Jan 27, 2016 | Bilingual Parenting, Language Learning Tip, Learning Polish, Raising Multicultural Kids
I am a mom who works full time, so time, especially with my son, is precious. Almost every minute spent away from my family and work is spent doing or thinking about things that are necessary for our household so that I can focus solely on quality time with my son...
Jan 7, 2016 | Bilingual Parenting, Learning Spanish, Raising Multicultural Kids
Ben Scheirman is an independent software developer from Houston, TX. He runs nsscreencast.com, producing a screencast on iOS development each week. He’s a father of 5 children and a moderately capable Spanish speaker. We invited him to share a little bit about his...
Sep 6, 2015 | Bilingual Parenting, Learning English, Learning Spanish, Multilingual Kids, Multilingual Parenting, Raising Multicultural Kids
This week we asked our FAVORITE bilingual family podcaster, Marianna du Bosq, to share with us how she was able to maximize her daughter’s exposure to English and Spanish while living in Germany. These strategies apply to any and all parents looking to keep...
Mar 3, 2015 | Bilingual Parenting, Bilingual Parenting Resources, Learning Cantonese, Learning Mandarin Chinese, Multilingual Kids, Team Gus
Over the winter, I decided that it would be a great time to introduce my 4 and almost 3 year old sons to recognizing and possibly writing Chinese characters. Just to remind you, my Cantonese speaking capability is about the level of a 3 year old. I’m a pretty...
Feb 12, 2015 | Bilingual Parenting, Bilingual Parenting Resources, Bilingualism
Maybe about a month after I wrote the last post boasting that my two boys were bilingual, my 4 year old made the inevitable albeit super quick transition to use English as his primary language. My heart broke a little every time I would ask my 4 year old to speak...