CPW: Languages

[evenkeeled]

We are doing some baby signing but not counting that. My husband is Puerto Rican and his family speaks fluent spanish as does he. We want Emma to know spanish. I don't so the ball is really in his court to make that happen. We have a few toys that speak spanish for her. I struggled so much in school learning a second language that any head start I can give her is a priority. It is so much easier for her to learn it in the next few years than waiting until high school.

[geners]

I voted I'd like to, maybe in the future. The school I have my eye on for preschool and pre-K teaches French & Spanish.

[RoLoMa]

I speak to M in both English and Spanish. I am not fluent in Spanish but know quite a bit. I am also teaching him to count in Spanish and Japanese. I can only count to 10 in Japanese but it's a fun party trick

I would love to send M to a school that does an Spanish immersion program but currently there is only one in our district and it is quite difficult to enroll.

[gdaisy09]

H has interest in teaching her (and Us) ASL...I think it's a great idea, but don't have the energy to be the primary one to take it on

My mom is fluent in french and spanish, and I'm nearly fluent in french, but it's been a long time since I've actually used it. It would be nice to teach her french, but given H doesn't speak it would be difficult. My mom would have spoken french at home if my dad had been semi-conversational

[physiomeg]

I'm conversational in Spanish (would like to work on this to become fluent) so I try my best to use it as much as I can. I sing her some songs in both English and Spanish to help. My husband is conversational in French, but hasn't been using it much around her. We have some toys that give multiple language options, which I think will be good in the future.

The school district my husband works for (also our home district) has multiple immersion schools (Spanish, Chinese, and maybe one more?) So we'll have to talk about those as options for the future.

[expatmama11]

I chose some of a second language bc our maid in Angola speaks only Portuguese. She is regularly talking and singing to Cam in Portuguese.

[aswedishbee]

I selected mostly one with words/phrases in another. That's how I am with Swedish since my father didn't speak it at home and my mother didn't know it at all. Hubs and I started lessons before getting pregnant and need to start again but have to find the time.

[tina515]

I chose "I wish." My mother is fluent in Spanish, and I know a few phrases/words. But I'm not comfortable enough using them around G. It just feels phony, since I really don't know the language at all. However, eventually she'll learn some Hebrew, just by matter of going to sunday school and preparing for her Bat Mitvah. So there's that. Maybe I should try harder to incorporate the Spanish I do know...