Wow – time truly flies when you are having fun! Three years ago I was nervous, but most of all excited to push the Publish button for my first ever blog post. The liquorice mint tea and chocolates accompany me today as well (although the snow came earlier this year). ...
“Bringing up a Bilingual Child” – Giveaway!
Head over to GeoCom for Kids for a chance to win a copy of my book! #bilingualkids #giveaway Posted by Multilingual Parenting on Thursday, 17 December 2015
Multilingual Parenting at the Expat Show 11-12 September at London Olympia
This Friday and Saturday, 11-12 September 2015, I will be at the Expat Show in London Olympia. You can find me (and my younger daughter Daniela) in the Family Zone at one of the advice tables from 10 am until 5 pm. On both days, at about noon, I will also give a short...
How can I help multilingual/multicultural families? {MKB Vlogging Telephone: ‘Raising multilingual kids’}
Today I am participating in a vlogging chain arranged by Multicultural Kid Blogs and I am answering a question from Anna Watt from Russian Step by Step “How can you help other multilingual/multicultural families because of your own experience?” .. and here is my...
One parent, one language – OPOL is dead, long live OPOL!
Which strategy should you use to raise your bilingual child? Ask the question and you can be forgiven for getting all confused with the different viewpoints you are offered both by experts and other parents. Today I will take a closer look at the best-known of the...
Interview with Marianna from Bilingual Avenue about my book “Bringing up a Bilingual Child”
Today I want to share with you an interview which the lovely Marianna Du Bosq from Bilingual Avenue invited me to. If you haven't already checked out her site, I warmly recommend her podcasts on the topic of raising bilingual children. We chatted about my book and the...
Thank you 2014, welcome 2015!
2014 What a fantastic year it has been! There have been so many highlights - here are the main ones: My book “Bringing up a Bilingual Child” came out in June and I am so happy and humbled by all the positive response I have had from my readers. The feeling of having...
Video: Chat with Miss Panda Chinese about raising bilingual children
Earlier this week I was interviewed by the lovely Miss Panda Chinese, the creator of a fantastic website with lots of resources for children learning Mandarin Chinese. We had a fun chat about raising bilingual children - you can read her post about it here. May the...
Notification to my WordPress followers
Dear Wordpress Subscriber, in the next couple of days my blog will move to the self-hosted wordpress.org platform. All subscribers who have signed up via email will be migrated across, but the process does not bring over anyone who has used the wordpress.com 'Follow'...
Announcing my book: Bringing up a Bilingual Child
I can’t tell you how excited I am to announce that my book “Bringing up a Bilingual Child” will be out in June! It is a how-to-guide for parents raising bilingual children in families with more than one language. The subtitle of the book is “How to Navigate the Seven...