Bilingual Baby
Raising a child in non-native Spanish
Parroting & Grammar Roll: 2yrs, 3mos
“Crap!” I said. “Crap!” echoed Josephine, who was in my arms. Lyon and I exchanged looks and tried not to laugh too much.
MoreSpanglish: 2yrs, 3mos
As she gets more and more confident in both languages, she gets more confident at mixing them. One phrase: yo tengo hungry.
MoreColors & Conversations: 2yrs,2mo
Conversation with Jojo has evolved from secret babble between mother and baby. Now anyone could listen in and get the gist. Follow along with our conversation from this morning.
MoreGrammar: 2yrs, 2mos
Some of what she says is only correct because she’s imitating phrases she hears all the time; but some of it is being passed through internalized language rules and, incredibly, coming out correctly.
MorePersistence: Take my hand
I didn’t understand her and I was willing to let it go…but she wasn’t. She was going to make me understand.
MoreAbstract Concepts
I knew she understood the relationship between going pee-pee in the potty and receiving a sticker, but I didn’t know she could verbalize it.
MoreBasics: Counting & Colors – 24 months
I’ll check in on basics again in a few months and see what kind of progress she has made. We don’t drill these things, we keep it fun and playful. Counting & Numbers: When she has an item in her hand she can pick up another one and say “dos.” When she’s counting rubber ducks […]
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