Feb 9, 2015 | Language Learning Tip, Learning English, Learning French, Learning Russian
Virginie Durand is originally from Touraine, a region in the Loire Valley in France. She graduated from University Francois Rabelais Tours majoring in Modern Humanities and Russian language and followed with Khagne and Hypokhagne courses in humanities and Russian. In...
Dec 16, 2014 | Bilingualism, Language Learning Tip, Learning French, Raising Multicultural Kids
With University degrees in education and developmental child psychology, Nicole has also enjoyed a long career in academics. Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, she is a native English speaker who nonetheless has studied and lived the benefits of bilingualism. In...
Oct 28, 2014 | Language Learning Tip, Learning Italian
Luca Prasso is the Co-Founder and CEO of Curious Hat. Luca and his team produce creative mobile apps that activate your child’s curiosity and imagination. We’re big fans of his apps and mission to use the ipad to create moments and experiences, so we...
Oct 22, 2014 | Language Learning Tip, Learning Cantonese, Team Gus
As the oldest of my two boys nears his 4th birthday, I couldn’t be more proud of their progress in becoming mini bilingual speakers. While Yono is simultaneously teaching his son to speak 3 languages, my approach was simply to only teach my kids Cantonese until...
Oct 20, 2014 | Language Learning Tip, Learning English, Learning German, Learning Hebrew, Raising Multicultural Kids
Those of you that have peeked at our family language diagrams on the Meet Team Gus page, will notice that my wife and I are raising Baby J trilingual – English, German, and Hebrew. This is not an easy task in our situation. But before we get to that, let’s...
Aug 23, 2014 | Language Learning Tip, Learning French, Raising Multicultural Kids, Travel Tips
1. Why do you feel it is so important for you to raise and inspire future global citizens? As a parent, I believe it’s my duty to empower my sons to be global citizens. To me, that means providing them with an understanding and appreciation of people, cultures and...