This is a bit of an unusual tip for this bilingual education blog, but through my chats with a lot … More
Category: Tips for parents
Where to Look for Minority Language Books Inspiration
The children’s books market is a real jungle and it is sometimes difficult to unearth the gems that your child … More
Parent Tips: 6 Effective Ways to Pick up Baby-Related Vocabulary
A regular concern of non-native parents raising bilingual at the very beginning of their journey, is how to get the … More
First Post for SpanglishEasy: "Activate your child's bilingual ability using the Flags Technique"
Further to my post last week, announcing the teaming up of Our ml Home with SpanglishEasy, I am delighted to … More
Non-Native Parents- 7 Tips to Work on Expressing Emotions in the Minority Language
Continuing down the line of my post “Can Non-Native Parents Express Feelings in the Minority Language?”, in which I mentioned … More
Majority Language parent – 9 ways to support your minority language partner’s bilingual journey
The bilingual journey is a bumpy one and a minority language (ml) parent can certainly feel isolated when no support … More
It Takes a (Virtual) Village to Raise a Bilingual Kid
You must have heard or read this sentence time and time again: “It takes a village to raise a child”. … More
“Do you speak to her in English all the time, as in all-the-time?”
The other day, I had the chance to take my youngest daughter to work to pop in and say hello … More
Biliterate or not biliterate, that is the question…
When you start on the bilingual journey, you tend to focus exclusively on language acquisition. The reason being that you … More
Using WhatsApp’s voice function to get your child to talk in the minority language
Modern technologies, and most particularly screens, have a huge appeal to our kids. My eldest unlocked my phone for the very … More
