Exposing baby to second language
So my dads side is completely Puerto Rican and while theyre sort of bilingual, family events are mainly spoken in spanish. I still dont speak spanish but i want my baby to learn it. This on top of allowing for her to have even more opportunities in life.
i was reading and it says 0-3 years is the best
time to do so. Anyone not speak a language but want to teach it to your baby no matter the reason? We’ve been doing Lucas & Friends, Gracies Corner, & Ms Rachel but today im starting with this Youtuber who is pretty much the bilingual Ms Rachel
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Yes I'm American/Caribbean and my man is Peruvian. I only speak English and he speaks both English and Spanish. Him and his mother who is staying with us speak nothing but Spanish to my son while I speak English. I only realized today that Gracie's corner taught Spanish as well as English which I thought was pretty cool. Sesame Street and Canticos are the other shows on YouTube we have him watch that teach and sing songs in Spanish. I watch it with my son and it's actually been teaching me. Canticos might be my favorite because they sing the song in Spanish and then they'll be like "Otra vez, Again? In English" 😂😂
We are an American/Russian family. We do both languages at our home. A lot of my friends have even three-language families: Hebrew, English, and Russian. It is SO cool. The baby just needs to have proper exposure to the language to learn it.
I have heard recommendations like:
One place - one language
Or
One person- One language
And sure, the baby should have lessons to work on all languages
We love cánticos on YouTube and they have the songs on Apple Music! Kanopy library app has storybooks in Spanish.
Depending on where you live, the library may also have children’s books in Spanish like ones for colors and numbers but also classic characters like Llama Llama.
We’ve also sought out bilingual and bicultural service providers like dentists, sitters, pediatricians. Just to emphasize that being bicultural is normal and not just limited to the family and he’s really seemed to learn a lot from those experiences too.
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