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By: Dana S.

Dana S. — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 00:40:33 +0000

Becky, you are amazing as always!

By: Becky

Becky — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 11:02:33 +0000

Thanks Vanessa! I am excited too!:)

By: Becky

Becky — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 11:01:53 +0000

Gracias Ali- we’ve all heard that kids are sponges, and then parents get frustrated when language doesn’t happen “fast” enough. But even when kids are silent at first, their little brains are taking it all in and working on receptive language- and one day all of that knowledge and vocabulary will surface.

We have had him in Saturday Mandarin classes since he’s come home, and we applied to a Chinese immersion program last year but didn’t get in. I really hope that someday we can get him into more intensive Chinese lessons- we’ve been looking at spending a summer in China at an intensive day camp- who knows? Maybe in the near future! Imagine Spanish, English, and Chinese!

By: Becky

Becky — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 03:04:30 +0000

Thanks Kathleen- language IS a gift, I totally agree! My kids are lucky, but I feel like the luckiest woman in the world to be their mom:).

By: Becky

Becky — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 03:01:34 +0000

Thanks Elizabeth! I agree- parents know best for their kids and we have to trust our gut. I knew they could do it, and here they are:).

By: Vanessa, DeSuMama

Vanessa, DeSuMama — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:51:04 +0000

Welcome to the la familia, Becky! How wonderful for your family is have your experience as an ESL teacher… I’m sure those skills are invaluable in your journey of raising bilingual kids. Looking forward to visiting you at Kid World Citizen and enjoying more of your posts here at SpanglishBaby!

By: Ali

Ali — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:12:02 +0000

Bravo!! – Thats very exciting that he is learning two new languages.

It is commonly referred to as a myth that “Kids are sponges — they will be able to soak up both languages.” I think just to emphasize the fact that it is not necessarily easy for the kids and to understand that part.

Will you be able to have him in a Chinese dual language program when he enters school? That would be so awesome for him to be trilingual and to keep up with his heritage language!!