Why Children Should Learn A Second Language (Especially Spanish)

Why Children Should Learn A Second Language (Especially Spanish)

Around 60%-75% of the world’s population speak two or more languages. Learning a foreign language has been proven to have many advantages for both adults and children. However, there is no reason why children have to wait until they’re adults to be fluent. As a matter...
How to Raise a Bilingual Child (If You’re Not Bilingual)

How to Raise a Bilingual Child (If You’re Not Bilingual)

Raising a bilingual child, even if you’re bilingual, is simply hard. Even harder if you’re in a multicultural marriage, where one of your speaks 2 languages, and the other only speaks 1. For example, someone who speaks English only, and someone who speaks English and...
How Alexandra Teaches Spanish at Home

How Alexandra Teaches Spanish at Home

TFK sat down with Alexandra Gastelum-Sullivan to hear about how she has succeeded in raising bilingual children. Where are you from? I was born in El Paso but was raised in Juarez, then came back to Texas for college. What language did you grow up speaking in your...