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Baby Talk! Your Baby’s Speech Sounds Birth to One
Baby Talk! Your Baby's Speech Sounds Birth to One https://youtu.be/QRiTiLCilSY This isn’t going to be a post about teaching your baby how to speak before one year of age or how to teach your baby to read by twelve months. We're really going to talk about what...
All About Your Bilingual Child’s Pronunciation
https://youtu.be/M7aPaptX6a8 All About Your Bilingual Child's Pronunciation In this week’s vlog, we’re talking all about your child’s pronunciation. How much do we expect to understand of your child’s speech (i.e. pronunciation) and how is speech sound development...
All About Accents
https://youtu.be/yzMBgXaPzKE ALL ABOUT ACCENTS I created this Vlog in response to a question from a follower on Instagram. If you have questions, you can reach out to me @bilinguable on IG! I love offering my point of view, some of my professional and personal...
The Power of Daily Routines- Bath Time Edition
https://youtu.be/rt9OBtTzkCQ In this Vlog post, I offer some practical suggestions on activities you can do during bath time. Daily routines, such as bath time, mealtime, going to bed, etc, are so powerful because they offer us opportunities for language repetition....
Parents Share Their Bilingual Success Stories!
https://youtu.be/ZI7NkBvOl2Q I interviewed a good friend of mine a few weeks ago, and I’m just getting around to posting it. I figured that parents could use a little encouragement along their bilingual journey. This journey isn’t always easy, and parents can find...
Why Should I Know the Language Milestones?
Why Should I Know the Language Milestones? https://youtu.be/sg4FqZ17YpI (Transcript of video) Is there a way to know if your child’s language is on track? Yes, you can ask friends, family, and other parents in forums what their experience has been but you’ll only be...
Is My Child’s Language On Track
Is My Child's Language On Track Hello and welcome! In this series of blog posts, I'm going to talk about language and speech development. How can you help your child with their language and what you can do if you're concerned. For those of you who are raising your...
Simple Songs & How to Use them to Grow Your Child’s Language(s)
Simple Songs & How to Use them to Grow Your Child’s Language(s) If you haven’t sung The Itsy Bitsy Spider since you were, well, itty bitty, then you’re not alone. Most of us have vague, fond memories of singing as a child but when it comes to singing with our...
Black History Month & Bilingualism
Here in the United States, we’re remembering Black History Month. And yes, we should be remembering all year round those who have been sidelined from our country’s archives. There are many amazing political activists, politicians, artists, architects, writers,...
When My Little One Isn’t Interested In Books
https://youtu.be/oCmqXv4UvGY What do you do when your little one isn't interested in books? I find that children between the ages of one and three often have a hard time sitting through an entire book- especially if it's a wordy book. Here are a few tips to get...
Simple Strategies for Boosting your Child’s Language. Featuring: Puzzles!
https://youtu.be/1qNO0TR4Vvw In today's post, I talk about a few easy ways to use puzzles to build on your child's language. Why puzzles? Almost every child I have worked with LOVES puzzles! It's enough of a challenge to keep them interested and each little piece is...
Want your Bilingual Child to Speak More?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OQdadoCdg0 In my short vlog, I talk about something we often overlook when we are trying to get our children to talk more! First, your child needs to hear a variety of words spoken in a variety of ways. We talk a lot about this in my...
What Does It Mean to Use Rich Language with your Child?
“Children will develop a language if they feel they need it and human interactants create that need.” Francois Grosjean I’ve met parents who are using all sorts of different approaches to raise their child to be bilingual. And many paths lead to bilingualism. There’s...
Show, Don’t Interpret!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfVz7Fylc2w In today’s short Vlog, I talk about some really powerful language building techniques for children birth to five that you can use rather than interpreting back and forth between languages to help your child understand. ...
When Your Child Answers in the “Wrong” Language
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFDzNfJxa_4 Hello! In this Vlog I offer some tips on how to respond to your child when they answer you in what one parent called, the "wrong" language. If you're struggling to get your child to respond in the home language but all they...
Parentese: What It Is & How It Can Benefit Your Little One
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwOdIdX7b4U Why slowing down your speech just a tad can be hugely beneficial for your little one! Parentese: Why Is It So Fabulous For Your Child's Language Development? Parentese is typically described as a slower, more melodic speech...
Why Won’t My Child Speak Our Home Language?
I had a speech therapist email me recently on behalf of a bilingual family she was working with. The family was frustrated because their child wouldn’t speak in the home language. They'd speak to him in Spanish, and the child would respond in English. The parents in...
Bilingual Books!
You've just brought home a new book from the library (or during times of COVID perhaps you've purchased it online from your local bookstore). These tips are especially useful if you're trying to be more intentional about using your heritage language with your child or...
How would raising your child to be bilingual change their future?
I’ve got one of the best professions in the world. I get to help tiny humans learn to communicate. Whether the child has difficulty with social communication or challenges with saying their speech sounds (i.e. those cute little substitutions like when a child points...
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