bilingual kids

Since Covid-19 and confinement, we have been trying to find ways that grandparents can still be active with their grandkids especially in the minority language from a distance. Here are some of their ideas for kids ages 5 and up!

Over on Instagram, I am sharing a 30-day series filled with questions, tips and activities on how to raise a bilingual or multilingual child. This is from my point of view as a parent. You can follow the whole series with the hashtag #youcannevertalktoomuch and read more about the series on our blog.⁠

Every year, March 27 is considered to be International Day of Multilingualism. One of the best ways to encourage language learning is to share a list of FREE activities.

There are many benefits of raising a bilingual child and they are not all for the child but for the parents, extended family, the community and the world.

Multilingual Family Interview for January 2019⁠
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This month, we interviewed Khadijah (@thekidspart) and her trilingual (English, Arabic, and Sindhi) family who live in Ireland.⁠
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Khadijah who has a unique background, is half English/Irish/ Singaporean and her husband is Pakistani. They have three kids that they are currently homeschooling. ⁠
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One of their language challenges is the lack of reading materials available in Sindhi but a success is her son being able to read Arabic books from a young age. ⁠

Today, we interview Nina and her British/Spanish family. Her son is learning English, Castellano and Valencio Spanish. Nina’s son was diagnosed on the autism spectrum when he was younger and there may have been challenges along the way. But with the success of him going from being non-verbal to speaking three languages is really wonderful and awesome. One of his favorite activities is drawing in his sketchbook.

Today, I am going to share five books that I think every bilingual family should have in their house. Recently, I have been reading more and more about bilingualism and multi-language learning in order to share more tips and activities with other multilingual families as well as my own.

Story telling fosters creative thinking, improves language skills and teaches presentation skills. It is very important that we encourage our children to story tell no matter how far fetched the tale may seem!

Today, I am going to share ten activities for toddlers and preschool-aged children to learn about space or the solar system. These activities could keep your children occupied while you…