Bilinguals kids
Thoughts and tips on raising children to be bilingual and multilingual - mostly from our experiences.
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Karneval im Rheinland: What is the Rhineland Carnival, how is it celebrated and what costumes will we be wearing?
This week is the Rhineland Carnival or Rheinischer Karneval. the final days and biggest parties and parades of the season start this Thursday. Where we live is right in the middle in between two ‘Hochburgen’ or ‘strongholds’ and Carnival is a serious topic, even for kindergarten kids. Miss M is very excited, especially about her costumes. What is the Rhineland Carnival? In the Rhineland, the Fifth Season starts on the 11th minute of the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, which happens to be St Martin’s Day. It lasts until Lent with various parties, and culminates in six days of huge public parades, street parties and…
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7 confirmed reasons why it’s good for kids to travel
Whether local travel, road trips, family visits or overseas holidays, travel is extremely beneficial for kids. Here are just 7 (of many) benefits that travel gives kids.
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What do you leave out for Santa?
Today we took Miss M to see Father Christmas. We had been building up to it this season. We made the Christmas biscuits and a gingerbread house; drank Glühwein and Kinderpunsch; visited 5 Christmas markets, one of which was even in Australia; crafted and hung wreaths and tailored some IKEA Christmas ornaments for the family; carefully opened one of the gifts on our Advent calendar each day; posted to our Facebook Advent calendar each day; bought, made and arranged and wrapped Christmas presents for family members on both sides of the globe; and spent nearly 24 hours in the air to reach Australia and our family. Today was the first…
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Combining Christmas cultures and traditions
If you and your partner come from different countries or different cultural backgrounds, combining Christmas cultures might be a challenge. Here are some tips and real life examples to help you find the right Christmas culture mix for your family.
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Why foreign language exposure is important, even if your child is not a language sponge
“Children are sponges. She’ll have no problem learning German.” I can’t count how often we have heard this phrase in relation to Miss M. However, the common view that young children are language sponges is not true for all children. Some would argue that it is not true at all when it comes to languages. Despite this fact, foreign language exposure is still important at a young age. We are raising Miss M to be bilingual To recap, I am a native English speaker (Australian) and my husband is German. We live with our nearly 4-year-old daughter in Solingen, Germany. Before she was born, Peter and I decided to raise…
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Raising bilingual and multilingual kids: 5 key elements to help you clarify your approach
Raising your children to be bilingual or multilingual can set them up for life. Yet it is not always easy. Keeping these five key elements in mind will help to stay motivated.
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