There will come a time when your child no longer wants to speak your target language with you. It doesn't mean you did anything wrong. It just happens when you're speaking anything but the majority language. I have been heading it off with Bilingual Baby for a while now, and some days I feel like … Continue reading 5 Tricks for Getting Them to Talk at Home
Tag: Spanish
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
Sana, Sana Rana
Learn this rhyme about a frog and its tail and how if you don't get better today, you'll get better tomorrow. Use it next time your kiddo skins a knee.
Meeting Pol: Linguistic Soup in Altea
Over the weekend, Andrea and I traded more words and phrases in English and Spanish than we normally would trade in months.
Meeting Andrea: My Language Friend Comes to Life
I finally meet a friend I've never met. "We locked eyes from a block away and started running toward each other."
Cuentos: The Color Black Rules
There are definitely no pale princesses in this book, and kids are asked directly to rethink their own ideals in a tangible, easy-to-grasp way.
Summer in Spain
Today we board a plane for Valencia, where we'll stay for six weeks. Traveling Alone to Spain When I was sixteen I stood with my mom in Guanajuato, Mexico, on the rooftop of the Instituto Falcon where we were taking Spanish classes. Earlier that day I'd met a girl in class my age from the … Continue reading Summer in Spain
