Question Good day, I am a German native living in South Africa. My husband is South African and speaks to my 3-year-old son English and the local language isiSetswana. I solely speak German to him. Since he goes to an English creche, English is his main...
Question Hello! My husband and I are Spanish living in Ireland. My toddler just is two years of age and goes to crèche three days a week three hours per day. We use Spanish all the time with him and let English language to come bit by bit trough his experiences...
Holidays are a great time for catching up on reading books! You probably have a long list that you would like to enjoy, but in case you are looking for something on bilingual children, I have prepared a list of books from my own library, which I can all warmly...
Question Hi, Before I ask for your advice, let me introduce my family and our languages to you. We are a Dutch (mum) - English (dad) family currently living in The Netherlands. We have a 5-year-old daughter and a 22-month-old son. We use an adapted version of OPOL...
Question Hi there, I've found your website really helpful. Thank you very much for sharing all that info! I would like to ask for a bit of guidance. I am Spanish (fluent in French and English) and my husband is French (English fluent and good level of Spanish). We...
Questions Hello, I have been recently thinking how and when to teach my girl letters / reading. I find it a little bit difficult or think that it can be confusing for my girl. My girl is Polish / English bilingual kid. For example English word: Octopus. Letter: "O" in...
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It's a great joy and honour to have Katey Howes join my blog as a guest today! Katey is a mom of three, children’s author and literacy advocate who blogs about raising kids who love to read at Kateywrites. Katey is a native English speaker who studied in Madrid, and...
Question Hello, first I would like to thank you because your web help us a lot. Our situation is the following: I am Spanish, my husband is Catalan and we have a daughter of 2.5 years old. We live in China since she was 6 months old. She goes to a Chinese...
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I am delighted to have Marianna Du Bosq from Bilingual Avenue write today's guest post about the importance of books in supporting children's language development. Marianna has taught dual language learners for several years and is one of our Family Language Coaches....
Revisiting one of my favourite topics – love for books, and why reading is so beneficial to a child’s language (and general) development! 1 – Reading time is bonding time Sitting down to read to your son or daughter gives you the opportunity to bond with them in a...