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12 things parents raising bilingual children need to know VIDEO
Video based on the popular post 12 things parents raising bilingual children need to know The blog article is...
How to use “monolingual toys” to motivate bilingual children
“How do I introduce another language for my toddler?” “How can I motivate my little one to speak my language?” “How to have fun when practicing the kids’ minority language?” These are questions I often get in the queries sent to our team of Family Language...
Q&A: How to reintroduce a minority language to a speech-delayed child and a younger sibling?
Question Hello, I am German and, my now, ex-husband is English/Australian. The kids spend half of the week with him and the other half with me. I used to talk German to my son from birth onward, but when he was diagnosed with a speech delay which was luckily...
Bilingual children – no language confusion!
We have answered more than two hundred questions on the topic of raising bilingual children, and the worry that gets mentioned most frequently is whether kids growing up to learn more than one language can get confused by the languages in their family and...
7 challenges and solutions for raising a bilingual child
Parents who want to bring up their kids to speak the family languages can learn a lot from those families who have been successful at bringing up bilingual children. However, I also think that a great deal can be learnt from parents whose children grew up not becoming...
What parents of bilingual children LOVE to hear!
Today's post you can find over at Multicultural Kid Blogs - check out what parents raising bilingual children love to hear. What about you, what would make your day? [mlp_include id=5085] [mlp_include id=4349]
Q&A: Are three languages too many for a small child?
Question Hello, I have a question concerning a triligual environment in which my daughter (9 month old baby) lives. I am Serbian and my husband is French and we are currently living in France. I am speaking my native language to our baby and my husband his. She is...
5 thoughts to boost the confidence of parents of bilingual children
As parents most of us have an ideal picture of what we want our children to be like when they grow up. Some of us are more specific than others with regards to the personality traits and behaviours we wish for our children, but for most of us ‘happy’, ‘honest’ and...
Q&A: Should a minority language parent also help a toddler with the majority language?
Question Hello! Me, my husband and our 11-month-old son (and another baby coming very soon) are living in Australia. My husband is Australian and talks English to our son and I am Norwegian and talk Norwegian to our son. I have some questions that I would like to get...