Give Your Child the Bilingual Advantage
A new book just arrived to our Boca Beth office - it had been preordered since early this year. It’s titled The Bilingual Edge and is written by two Doctors who also are two moms and professors of linguistics with one specializing in bilingualism and one in second language learning.
Talk about excited to get a book and begin devouring it! I am so engrossed in their reports, findings and suggestions! So far, they are right in agreement with what we create for young children here at Boca Beth and what we share worldwide to promote a fun second language journey for young children. Here are just a few quotes from the book that will motivate you to give your child the gift of a second language and know that you CAN do this even if you do not speak more than one language yourself:
Even parents with limited second language proficiency can interact with their child in the second language, providing important language input. The value lies in the interaction….it’s a myth to assume you need to be a native speaker to provide quality second language interaction for your child.Any parent can raise a child who knows more than one language, even if that parent is monolingual. Rich, dynamic and meaningful interactions is critical and more important than having a perfect native-speaker model.
What does this all boil down to? Use our Boca Beth bilingual music CDs and DVDs and coloring/activity book to spark the interaction between you and your children! Use our FREE resources on our site - suggested activities that bring each song to life, language cards that provide some great beginning reading and easy pronunciation help for you and so much more! Sing, dance, play and have fun with your children as you introduce Spanish to them at a young age. (shhhh! Don’t tell too many people, but I have parents and teachers tell me often that they are learning some Spanish along with the kids!)
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