Bilingual Education: Infant
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Bilingual Toddlers
Asked by S.B. from Los Angeles
on February 7, 2012
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I Moved to the country of cyprus several years back from Los Angeles. My baby is now 2 and I am so confused as to what type of school to enroll her. Her father and I b...
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- Your hubby is right. Under the age of 14 kids learn languages extremely easily. My parents moved me from Italy to South Africa when I was 8 years old. We spoke Italian...
- It really depends on how well you want her to speak the languages and the schools you are speaking of. An example would be my mom, she was second generation Ameri...
- Lots of studies have shown that the best time to introduce a second language is in toddlerhood, and that kids this age have no confusion over which language to speak t...
Mom Seeking Advice About Dual Immersion Language Programs
Asked by M.F. from Los Angeles
on February 20, 2008
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Hello Ladies- I would really like feedback from anyone with experience or thoughts on this matter: We ar moving our little boy to a new school for first grade in the ...
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- Nothing in the world compares with a full time, nurturing, patient, loving parent that takes the time to lovingly correct behavior and work with the child on any areas...
- make the sacrifice for the sake of the kids
- HI M.- I am a mother and also an early childhood teacher. A dual immersion program would be a wonderful thing to expose your child too. What better gift could you giv...
Babies Growing up in a Bilingual Environment
Asked by M.T. from Minneapolis
on March 3, 2011
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Hi, my son, who is 16 months old, is growing up in a bilingual environment (sort of). He goes to day care (all English) 10 hours a day on weekdays, and when he's home...
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- Find a new day care provider. A bilingual environment is a wonderful experience for a child. Both my children were exposed to 2 languages at an early age. My olde...
- We have neighbors who raised their son in a German/English environment. He spoke not at all for about two years, but could obviously understand most of what he heard. ...
- Nevermind what your daycare provider has told you. Your child is primed to learn language at this stage and will pick up both languages if that is what he is exposed ...
Baby Sign Language & Bilingual
Asked by H.L. from San Francisco
on March 5, 2010
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Hi Mamas -
Anyone out there bilingual and also teaching their baby to sign? We are just starting to try to teach signing to my 10-month-old (8.5 months adjusted) da...
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- Signs are arbritrary untill you give meaning. This is prime time to introduce multiple languages! Just be consistent. I have my mom speak Spanish to my son (17mo) and ...
- By all means, teach your child as many languages as you can. They are remarkable the way they figure it all out. Our child hears both English and Spanish and we did ...
- Go for it! We are bilingual (English and Cantonese) and introduced sign when my daughter was 6 months. We used sign for the basic stuff like, "more", "no more", "tired...
Opinions on Bilingual Parenting
Asked by A.H. from Jacksonville
on October 3, 2007
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Hi! My first language is Chinese and I also speak English and Spanish. My husband speaks only English. Some of my family and friends think that it is awesome to rai...
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- I have no experience, unfortunately. I only wish I was fluent in another language to be able to teach my children. I have heard many benefits of teaching children an...
- A. - My brother is 1/2 Cuban, and was brought up by his Cuban grandmother who spoke only Spanish and very little English. When he started school, he knew both language...
- No that is not true they will do well! Children who speek more than one language are very smart because their brain is working quicker than most! I have known some chi...
Your Baby Can Read
Asked by T.M. from St. Louis
on September 29, 2008
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While trying to find something to watch on TV last Saturday night, my husband stopped on an infomercial for a program that supposedly teaches your infant or toddler to...
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- T., As an early childhood and elementary educator I can tell you that this program is nothing more than memorization. I saw the program you are talking about and y...
- I would be highly doubtful of the program. Most baby programs that promote early math/early reading skills are highly intensive programs that do little more than trai...
- Let your baby be a baby. A 15-month-old doesn't need to learn to read. Honestly, he is not going to be smarter because he read at age 2 than if he learned to rea...
Education / School Advice for 3 Year Old
Asked by M.S. from New York
on May 26, 2010
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My son will be 3 in september and I'm pregnant with baby #2 due in October. I know of a lot of people that are sending their 3 year olds to school but I don't even k...
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- I think it is a good idea. My daughter benefitted from the interaction with other kids. we looked for a parochial school that had a 3 year old and a 4 year old progr...
- My DS is 2 and we're looking into this as well. At 3, all they're going to "learn" is colors, shapes and social play. There's not much education involved. So in my opi...
- I think its a good idea. The earlier he learns to interact with other children the easier transitioning to school will be. If you only speak Spanish to him at home,...
Baby Signing: How Do You Feel About It? Do You Think Signing Is Beneficial?
Asked by E.L. from Los Angeles
on December 14, 2011
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What are your thoughts on baby sign Language? Have you used it? If so, how do you feel about it and do you think signing can benefit a child. This is an interesting to...
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- My older daughter took sign as her language in college. She swears all her kids will learn. :) I know little about it beyond it cuts down on communication frustratio...
- I taught my 2 daughters sign language just for fun. I didn't think to start my son on it, but now that he's been diagnosed with a speech delay, we've been stepping ...
- Did it with both kids. My oldest talked early, youngest was a little delayed but I think that's because her brother talked for her - it had nothing to do with signing...
My 16 Month Old Baby Boy Not Talking Much Im Worried What There Going to Tell Me
Asked by M.G. from Los Angeles
on February 26, 2010
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my 16 month old baby not paying attention to me at all.... he does not point either he babas and pappas and loves elmo and tries to sing like chalalalal elmos world h...
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- Don't worry, he is still young. It is good you are having him evaluated. He is bi-lingual. Bi-lingual does NOT mean only in speaking... but in understanding/comprehe...
- Please do not worry. He is young still. I have seven children and they were all so different in when they did everything. Some spoke in full sentences at 18 months,...
- Talk to your pediatrician. Get the hearing test and see if there's anything going on there first. Do you have a nice basic alphabet book with simple pages like "A is...
Speech Problems, Parenting, and Baby Food...
Asked by C.K. from Seattle
on May 28, 2007
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So...my son is almost 3 yrs. old and doesn't hardly speak. He know words but he only pronounces them right half the time. He puts a few words together (no please, he...
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- My son will be 3 at the end of July and he speaks even less than that. He doesn't normally put too many words together that I understand, although he is getting better...
- Hi C., My son was also a late talker (and had frequent ear infections). Because of delayed speech skills, we had his hearing evaluated at 3.5 years and discovered t...
- My little brothers in law did this too. It was eventually discovered that they had water on their ear drums and they had tubes put in and once that was done their spe...
