Bilingual Education: Preschooler
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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...
Language Immersion Schools
Asked by J.H. from Los Angeles
on July 1, 2010
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We are considering enrolling our daughter in a French immersion school for kindergarten, but I am concerned that it will be too difficult for her to learn a new langua...
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- Hi J., I'm not sure about immersion schools. You should check first with the school and teachers if you feel confident with their philosophy. But, if it seems a go...
- Hello, I think if you are starting her in kindergarten, then she might do well. However, if you wait, it will be hard for her to get the corricullum. I did English ...
- Wow, how cool! I wish that we had something like that around here! Assuming that most of the children do not already speak French, I think your daughter will be on th...
Views on Language Immersion Schools
Asked by K.O. from Minneapolis
on October 25, 2007
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I would just like to know if there any other moms out there that are feeling frustrated by all the public language immersion schools that are cropping up everywhere? ...
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- Maybe in your neighborhood they are perceived as better, but not everywhere. I know two people who did the language immersion - one (Edina) that had to hire a tutor a...
- K., I will answer your frustrations from the point of view of a high school Spanish teacher. Yes, it should be that all kids have the possibility of learning a secon...
- I used to be a teacher before I stayed home with our kids. I've taught in public and private schools, including a spanish immersion school. I find it so disheartenin...
Choosing a School (Neighborhood or Bilingual?)
Asked by J.O. from Detroit
on November 19, 2010
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OK, what to do? Do we have the kids attend our excellent neighborhood school that is 9/10 on Greatschools rating? We bought a house really liking the school. It's gr...
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- Learning languages is easier the earlier they start. That's been researched and proven. But what language do you WANT them to learn? There's enough Spanish being ta...
- Go to the better school. You can always give them the bilingual advantage with extracurricular classes or some of these fun videos and such you can get now days. You w...
- We have a very similar choice. Our neighborhood school is within walking distance, a 9/10 and is one of the few elementary schools in our district that is excelling. ...
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,...
Waldorf vs Immersion School
Asked by M.S. from Minneapolis
on January 25, 2010
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My daughter has been in Waldorf for the last 2 years and will be starting K this fall.
Anxiety and the pressures of being a 21st century parent hit me last week when ...
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- Wow. I just typed a long response and can't find it. We send our three children to an Immersion program. They are thriving and we are thrilled with their educatio...
- My daughter has been in French immersion pre-school and it has not been overwhelming for her at all. It might be confusing and frustrating for our adult brains if we w...
- My kids are not school age yet, the older on is just turning 4. I investigated Waldorf schools several years ago (my husband was considering becoming a teacher)and I ...
Second Language Schools
Asked by G.W. from Minneapolis
on September 29, 2008
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I'm looking for a good spanish, chinese, or french school. I looked at rayito del sol, but didn't really care for it. Anyone know of good foreign language schools?
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- I see that your children are younger and one daycare I have heard good things about is Jardin Magico which is a daycare on Minnehaha Avenue in Minneapolis that offers ...
- Yinghua Academy in St. Paul for Chinese.
- My daughter attends preschool at Mes Amis French School in Hopkins. She loves it. You can check it out at mesamisfrenchschool.com. The teacher Rose Mingo is very lov...
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...
Bilingual.....starting (Too) Late ?!?!?!? and How to Do It ?????
Asked by D.C. from Dallas
on March 30, 2010
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Hi,
I'm German and am married to an American.....
We've been living in the US for a total of 6 years now and both our sons speak only English....
My fault.......
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- Join culture clubs. German culture clubs in your area.... My kids are bi-lingual- European and American... and we used to go to a culture club in our area for that...
- Hi D.! I am German, too, married to an American. My son is 1 1/2 and I only speak German with him. My husband speaks some German, but also speaks to our son in Engl...
- Do it now while at the age of 3 & interested in learning....it's not awkward to say somethings in English & some in German. Start with small words or phrases like.......
Preschool
Asked by D.M. from Sioux City
on June 18, 2011
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How do you feel about preschool? Yay or nay? What's your reasons?
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- Preschool was great for my DD. She is very social, but also very stubborn, so it was (and still is) hard to get her to respond to my attempts at teaching her anything...
- I don't think it is necessary or a prerequiste for kindergarten. Everything they teach in preschool I can teach at home or in outings during every day life. I will p...
- I think it's very important. Kids need to know so much by the time they start kindergarten nowadays. Unless you can personally sit and work with your child to prepar...
