Although raising bilingual children can be challenging, children tend to absorb more information when they’re younger, learning new skills quicker than adults – who often choose to learn things that can be applied to their career or professional life.
Reading is one of the tasks that you might struggle to help your bilingual child with. Here are our top tips for guiding your child in the most natural way.
Read MoreI know many of you come to Mammaprada for information on raising Bilingual Children.
We are always on the lookout for great resources and passionate businesses who can help with this process.
Read MoreLearning a second language unlocks countless doors throughout life. It not only improves a person's career opportunities but broadens their social sphere.
Read MoreRaising bilingual children is a rewarding and challenging thing, one that I am thankful to be doing every day. While my kids aren’t always as interested in traditional learning, they are open to activities where learning does not feel to be the primary goal.
Read MoreLearnLanguages24 provides lifetime access to online courses that have 7000 foreign words and phrases, which is at least twice as much as other providers.
Read MoreThe topic of raising Bilingual Children is how Mammaprada all began. We don't profess to be experts, we are simply parents hoping to pass on the best of our dual heritage to our children and to give them, in our eyes the benefit of two languages.
Read MoreWe’ve survived January! I can almost feel that Spring is around the corner. Well if I try really hard! We’ve had quite a mild Winter so far and the Spring bulbs are already showing their faces.
Read MoreEver since you were little, you have been exposed to so many different cultures and countries. You believe this has benefited you in a number of ways, so you definitely want your children to have the same experiences too.
Read MoreWe’re almost at the end of term! I hope you’re getting organised for Christmas and taking a break.
Christmas is a really fun time to inspire your children to learn a language. There are so many characters, animals, colours and foods to talk about.
Read MoreWe’ve reached the Summer term! I hope you’re all back to school and into a routine?
For all school subjects, Spring is great season to inspire little ones to learn. There are so many animals, colours, words to use and get their minds buzzing.
Due to this I’ve created another language workbook to support their learning.
If you downloaded the Easter workbook I did earlier in the month, you know what to expect. If not, here is what’s included:
Read MoreI can’t believe it’s that time of year again when we all celebrate the brilliant initiative World Book Day! It seems to come around so quickly and this year I have two children old enough to take part!
They will be going to school as a shark and a penguin carrying their favourite books. There has been a bit of backlash this year from people claiming that children just dress up and don’t actually care about the books.
Read MoreHere's a list of 5 educational apps for primary aged children, in these topics: English, math, science, languages and art. Give your child a flying start!
Read MoreRaising bilingual children is not an easy task, but it is something absolutely worth investing the time and effort in. With 2 bilingual and multicultural kids, there are certainly a few things I learned along the way to do and started incorporating early on with my kids to support them in their language learning processes.
Read MoreThis week on Bilingual children I’m sharing a document I’ve created on levels of fluency.
It’s very easy to have in your mind that you would like your child to be bilingual without maybe considering what this really means.
If you think long and hard about how you would like your child to use a language; where they will use it? How well they will speak it? This will help you decide how much learning and effort needs to go into the process.
Read MoreThis week on our Bilingual Children series I'm focusing on German resources.
This is actually a language I studied at school and although I'm very rusty, I'm considering introducing it to my son as his third language.
Read MoreWelcome back to Mammaprada! I feel like we are starting afresh with the new school term.
I hope you all had a lovely Summer and had some time with friends and family either at home or abroad. What did you get up to? Tell me below in the comments!
Thank you to everyone who is a regular reader of Mammaprada. It's great to have you back again and there is A LOT coming over the next few months. I will have both of my children in school finally! So my capacity has increased and all the little projects I've been dying to get off the ground I am hoping will come to fruition!
Read MoreThis week on our 'Bilingual children' series, I'm delighted to welcome Jackie Colchester, founder of the brilliant Les Petits Tigres!
A wonderful company offering French language classes for children. Jackie is passionate in her quest to help us all learn through music, song, her creative props and Monsieur Le Tigre!
Read MoreIf you love a podcast or need a reason to start listening in, this is your chance!
The Bittersweet Life is a podcast run by two expats, writer Tiffany Parks and radio producer Katy Sewell. It's based on their unique experiences of life in Rome. The wonder and yet sometimes the bittersweet aspects of life abroad.
Read MoreMammaprada features: Raising Bilingual Children, Italian culture, Italian travel, Italian Food and Posts in Italian/ Italiano. We also offer Bilingual Resources for language learning, such as bilingual books, bilingual audio CDs and DVDs,. Other topics we write about are Parenting and Lifestyle.
I’m Kristie Prada & here you'll find our family’s experiences on travel to languages, parenting, recipes & much more. Thank you for visiting!
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