¡Hello & hola! ¡En primer lugar, me presento! Soy Deborah Sigler, fundadora y directora de bambolango. En este artículo les voy a contar un poco más acerca de quién soy y qué hacemos en bambolango en nuestro día a día. Y también exploraremos juntos algunas ideas y consejos sobre cómo introducir o reforzar un segundo idioma con nuestros hijos desde una edad temprana.
One of the biggest issues comes when it is time for children to learn how to read. Many parents may wonder when to teach children how to read in which language, and whether to give up on one language while they focus on another.
So, what are you going to do this summer? After all, you need to keep your sanity, keep the kiddos busy, and stave off that Summer Learning Slide.
Over and over, I see parents who are trying to raise bilingual children ask the same question: How can I get my child to answer me in the target language? It seems like parents all across the board, no matter what the target language is or where in the world they live, have the same problem! So, what can we do about it?
Sé que hay muchos artículos, blogs, videos e investigaciones que tienen que ver con los increíbles beneficios de ser bilingüe. ¡Me encanta leerlos! (e incluso escribo sobre el tema a menudo). Pero quería verlo desde un ángulo más personal y realmente pensar en cómo se ve el bilingüismo en la vida de mis hijas y por qué creo que es tan increíble.
But I wanted to look at it from a more personal angle and really think about what bilingualism looks like in the lives of my children and why I think it’s so amazing.
The Biggest Challenges of Raising Bilingual Children As a teacher and advocate for bilingual education, you’d think I’d have it all together when it comes to raising my children to speak both English and Spanish…
Raising bilingual (or multilingual) children requires us to expose our children to many hours of a target language. We can do this through classes, games, apps, stories, but most importantly, through simply having conversations with them. However, do you ever feel like you’re being rude when you’re speaking a different language in front of people (especially friends or guests) who don’t understand it?
You’ve chosen to follow OPOL, MLAH or some combination of the two (for more about that, check out this blog post!), you’re consistent about using the language, you read books, sing songs, and even have games in the target language. But for some reason, you feel like everything just isn’t clicking together for your child? Do you at times wonder if there is anything else you can do?
Did you know that simply reading a book every day is the biggest indicator of a child’s academic success? Not socio-economic level, not the preschool or primary school they attend, not their parent’s level of education; but in fact, the simple act of having Mom or Dad read to them every single day. In fact, reading just 20 minutes a day exposes children to 1.8 million words a year! *
