By: Chontelle Bonfiglio “Mummy, how do you say caterpillar in Spanish?” asks my four year old. Something I never thought I would ever hear. I don’t speak Spanish, and had to quickly send his teacher a voice message to ask her! I actually had to translate it into Italian so she could understand me, then wait for her reply to let us know what it means in Spanish. My son would not go to bed until he
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Pi in Many Language! Multilingual children celebrate Pi day in Chinese, French, Italian, Russian, and Spanish in this video! Hop in and join us! Pi π Day is on March 14 and it is celebrated all over the world. Pi (π in Greek) is a mathematics symbol. 3.14 is usually what we use when working on the simple calculation of a circle. For children who are learning languages this day can be a fun day for reading
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Wonders of Raising A Bilingual Child “Wow! You are raising a bilingual child. It must be easy for you because you speak the language…” a lady on the playground once told me. Is it easy? What do you think? Easy is definitely not the word to describe the journey of raising a bi/multilingual child. I go with adventure. ADVENTURE is the word for parents who are on the journey to raising bi-/multilingual children. Parenting is exciting, but
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Love and laughter are a wonderful part of the bilingual journey. Along the way, I’ve discovered these secrets of bilingual kids! Here are 6 things I love about bilingual kids 1. Bilingual children are curious about two languages. When they see something new they always want to know more about it, what to call it, and why in both languages. 2. Their sense of humor is doubled – at least. They tell jokes
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Thanksgiving is almost here! The holiday season is a great time to introduce fun and exciting new words, phrases, and sentences to children in your target language. My kids and I put together a fun word list every week. We talk about the meaning of each word. We make sentences and we make up a story using as many new words/phrases as possible. Then we cook and bake to make our tummies happy while we are learning.
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This post has affiliate links. Thank you for your support! Raising bilingual kids is a popular topic in recently years. How to raise bilingual kids at birth? How to start raising a bilingual child in early years? What method to use? Is the bilingual parenting approach you have chosen working for your family? When should I start? A year from now you may wish you had started today. –Karen Lamb Raising Bilingual Kids You might have heard
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A Bilingual Family Journey interview with Angela Mingjung Chen, World Language Chinese Instructor and linguist along with her daughter, Joweina Hsiao. You will hear their story from both the mother’s and the daughter’s perspectives. How does Angela keep her heritage language (Chinese) and culture alive at home? Angela shares her insight on bringing up her bilingual/multilingual children as a native Chinese speaker. Joweina, a sophomore in college gives her take on her multilingual journey growing up. You
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Author Interview Global education and bilingual parenting conversation with Becky Morales, creator of Kid World Citizen and author of The Global Education Toolkit for Elementary Learners! I am thrilled to share Becky’s resourceful book and her global education blog, Kid World Citizen with you. Find out how to raise a young world citizen at home plan a global themed class event, and school presentation for your child Learn where to locate age appropriate global education learning tools
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Are you raising bilingual kids? Do you want to know how to create a positive learning environment so your family will enjoy this bilingual adventure? I am delighted to have Rita Rosenback come to the show. Rita Rosenback is the author of Bringing Up a Bilingual Child and the founder of Multilingual Parenting website. Rita is a multilingual mother who has successfully raised two multilingual children. She is a Family Language Coach and she shares her advice
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