SPANGLISH LIVING POSTS
How I Began to Teach My Child Spanish at 4 – And Why It’s Never Too Late
Inside: Asking the question, "Can I teach my child Spanish, if I didn't start at birth"? This is one mom's story of raising a bilingual child and why she says it's never too late to get started. My Path to Teach My Child Spanish My 11-year-old bilingual...
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10 Tips and Tricks for Raising Bilingual Kids
Inside: Practical advice and tips for raising bilingual kids, from the creators of Veoleo. Raising a bilingual child takes dedication, consistency, and a lot of creativity. Here at Veoleo, we’ve broken it down to 10 tips on what you can do at home to help support...
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What If My Child Doesn’t Want to Speak Spanish?
Inside: Advice and tips for parents asking "What if my child doesn't want to speak Spanish?" Before actually having children, it was easy to imagine how they would turn out. We, the parents, would do a, b, c, and our children would beautifully result in x, y, z....
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HOW OUR GARDEN HAS HELPED US TO GROW AS A BILINGUAL FAMILY
Inside: I'm welcoming Johana from Mama Tortuga! She is a lover of nature, culture, and languages, backyard gardener, raising multicultural and multilingual children. Supporting families in South Florida to have families that are conscious, multicultural and green. She...
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10 Awesome Benefits of Multilingualism
Inside: The benefits of multilingualism, from Aditi Wardhan Singh When I was a child, I struggled with languages. Instead of learning, I mashed them all up into one garble. My mom, exasperated, gave up-- figuring since my dad was Hindi-speaking, I didn't really need...
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What You Need To Know About Bilingual Language Development: FAQ
Inside: FAQ on bilingual language development, on what's normal and when to seek help from a speech pathologist. For today's post, I'm welcoming Julie Perron from Speech Pathology Master's Programs. Parents raising bilingual kids often have questions about what's...
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Raising Bilingual Children: 5 Families Share Their Stories
Inside: Insights from multilingual families in raising bilingual kids. Parents face hundreds of decisions as they raise their kids, along the way. Multilingual families face even more options: One parent, one language? Minority language at home? Only ever answer the...
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Monolingual Parents, Bilingual Children: Tips for Success + Giveaway!
Inside: Resources for monolingual parents raising bilingual kids. Limited-time only: this post includes a giveaway you won't want to miss! Make sure to enter by midnight, September 28th to win some amazing Spanish resources from Linguacious! Raising...
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German Children’s Songs: A YouTube Playlist for Beginners
Inside: German children's songs: some introductory German music on YouTube, for learners. Let's state the obvious: I don't speak German, or know much about it!. However, I am working on a world music collection for Multicultural Kid Blogs and got some...
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French Songs for Kids: A Playlist for Beginners
Inside: A collection of French songs for kids on YouTube. As we raise our two bilingual kids, I've always planned to introduce a third or even fourth language. While this has always been the goal, I've been pretty spotty on following through. My son is super...
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