Supporting you and your child on your language learning journey
When my daughter was 3 I remember being so worried that she would never be able to roll her r’s. I had no idea how to teach her to do that and we didn’t have many opportunities for in-person practice with native speakers because we …
As a nonnative Spanish speaker, I’m always looking for ways to give my daughter exposure to native Spanish speakers. To read more about the challenges of promoting Spanish in an English dominated community read: How To Get Your Child To Speak The Minority Language Since …
There are many methods for raising bilingual children. You may have heard of “one parent one language”, “minority language at home”, or “time and place”. As you’re starting out on your bilingual parenting journey, it’s important that you find a bilingual parenting method that works …
The Khan Academy App My daughter has been very interested in numbers for a long time now. She enjoys counting, thinking about how things combine, making patterns and creating designs. The Montessori preschool that she went to provided a strong foundation in number sense and …
One of the times that we practice Spanish each week is in the car. It’s a great way to practice and there are so many ways in which you can make this a passive language learning time or an interactive and conversational learning time! If …
Will teaching my child two languages make them confused? When parents are making a decision about which language or languages to pass on to their children, the topic of ‘confusion’ always comes up. When I decided to teach my daughter Spanish as an infant, I …
After my daughter started her Montessori preschool at the age of the three, she decided that she wanted to learn how to read. Her classroom was mixed ages 3-6 and she saw children curled up in a comfy chair in their reading nook and she …
When we’re at home, my daughter and I only speak in Spanish. This has been the best way for me to learn and practice my Spanish and the best way to make sure that my daughter gets as much exposure as I can give her. …
Practicing mindfulness is so important- for adults and children! I started to learn more about it and build a mindfulness practice, for myself and for my daughter, during the onset of the pandemic in 2020. Of course I wanted to find all of the mindfulness …
As a non-native Spanish speaker there are a lot of Spanish words and phrases that I don’t know – like a lot! I think one of the biggest challenges that all non-native speakers face is building their vocabulary. There are so many things that I’d …
