Tomorrow is a day of celebration for speakers all over the world. There are more than 6000 languages spoken and in our house we have decided to fully have a Spanish day once a week, where we ban English and embrace the language dictionary in tow. It is often said that the younger brain is … Continue reading
Category Archives: Family learning
Letter to my unborn child
Dear Beloved, I am writing to tell you how much I am looking forward to meeting you and to inform you that I intend to raise you Bilingually in the hope one day you will be grateful at having two languages that you can converse in, and carry out writing, reading and listening skills. Two … Continue reading
Multilingualism and travel
I recently attended a conference on Bilingualism in London about the facts that even bilingual parents sometimes do not manage to raise bilingual children themselves. I was kind of quaking at the thought given that I was raised monolingual and thought yikes ‘what hope have I?’ but thankfully the expert gave us strategies and tips. … Continue reading
Half term holiday updates
We are taking a small holiday as it is now half term, all classes are now on holiday until week commencing 3rd June. We will be at the Horniman museum on Friday 31st May at 11am and 12.15, doing a bilingual Amazon workshop for the family, all welcome. See the Horniman museum website for more … Continue reading
Holiday sessions, Amazonian fun at the Horniman
Fun family sessions at the Horniman museum for their Spanish bilingual amazon exhibition ‘Vicious fishes and other riches’ We will be bringing songs, games and crafts to teach families Spanish and learn about Amazon creatures along the way! Suitable for the whole families, see the Horniman website for more details… http://www.horniman.ac.uk Friday 12th April 11.00 … Continue reading
Why it is important as a non native to try
Twice this week I have come across native parents living in the big smoke who have not transferred their mother tongue to their children. I had thought it was criminal, so many of us are trying our hardest taking lessons, struggling with conjugations through secondary and so forth and wishing we could just install a … Continue reading
Our Bilinguebabies classes
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