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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Bilingual Children's Storybooks


I've mentioned before that my Spanish is only so-so. However, hubs and I are determined that our little one is going to be bilingual. We have friends that've done it, so why can't we? I've been doing some research on the subject for .. Oh I dunno .. A few years? And I keep finding that successful bilingual families have had each parent speak to the children in one language. So hubby would speak Spanish most of the time and I would use English. 

Some say we should speak Spanish at home and let school teach him English. As a teacher, I know that's the lazy way out. Plus, I know that it leaves the children far behind where they need to be when it comes to literacy. So I hope to use both languages at home. 

However, I'm going to need to practice my pronunciation as much as possible. I found that reading aloud to my little man in Spanish really helps. 

I asked for books from everyone that came to my baby shower instead of cards. One book we received was a bilingual version of The Little Red Riding Hood. The pages are in both English and Spanish. Love. It. So. Much. Not only do I get to practice pronunciation, but he gets to hear both languages. I'm planning on getting a bunch more!


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