My husband and i have always planned to teach our children both english and spanish from birth, being that his family only speaks spanish, and mine only speaks english... but now he is not in the picture for a while and i don't speak spanish- but i still want my son to be able to speak with his grand parents, naturally... how can i start teaching my child a language i don't know from the start??
2007-03-12 02:52:00 · 3 answers · asked by NewMommy!!! 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
my husband's parents reside out of the country
2007-03-12 02:57:37 · update #1
I'm not a big fan of teevee for kiddies, but -- do you have a Spanish-language channel in your area with decent children's programming?
I'm in Canada, and thinking that it might not be a bad idea for at least some of the limited television to be in French. That, and I have a few French-language children's books...I am sort of hoping I can brush up on my rusted-out French while trying to teach it.
I think we'll also fall all over our fluently bilingual friends who want to babysit and chatter away in French. Got any Spanish-speaking friends? Apart from the obvious relatives.
They do learn languages quickly and easily. Lots of kids here who barely ever hear French at home are pretty fluent after just a few years of 'French immersion' (all classes save English taught in Fr) in grade school; a little delay in exposing him to Spanish won't be a big deal, I don't think. Good luck!
2007-03-12 07:09:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leave him with the grandparents for a whole month, and prohibit them from speaking English to him. Young children learn extremely fast.
2007-03-12 09:56:36 · answer #2 · answered by bergab_hase 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy some cds and books; you two can learn together.
2007-03-12 09:59:34 · answer #3 · answered by Twin+1 Mommy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋