Bilingual parenting is an exciting journey and it can go upside down at times. Parents need to be recharged and be inspired on this raising bilingual children journey.
Here is a collection of empowering quotes about bilingual parenting, learning, bilingualism, early childhood education, being bilingual and raising bilingual kids. I have shared many of these quotes in different posts and now I am adding them to this bilingual parenting resources.
Do you have any quote that empowers you on your bilingual parenting journey? These visuals can be a wonderful reminder on your everyday bilingual living with your children.
Smile. Recharge. Be inspired.
What we learn with pleasure we never forget. -Alfred Mercier
Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.
-Rita Mae Brown
We acquire language when we understand messages, when we understand what people tell us and
when we understand what we read. – Stephen Krashen
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. – Benjamin Franbklin
No significant learning can occur without a significant relationship. – James P. Comer
Play is the work of the child. – Maria Montessori
The best classroom and the richest cupboard is roofed only by the sky. – Margaret McMillan
Patience is not simply the ability to wait – it’s how we behave while we’re waiting. – Joyce Meyer
Play gives children a chance to practice what they are learning. – Mr. Rogers
Isn’t it pleasant to learn then practice and apply what you have learned? – Confucius
Within books one can find a mansion of gold. Within books one can find treasure. – Emperor Sòng Zhēn Zōng, China
When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers. – Confucius
You can’t make your child speak a language. However, you can set the stage so they want to speak it.
-Kendall King & Alison Mackey, Bilingual Edge
Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.
-Plato
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will
never forget how you made them feel.” -Maya Angelou
This applies to teaching as well.
I am also including this wonderful ACTFL infographic here to show you how the target language learning journey is like
for children or for students. Raising a bilingual child is a journey and every step counts!
Great quotes, thanks for sharing!! I completely agree that we need to encourage our kids to find joy, and it starts with us as parents!
Betty, That is very true. Love your work with all the fun bilingual kids’ activities.