Comments on: Maintaining Spanish at Home When Your Child’s Exposed to Only English in School

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 20:26:41 +0000

In my opinion, it comes down to % of input & investment (both parents and child). We have been able to raise a bilingual child mostly because she doesn’t know any different. This has been her life since the day she was born. We have been very consistent about the amount of input and how it is received. For example, we have only spoken in Spanish to her.

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 18 May 2014 19:23:16 +0000

Suzanne,
Can you give us an update and advice? I’m in the same boat now with my 3 year old.

By: Peruana en Hawaii

Peruana en Hawaii — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:16:44 +0000

La solucion: TV in Spanish. And not just the novelas I usually let them watch their favorite disney shows and movies in Spanish. Netflix has many available languages as well. We live in Hawaii were there are no more Spanish speaking kids in their preschool but they have already learn Spanish at home (and between them as well) English outside.

By: Peruana en Hawaii

Peruana en Hawaii — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:14:51 +0000

By: Diana

Diana — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:03:27 +0000

hi Suzanne! As i will soon be in the same boat you are (except at home we speak to Enzo in Spanish and French)
i thank you for sharing your experiences here…
i think i might have found the best i could, a daycare that offers an hour of Spanish a day!
I have also decided to start slowly, with two days (or three half days) of daycare a week,
to still give him an opportunity to be with Abuela and our babysitter, who speak to him in Spanish.
Please continue sharing your experiences here!
Buena suerte!

By: SpanglishBaby: Maintaining Spanish at home when your child’s exposed to only English in school

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:55:46 +0000

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