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By: 5 Biggest Obstacles When Raising Bilingual Children « SpanglishBaby™

5 Biggest Obstacles When Raising Bilingual Children « SpanglishBaby™ — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:43:11 +0000

[...] It’s hard to admit it, but — as in many other areas of our lives — we tend to be our biggest obstacles. Raising bilingual children is possible, but not without effort from your part. [...]

By: Adriana

Adriana — Tue, 18 May 2010 11:11:45 +0000

We are in a very similar situation. Spanish/English bilingual family and we recently added learning French as a family. My four year old is picking it up extremely fast. He also knows his numbers, colors, and about fifty other vocabulary words. One way that I have used to increase his vocabulary is to play he favorite game, Zingo, in French. I blogged about it here.

http://mybilingualboys.blogspot.com/2010/02/french-zingo.html

We are currently looking for a French playgroup, classes, or a French-speaker that we can hire to play with the boys for a couple of hours each week. Since he is so interested in learning French, I want to capitalize on this ideal time to learn a third language. I absolutely agree with you that a third language does take A LOT more effort on my part since I am do not know the language. I am, however, very motivated to finding ways to expose the boys to as much French as possible. I hope that you will continue to post about your efforts to teach your daughter French and any products that you recommend.
.-= Adriana´s last blog ..Giveaway- $50 gift certificate to CSN stores =-.

By: Ana Lilian

Ana Lilian — Tue, 18 May 2010 05:04:40 +0000

Those are both great suggestions! Thanks!

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 18 May 2010 03:55:24 +0000

I have found soccer to be a great way to expose my sons to more Spanish. My husband is a huge fan and it is not too expensive to attend the Galaxy games in Los Angeles. The announcements both written and spoken are often in both languages. Many of the fans speak Spanish, and so do some of the best players.

By: Beth Butler

Beth Butler — Mon, 17 May 2010 21:36:33 +0000

Now that my children are getting older and sometimes 'too cool' for play, I have enlisted the aid of My Personal Language Tutor (www.myplt.com). Our 18-year-old son continues his Spanish language learning with Rafa from Costa Rica once a week via Skype and is doing well. It's the eliciting the verbalization at this point because 'el se puede entender todo, todo, todo/he understands everything' it's just getting him to speak his Spanish freely that is the challenge! Even our 10-year-old daughter seems to be wanting more than helping with Boca Beth concerts and studio recording time or OnLineFreeSpanish.com! So she has been asking about her own tutor sessions which is great! .-= Beth Butler´s last blog ..What Do Children Remember? Music! Music! Music! =-.