Is Virtual School Right for Your Child?
Resources, School, Ticker
My 13-year old son attends virtual school. He takes all of his classes online, through the use of our home PC. It is not the type of school that my wife and I originally intended for him (we're traditionalists in that regard). But he had an…
How To Know Whether Your Child has a Knack for Languages
Bilingual Plus
About the age of two, children start babbling their first words, imitating what they hear from parents and other relatives. Soon after, they put words together and if parents listen attentively, they might catch the utterance of the child’s…
10 Polite Phrases Your Little Spanish Speaker Should Know
Bilingual Plus
Any parent knows how important politeness is in the adult world. It improves our chances of having healthy and respectful relationships, both in our personal and professional lives. A child should practice politeness in any and every language.…
Want to Learn Spanish? Shut Up and Listen!
Bilingual Plus
I am not one of those people who has a natural affinity for languages. I studied Spanish for three years in high school, but once I graduated, I rarely had occasion to speak the language. So slowly but surely, those lessons fell away. But…
5 Language Games to Play With Your Children
Bilingual Plus
All children need our coaching, affection, tender love and care… and that means they need our time. And when we spend an hour with them we relax, enjoy ourselves, feel positive, laugh and smile at their ways and quips. We also learn from…
Why I Love Being Bilingual & Want my Kids to Speak 2 Languages
Bilingual Plus
I’ll admit it: I’m love the fact that I am bilingual. And when I say I’m bilingual, I don’t mean that I can speak two languages, more or less fluently. I mean that I am fully fluent in English and Spanish, and that I speak, read and…
Bilingual from Birth: Raising My Son in Two Languages
Bilingual Plus
Before I was even pregnant, I knew I’d raise my child bilingual. What I didn’t know is how well it would actually work! At two years old, Daniel is talking up a storm. He’s surrounded by Spanish speakers so he’s speaking mostly in…
5 Challenges To Overcome When Raising Your Bilingual Child
Bilingual Plus, Ticker
Before I had kids, I would turn my nose up at anyone who spoke just one language and failed to raise bilingual kids. I found it aggravating and unforgivable. After all, I had been raised to be fully bilingual! Well, when I had my kids, I discovered…
Join Mamiverse & SocialMoms for Our #BilingualPlus Twitter Event!
Bilingual Plus
Mamiverse’s Bilingual Plus is an online channel devoted to bringing parents and educators the bilingual learning tools they need in the form of digital picture books, sing-alongs, and free curriculum-based family activities.
To mark the…