly dance, the punishment, when we slipped and said it in English.... so perhaps I needed a better stake. So at this point, the kids (all ages 6 and under) know 5 words (we took the weekend off) in German fairly well. They can interweave them in their conversation, and the words have true meaning for them, and they laugh if someone uses one of the words incorrectly. The words are solidly in their minds.