Just curious my sis's baby is due next month, and I would love to teach the little kiddo some basic words in other languages, but I don't know if it is too much or will not really be helpful to her.
2007-04-16 20:40:59 · 11 answers · asked by shelman23 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
babies can be bi lingual from their first words as my kids were if they are exposed to it on a daily biases. it will not if it is only given in key words hear & there. Why don't you do a crash course & learn a language & then when bub is learning to talk you can also teach it the new language. Be warned though. bubs forget as quick as they learn. My child of two who was bi lingual in Italian & English forgot how to speak italian in a few months when she was not exposed to it daily. So we then kept it up & now the all speak several languages
2007-04-16 20:52:27 · answer #1 · answered by shockingfrog 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Shelman, That is a great ideal you could start when the child is awear of what is going on around her. That probably will be around 2 years old. But you can still read stories to her now. It's better to start teaching children at the youngest age possible. They seems to learn a lot faster that adults do. You are going to be a great uncle. Tell your sister that i said, Congrats a little early. Have a healthy and Happy baby.
A Friend.
Clowmy
2007-04-16 20:49:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Exposing the child to a second language from birth produces the best results. I know an 18 month-old child who is already speaking two different languages quite well.
2007-04-16 20:44:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Babies exposed to two languages simulteneously ( or more) speak both well but start speaking a little later. I don't know about a few basic words, there should be more exposure than that. In any case it won't hurt, and it's not too much.
2007-04-16 20:46:24 · answer #4 · answered by VPOC 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Little kids are sponges. Start as soon as she's born. (She'll associate the sound of the words with objects.) Be prepared to keep it up for the next 7-18 years, though. Because if it's not reinforced, she'll just forget it.
There's no such thing as too much learning!
2007-04-16 20:44:57 · answer #5 · answered by Kat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baby humans have an ability to learn languages at an accelerated rate.
This ability disappears by around the age of six years old, which is why it is so much harder for older humans to learn new languages.
2007-04-16 20:43:51 · answer #6 · answered by shoby_shoby2003 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IF the child has no speech or hearing delays or hearing impairments you can start from birth.
Bilingual play groups are great. You get to socialize & baby gets to learn another language.
2007-04-16 21:16:15 · answer #7 · answered by YesIDid 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Speak in both languages to and around the baby from the moment it is born. That's the way to make them bilingual.
2007-04-16 20:45:16 · answer #8 · answered by Angelacia baybeeeeee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter who is 16 months old and my son who is 10 weeks old and my 3 step sons who are 6,5,and 3 have been spoken to in English and spanish scence birth. The 3 older ones don't understand spanish or speak spanish very well(but they have learning problems)but my daughter understands it really good and trys to speak it already and English is our primary languge.
2007-04-17 04:58:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
straight away, kids are like sponges. sign language is really helpful as they can sign before they verbalise. you know like signs for hungry, thirsty, different foods etc. best wishes
2007-04-16 20:47:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋