diamond: Re: [munchkins]blog about spanish

Hello!- I don't know your name but I enjoyed your blog-I read through each one,

I have a question for you too-I am having a hard time teaching the th sound for c-

here in the states, I don't think people use it-and it seems to be something I have to consistently reinforce-especially now that my children are reading it. How prevalent or important do you think it is?

We also bought Spanish Bingo by eeboo-but your child is probably too young...my five year old is just now getting into the bingo game.

You might enjoy my blog-it is about teaching children language through music-

There are actually two blogs on this subject.

Nice to meet you Amigo!

Aurore

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Aurore Adamkiewicz, N.D.

Aurore, LC

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----- Original Message ----
From: jdimpleskaz <jdimples@yandex.ru>
To: multilingualmunchkin@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 11:46:54 AM
Subject: [munchkins] Re: my blog about speaking to my daughter in spanish

--- In multilingualmunchki n@yahoogroups. com, "ian554575"
<iandavidmcmillan@ ...> wrote:
>
> just a quick note to invite anyone who's interested to check out my
> blog:
>
> http://speakingtomy daughterinspanis h.blogspot. com
>
> and to encourage other parents to share their experiences in a similar
> way - my wife and i also think it'll be a nice thing to look back on in
> the future when we've forgotten all her funny wee ways of speaking.
>
> also, if anyone else is having similar experiences, i'd love to hear
> about it!
>

Hello! I just recently found this group and read the notes in your
blog today. Wow! This is so amazing and so encouraging to me! My
husband and I live in Germany, we are both native Russian speakers and
both fluent in English and German. Our first baby is due in 10 weeks
and we have been pondering over different ways to raise her
bi-(tri)lingual. One of our ideas that seems most appealing to us is
if he speaks Russian and I speak English to the baby. Like you wrote
in the first entries on your blog, I've been having questions and doubts.
I am also a student in Linguistics and have to write my Master
research work, so I decided to explore this question from the
scientific prospective as well. There are different theories and
opinions, but I still want to defend the point of view that this kind
of bilingualism is possible. Thank you again for your encouraging
example and I wish you more patience and perseverance as you continue
talking Spanish to your daughter!
Would you mind answering a few of my questions?
- What helped you to really make up your mind and start speaking
Spanish to your daughter?
- What did you do when you couldn't remember the right word when you
needed it?
- Do you know any other parents who had similar experiences?

I will be happy to read new stories on your blog!