Bilingual Baby finds it HILARIOUS when you pretend you're saying a word correctly, but really you're saying it wrong. This game can go on forever, and may cause next-day stomach cramps from too much laughing. Listen in to this session where she's trying to get me to say Flor and I think I'm doing just fine … Continue reading Playing with Words: Oh the Hilarity
Category: Audio
Introducing Amigo
I guess "Amigo" has been around a little more than a year now. It started one day as a game when I drew some eyes and a mouth on my hand and gave the little guy a name and a voice. At first, Bilingual Baby spoke English to him, and Amigo turned to look at … Continue reading Introducing Amigo
Dímelo en Español. No Seriously, en Español
We have arrived. If I let her, she would only speak to me in English. It would be so easy right now for us to slide into a pattern where I speak to her in Spanish and she speaks to me in English. That would be a move toward passive bilingualism, where she understands the … Continue reading Dímelo en Español. No Seriously, en Español
Last Impressions of Costa Rica
Even paradise has problems, and earthquakes. Taking off my rose-colored glasses for this post.
Birds of the Cloud Forest – Monteverde
This post is dedicated to my mom, lover of birds.
Spanish “Immersion”
It’s hard to speak Spanish here. I’ll be honest—you don’t need it.
Then & Now: Audio
Audio snippets from 15 months and 20 months.
