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Any Opinons on the Intercultural Montessori Language School in Oak Park, IL
Read all 7 responses: "I am shopping around for pre-schools and am wondering if anyone has heard of or knows about the Intercultural Montessori Language ...
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- My boyfriend's mom has a dual-language (english/spanish)montessori "preschool" near UIC (and I also used to be an aid at a separate m. preschool.) I asked her what sh...
- I haven't heard a thing about that preschool. The two most popular preschools in Oak Park are First United and Pilgrim. Most everyone I know attends those two prescho...
- My older son went there in the Spanish program and I know two people who have kids there now - Spanish and Japanese programs, and are happy with it. The school was ...
Baby Sign Language
Read all 10 responses: "My child's daycare teachers say they don't do baby sign language.....but I swear my child just started signing to me.
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- signing with a young child is great! here are some places to get started.... http://www.weehands.com/dictionary.htm and http://www.signingtime.com/ look under fun st...
- I LOVE baby sign language! At 18mo, my dd still was not speaking much. I knew that my dh did not speak a word until he was 3urs old! I talk way too much to allow this ...
- My sister-in-law gave me a cd called Signing Time and I think it's on tv as well, PBS. It's very simple and well done, so check it out. I'm just now trying to teach ...
Experience in Choosing Bilingual, ESL or All English?
If he already reads and writes some in both languages, then I would ... As dual language is SUPPOSED to be taught, one day is English, one day is Spanish. ...
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- If he is going to be going to school in the US, he needs as much English as early as possible for him to be successful and stay current in school. Hopefully his paren...
- I teach school and esl. I would recommend staying with the bilingual program. The student will transition later on by 5th in most districts. if you do it too soon, it ...
- I would stick to Bilingual. When kids go through the complete bilingual curriculum they are completely bilingual and biliterate. If you put him in English and he is ...
Sign Language for 8 Month Old?
Read all 48 responses: "I have heard that teaching your baby sign language can be very effective. I don't actually know anyone who has had any success with ...
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- I have the Baby Einstien DVD "Sounds & Signs" my son is 9 months old now and he has been watching it very intently for about a month and a half. I have noticed him tr...
- I have deaf parents and sign language was my first language. So when my daughter was born I signed to her often and her deaf grandmother babysat her 3 or 4 times a wee...
- Hi C.! I started using signs with my son when he was about 6 months old. I used "more", "milk" and "all done". Every time I would say the word, I used the sign to...
Views on Language Immersion Schools
Read all 11 responses: "I would just like to know if there any other moms out there that are feeling frustrated by all the public language immersion schools ...
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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...
Expressive Language Delay
Read all 12 responses: "My youngest is 18 months and has been diagnosed with Expressive Language Delay. He comprehends and hears fine.
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- Hi W. H, I have never heard of this??? Of course, mine are 6 and 4 now. I know that boys language typically develops later than girls and my 6 year old didn't talk...
- Hi W.! My husband is an audiology student at UTD/Callier Center and he said they have an excellent speech department and if by chance they cannot assist you, they s...
- My 15 month old ( I have twins) has been diagnosed similar. Please email me at ____@____.com so we can visit. My son will now have testing for his hearing to see if ...
Sign Language
Read all 26 responses: "I am a mother of an active 8 month old son. He is crawling all over the place and taking a few steps already.
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- I used sign language on both my kids one is 3 and one is 18 months. It helped a lot w/ communication my 3 year old would then communicate with my son when we were firs...
- I am an infant/toddler child care provider and I use sign language with the children under my care! It is a great way for them to communicate and feel less frustrated....
- We did sign language with our son who is now 22 months. He really started "getting" it when he was 13 months and learned about 50 signs. I honestly cannot imagine ho...
18 Mth Old Considered Speech/language Delayed
Read all 15 responses: "I have been informed by 2 doctors and one audiologist that my 18 mth old son is speech/language delayed.
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- My oldest son, who is now 11, qualified for speech services when he was 3. He probably needed it earlier, we just didn't know. He also suffered from numerous ear inf...
- Hi! My son had only eight words at the age of 3. The Early On program connected us with a Speech Pathologist and even a school program (1/2 days once he was 3) that ...
- I also have a 2 and a half year old who has speech delay and were involved with Early On. He only has a handfull of words he says and now some sign language. Ive been ...
Baby Sign Language
Read all 5 responses: "I'm interested in taking a class on baby sign language. Does anyone know where classes are offered?"
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- Hi A., I would agree w/ Naomi in getting the books or video tapes. You could spend less money and find a video tape that will teach you what you need to know. I h...
- Merit School of Music in the west loop has a baby sign class. www.meritmusic.org not all baby sign classes teach "fake signs," and if they do, so what? you're more...
- I would personally take out a few beginners books on asl and learn some basic signs like food, more, happy, sad, bed, good morning, etc. Then your child will know the ...
Seeking Moms Who Have Used Muzzy Foreign Language Dvds
Read all 7 responses: "Hi, I am interested in purchasing the series of Muzzy dvds for my twin girls to learn spanish. Has anyone used them?
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- My kids were frightened by Muzzy. That probably sounds silly, but they thought he (and the other characters as well) were monsters. My kids are a bit sensitive in th...
- Hi T., What great timing you have with this question! I, too, had recently heard of the Muzzy DVDs and looked into them on the following site http://www.early-advant...
- SO glad you asked this question! I too have been wondering and just havn't gotten around to asking myself. ;) ~ A ~
