Check out our Q & A about being a bilingual parent that wants to give another language to your children. How do we do that? Parents ask questions about challenges they have with their bilingual household. Today’s question is: Can I teach my kid a second language...
So, your family is bilingual. Your 5-year-old understands the non-dominant language pretty well… but refuses to speak a word of it… You’ve begged and you’ve pleaded but nothing works. What to do? Well, how about we look at things from their perspective. Let’s look at...
There are many ways to supplement the learning of a foreign language for free. While these free Spanish resources for kids won’t make your child fluent, they can help foster a love for the language, provide contact hours with the language as well as learn vocabulary...
If you are interested in raising bilingual kids then it’s time to learn about shadowing. Shadowing a foreign language in its most basic form is simply repeating words and phrases in the language. Shadowing involves playing an audio (or a video with audio) that is...
So your child is in preschool or about to start and you think it’s a great time for them to pick up a second language. You’re right! Research has shown that the best time to learn a second language is childhood. (You can learn it just as easily when you’re an adult,...
With the global pandemic affecting every aspect of our lives, we’re clearly having to adjust. Before the pandemic, most of us would not have thought that learning Spanish, History, Science, Reading, etc…. on a Zoom call at home could be effective, and we’ve learned...
