http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/06/my-bilingual-daughters-first-year-in-an-english-only-school/ Raising bilingual and bicultural kids Thu, 26 Jul 2018 07:12:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/06/my-bilingual-daughters-first-year-in-an-english-only-school/#comment-143897 Raising Bilingual Kids with the mL@H Method Really Works! | SpanglishBaby™ Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:55:27 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=23487#comment-143897 [...] for a while, you know that, at this point, my daughter Vanessa, who’s almost 6-years-old, is fully bilingual and biliterate. Although the days of me worrying that Vanessa wouldn’t get enough exposure to English [...]

]]> http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/06/my-bilingual-daughters-first-year-in-an-english-only-school/#comment-141529 Dariela Tue, 05 Jun 2012 06:43:16 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=23487#comment-141529 How exciting Rox! I would be crying too. I cry at all their birthdays! It’s so exciting to feel so proud and it’s amazing that she is already applying the english skills into Spanish, que bueno amiga!!

]]> http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/06/my-bilingual-daughters-first-year-in-an-english-only-school/#comment-141469 Roxana A. Soto Tue, 05 Jun 2012 03:14:54 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=23487#comment-141469 Thanks so much for your words, Susan! I’m glad my daughter’s bilingual journey can serve as inspiration. In fact, that’s pretty much the goal of SpanglishBaby… to be able to inspire and empower parents in their bilingual journeys with their kids. We all need to turn to each other for support and just to share our ups and downs! I love this community!

]]> http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/06/my-bilingual-daughters-first-year-in-an-english-only-school/#comment-141466 Roxana A. Soto Tue, 05 Jun 2012 03:12:08 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=23487#comment-141466 That’s a great idea, Elizabeth. I have video of her reading, mostly in Spanish, but I love the idea of having her read in both, ideally from a bilingual book, and record the audio. I’m sure she’s love to hear it later on when she’s a bit older. Back in my days way before Skype (what a blessing!), my mom used to tape record us singing songs or reading and sending a message to our family back in Peru. I love listening to those tapes now.

]]> http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/06/my-bilingual-daughters-first-year-in-an-english-only-school/#comment-141464 Roxana A. Soto Tue, 05 Jun 2012 03:09:25 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=23487#comment-141464 Gracias, amiga! She was soooo happy school was out, jajajajaj!!! She absolutely loves school, but she’s been looking forward to summer since we’re going to Miami for a week later in July!

]]> http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/06/my-bilingual-daughters-first-year-in-an-english-only-school/#comment-141463 Roxana A. Soto Tue, 05 Jun 2012 03:08:12 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=23487#comment-141463 Thanks for your comment, Becky! I meant to add the link where I tell the story of Vanessa translating for the little boy to the post, but I was at the airport on our way to Disney World! So here it is in case you’d like to read it: http://spanglishbaby.com/2011/08/the-everyday-beauty-of-bilingualism/

]]> http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/06/my-bilingual-daughters-first-year-in-an-english-only-school/#comment-141214 Susan Mon, 04 Jun 2012 16:55:47 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=23487#comment-141214 I know you are so proud! And I’m inspired once again to do my best to help my kids be bilingual. Thanks for sharing this. (And she’s precious standing out there in front of her school!)

]]> http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/06/my-bilingual-daughters-first-year-in-an-english-only-school/#comment-140940 Elizabeth Mon, 04 Jun 2012 01:53:32 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=23487#comment-140940 Felicidades Vanessa! I remember that my mama tape recorded me reading once and it was so special to find it not too long ago. Don’t know if you have talked about this or not somewhere on the site, but what a great summer project it would be to videotape Vannesa reading in both languages! How neat it would be to be able to compare progress every year! Felicidades a todos!

]]> http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/06/my-bilingual-daughters-first-year-in-an-english-only-school/#comment-140618 Tracy Sun, 03 Jun 2012 04:22:24 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=23487#comment-140618 The photo says it all – a beautiful, proud, vibrant girl, full of possibilities. I love it. Felicidades to Vanessa and to you and your husband. Qué felicidad

]]> http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/06/my-bilingual-daughters-first-year-in-an-english-only-school/#comment-140437 Becky Sat, 02 Jun 2012 12:30:54 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=23487#comment-140437 That is so sweet that she was translating for the new student!!! Not only a testament to her mastery of both languages, but a wonderful example of compassion.

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