Take me Riding in the Car, Car
Not a Chrysler PT Cruiser, but a vovo car (Wikipedia) When Mr. T was still quite small his vovo took him out to sit in the front seat of his car and pretend to drive it. We didn’t think anything of it...
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freedigitalphotos.net/Stuart Miles Welcome to the July edition of The Raising Multilingual Children’s Blogging Carnival. This month’s theme was Hidden Opportunities where I asked people to submit...
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Blatantly underground (Photo credit: Wikipedia) There are lots of things that make us happy. I am at my happiest just after Mr. T has gone to bed and I can get a beer and my wife can have a glass of...
View Article100 Not Out
Jacques Rudolph cover drive (Wikipedia) “And Head of the Heard plays a glorious cover drive to reach his maiden century. Surely there are many more ahead of him in what promises to be a glittering...
View ArticleA Bilingual Child: Looking for some advice
I couldn’t find an appropriate image, but I really like this painting by Mark Chadwick – CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 I recently saw a video of a friend who is bringing her son up to speak English and some...
View ArticleWhere Do You Come From?
It is with great pleasure that I am the host of this month’s Multicultural Kids Blogs Carnival. The theme this month is ‘Where do you come from?’ which can be a tricky question for lots of people to...
View ArticleLanguage Play
English: The game Bananagrams, showing pieces and banana-shaped carrying container. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) How do we learn language? Why do we learn language? Once we have learnt language, what...
View ArticleLanguage Play: Raising Multilingual Children Blogging Carnival
Scrabble by jcolman – (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Hello and welcome to this month’s Blogging Carnival for Raising Multilingual Children. I asked people to submit things they have written on the theme of...
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He robbed from the rich and gave to the poor? Has to be a myth by Duncan Harris (CC-BY-2.0) Before Mr.T was born I had the responsibility of researching how we were going to approach language in our...
View ArticleLiving in Curitiba: Garden Plans
Finally, after what seems an interminable wait, we are in our new house. Despite living in Brazil, the house we have bought could have been transplanted from a typical British terrace in any city in...
View ArticleRaising Multilingual Children Blogging Carnival: July Edition
freedigitalphotos.net/Stuart Miles I am very proud to announce that I will be hosting the July edition of the Raising Multilingual Children Blogging Carnival. The carnival is an excellent opportunity...
View ArticlePinterest Scavenger Hunt Clue
Week Two of the Pinterest Scavenger Hunt starts here. If you missed any of the clues from the first week you can find them all here along with a list of the fabulous prizes available. There are two...
View ArticleTake me Riding in the Car, Car
Not a Chrysler PT Cruiser, but a vovo car (Wikipedia) When Mr. T was still quite small his vovo took him out to sit in the front seat of his car and pretend to drive it. We didn’t think anything of...
View ArticleRaising Multilingual Kids Blogging Carnival: Hidden Opportunities
freedigitalphotos.net/Stuart Miles Welcome to the July edition of The Raising Multilingual Children’s Blogging Carnival. This month’s theme was Hidden Opportunities where I asked people to submit...
View ArticleGoing Underground for a Happy Family
Blatantly underground (Photo credit: Wikipedia) There are lots of things that make us happy. I am at my happiest just after Mr. T has gone to bed and I can get a beer and my wife can have a glass of...
View Article100 Not Out
Jacques Rudolph cover drive (Wikipedia) “And Head of the Heard plays a glorious cover drive to reach his maiden century. Surely there are many more ahead of him in what promises to be a glittering...
View ArticleA Bilingual Child: Looking for some advice
I couldn’t find an appropriate image, but I really like this painting by Mark Chadwick – CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 I recently saw a video of a friend who is bringing her son up to speak English and some...
View ArticleWhere Do You Come From?
It is with great pleasure that I am the host of this month’s Multicultural Kids Blogs Carnival. The theme this month is ‘Where do you come from?’ which can be a tricky question for lots of people to...
View ArticleLanguage Play
English: The game Bananagrams, showing pieces and banana-shaped carrying container. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) How do we learn language? Why do we learn language? Once we have learnt language, what...
View ArticleLanguage Play: Raising Multilingual Children Blogging Carnival
Scrabble by jcolman – (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Hello and welcome to this month’s Blogging Carnival for Raising Multilingual Children. I asked people to submit things they have written on the theme of...
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