It is fascinating to observe children learning to speak, and it is mind-boggling how quickly they get skilled at using their language to get something, first by directly asking to soon finding an imaginative way of using language to manipulate their parents to act in...
This is the second instalment in my series on why I think reading is so important for all children and especially so for children in families with more than one language. Expands the vocabulary It is a given that reading is an excellent way of teaching your children...
Today I want to come back to one of my favourite topics: reading and why it is so important to all children and bilingual children in particular. As I planned my post in the way I normally do, by creating a mind map of the topic, I soon realised that one article will...