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5 Great Games for Bilingual Children

Today is International Mother Language Day, a worldwide observance held annually on 21st February to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. Having been brought up bilingually myself, and now raising my boys with two languages and two

21 February 2019
Lifestyle

When Bilingual Kids Go on Language Strike – 6 Do’s and Don’ts

We have been back in Edinburgh for just over half a year now, and since today is International Mother Language Day, I wanted to share an update on how we are doing bringing up our kids with two languages. I’ve

21 February 2018
Lifestyle

Review: Lil’ollo Bilingual Flashcards [AD]

A little while ago, I introduced you to Lil'ollo and their beautiful world maps. Today, I wanted to tell you a little more about this small independent business, which also produces beautiful bilingual flash cards and games. Lil’ollo was founded by

23 January 2018
Lifestyle

5 Tips for Nurturing Language in Kids

Today is International Mother Language Day, a worldwide observance held annually on 21st February to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. It reminded me, that it's been a while since I wrote about bilingual parenting. Although I

21 February 2017
Lifestyle

Thoughts on…raising bilingual children

People are often confused by my German sounding surname and my native command of English. My equally native command of German, yet my frequent interjections of "in English we say

30 June 2015

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