How can I encourage my child to start writing in Spanish?
My eldest daughter is six and is bilingual. She has no problem speaking in Spanish (spending the first three years of her life in Argentina laid a solid foundation). She can also read in Spanish, but when it comes to writing she usually just shuts down. I’m not too bothered as I’m not one of those pushy, competitive parents who compares my children to their peers (not all the time anyway!!) and understand that each child is unique and develops in different ways at different times. She hasn’t shown much interest in writing in English yet so I’m not surprised that there hasn’t been any demand to do it in Spanish, until now…Read More »How can I encourage my child to start writing in Spanish?
, by Jon Klassen is a lovely book and perfect for learning a language this way – the children never seem to get tired of listening to it. With this book the English word “hat” is repeated many times, so I replaced it for the Spanish word “sombrero”. To encourage the children whenever the word “sombrero” was coming up, I put my hand on my head. They LOVED saying “sombrero” with me!
