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EARLY LEARNING / Teaching Your Child - Signing, Speaking, Languages / Arabic for beginners?
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on: April 13, 2014, 01:16:23 PM
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I would like to introduce my 5 yr old to a bit of Arabic; I do not know Arabic at all, I want to learn along her.
Can you point my to some very beginner resources? Where to start?
I am considering Little Pim (we have used it with great success to start learning Spanish.).
What else is out there, to help start with Arabic?
If anybody knows nice music, videos, etc for kids? Very easy ones?
Thank you!
Adina
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EARLY LEARNING / Teaching Your Child to Read / Re: Learning letters vs. whole word method
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on: December 22, 2013, 02:40:26 PM
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Hi, I think we're in a similar situation.We're Romanians, living in Ro, but I speak mostly English with my 5 yrs old daughter. I've been homeschooling her in English until now, so I've been reaching reading in English. She learned the letter sounds in English when she was about 3 mostly from Starfall ABC. (I taught her only letter sounds because those are used connect and build up words). Then it took a few months until she understood that sounds connect to make words -- first it clicked on her hearing the sounds making words -- in conversation -- and then a couple months later, visually too. As regards whole word reading --- I only found out about Doman and whole word reading when she was 3.5, so that was a bit late I guess, because she wasn't in the least interested about it. I tried showing flashcards but no success, she would try to decode everything phonetically. We continued to use the Montessori reading series, ipad apps, games, early readers etc. Readingbear is good too. And recently, I realized she wants to have more fluency, that she's trying to sight read as much as she can -- so we learn sight words every day and she's been doing great, progress was quick and guess what, now she enjoys flashcards! As for reading in Romanian -- that proved to be way easier, once she already knew how to read phonetically in English. Some letter sounds are different but the way you read is basically the same. Adina http://ourenglishhomeschool.blogspot.ro/ |
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Parents' Lounge / Introduce Yourself / Re: Hello from Ukraine
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on: March 27, 2013, 01:56:47 PM
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Hi and welcome! We're almost neighbors  I'm from Romania and I've been raising my daughter bilingually, with English as well. We used lots of songs for English and then for learning French and Spanish. Music is such a great tool for small children! Adina |
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EARLY LEARNING / Teaching Your Child - Signing, Speaking, Languages / Re: Advice needed for teaching toddler French
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on: March 20, 2013, 11:03:33 AM
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thanks for your reply.
I do like the idea of starting slowly. And using the themes whilst playing
It seems we do have a Alliance Francaise centre in my city and they have children's classes etc, but starting from 3yo. I might get my MIL to enquire about them, as she is a French teacher for another group. It would be good to see what resources are available
Where did you buy your board books from?
I will check out the youtube link and your blog for more information
thanks!
Honestly, I borrowed as much as I could from our Alliance Francaise - definetely go check if you can borrow kids stuff from yours. They have board books, easy ones, lots of music cds too. And I can borrow 8 books/Cds at a time. Ours also offers free activities for toddlers with French native speakers each week. Some other French bilingual blogs worth checking: http://babybilingual.blogspot.com/ and http://non-nativebilingualadventure.blogspot.com/ |
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EARLY LEARNING / Teaching Your Child - Signing, Speaking, Languages / Re: Advice needed for teaching toddler French
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on: March 20, 2013, 08:49:59 AM
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I would suggest grandma starts easily with your daughter -- by introducing a few French words at a time -- not to overwhelm and surprise her too much. Also, she may say -- 'now I will say a few words in French' .... translation is good, too, in the beginning, while the child gets used to the new language. I have raised my daughter bilingually in English and Romanian (we're Romanian, living in Romania, but my English is native-like). When daughter was 3.5 yrs old, I've added a bit of French. Here's how we did it, and maybe you can use some ideas with your daughter, during grandma time, and not only. I registered to our local Alliance Francaise center --- do you have one in you city? it has loads of resources for kids. I got easy board books for kids - and each day we would go over them - pointing to the pictures and words - I would say the word in French --- just a few minutes at a time. You can also reinforce these new words by playing themes -- like playing with farm animals and reinforcing the French names for them. Then, after learning some basic vocabulary, I started reading her short easy board books for kids --- I would first read a sentence in French, then translate it. When we would re-read the same story, the next day, I would read only in French (once I made sure she knew the meaning of the sentence). This way, she would grasp more out of context. My daughter loves music, i found lots of 'comptines' on youtube. Here's a great collection, you will find these on youtube as well: http://comptines.tv/I put a list of a few resources and articles on my blog, maybe you can find something useful in it: http://ourenglishhomeschool.blogspot.ro/p/french-learning.htmlThe target i would suggest is for grandma to speak only in French at some point -- but start slowly at first, not to scare away both grandma and little girl as well Best of luck, let us know how things go! |
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EARLY LEARNING / Early Learning - General Discussions / Re: Spanish or Chinese immersion - Need help making decision!
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on: March 13, 2013, 08:48:18 AM
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I would definitely choose Chinese. This is the age when kids learn so easily a 2nd, 3rd, or even a 4th language. Your son will pick it easily up for sure, especially that he already has the advantage of being bilingual. (You probably imagine Chinese is so difficult to learn, judging from your perspective as an adult -- but children do not have these thoughts, he doesn't know 'Chinese is difficult' ) ... so, go for it you may regret it if you don't, as he grows up and finds it more difficult to learn languages. Adina |
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Parents' Lounge / Introduce Yourself / Hello from Timisoara, Romania!
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on: February 23, 2013, 12:59:09 PM
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Hi everybody! Let me begin by saying that this forum and all the people here are amazing!!! I have come to this forum on several occasions, and each time I've been awed by the way you teach your children! I have a 4.5 year old that I've raised bilingual, in English and Romanian, then I've added French and now we're learning Spanish as well. I have a blog where I documented our learning journey for the last year. ( http://ourenglishhomeschool.blogspot.ro/) Right now, I am looking for resources to help her with Spanish - we used with good results Little Pim, Speekee, Salsa TV and other things that I've posted on the Spanish Learning page of the blog ( http://ourenglishhomeschool.blogspot.ro/p/spanish-learning.html). So -- if you can please recommend some Spanish materials - free, if possible - online, on youtube etc. She's watching Dora, Mickey, Caillou in Spanish - I don't know, what else is out there? In Spanish. Also, I'm looking for a phonics-based approach to teach her to read in French. Does anyone know a blog, or something, that had the Montessori-type reading materials in French? (My daughter reads in English, with phonics, I taught her the Montessori style). Thank you! Adina |
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