Noah CooperBlatantly underground (Photo credit: Wikipedia) There are lots of things that make us happy. I am at my happiest just after Mr. T has gone to bed and I can get a beer and my wife can have a glass of wine (or two). But that doesn’t really...
freedigitalphotos.net/Stuart Miles Welcome to the July edition of The Raising Multilingual Children’s Blogging Carnival. This month’s theme was Hidden Opportunities where I asked people to submit blogs based on the unexpected...
Not a Chrysler PT Cruiser, but a vovo car (Wikipedia) When Mr. T was still quite small his vovo took him out to sit in the front seat of his car and pretend to drive it. We didn’t think anything of it at the time, and to be honest we were...
Week Two of the Pinterest Scavenger Hunt starts here. If you missed any of the clues from the first week you can find them all here along with a list of the fabulous prizes available. There are two clues today, so make sure you head over...
Everyday now, Mr. T is gaining in confidence with his language skills. I still don’t think he has realised that he is learning two different languages, but he is picking up more words and experimenting with more sounds all the time. One of...
freedigitalphotos.net/Stuart Miles I am very proud to announce that I will be hosting the July edition of the Raising Multilingual Children Blogging Carnival. The carnival is an excellent opportunity for anyone associated with bringing up bilingual...
Shaking hands (Zeevveez) While on holiday my folks taught Thomas, and reminded me, of two nursery rhymes that I had completely forgotten. He loves both of them because they are accompanied by physical movements. This means that not only do...
Image: jscreationzs / freedigitalphotos.net Thomas and I were talking on Skype to my parents back in the UK the other day when they mentioned something that I had noticed in passing before. Although he doesn’t have many words and he babbles...
As any good second language learner knows, sometimes you either don’t know or can’t find the word you need in order to communicate what you want. In this case you have to find an alternative way of getting your message across. Before T...
In the world of second language learning there is quite a debate at the moment about the use of drills for language learning. For the uninitiated, a drill is basically an exercise in which the learner repeats the target language a number of times...