do you have a baby learning english and spanish?

Chelsea - posted on 10/02/2009

You are so right! I'm in a bi-racial relationship and my son is half-hispanic. I desperately want him to learn Spanish and English so he can have better job opportunities. Its just that I don't speak Spanish (i know the basics) and my fiance speaks both English and Spanish, but our home is mostly English speaking. I'd love to learn ways to help teach him Spanish easier.

Alexandra - posted on 10/01/2009

i grew up speaking both languages, but i learned spanish first. i'm teaching my son both but i speak to him in spanish most of the time he understands both languages but i think he get's a little confused. i want him to learn spanish because english is a lot easier to learn. =)

Katya - posted on 09/26/2009

yeap! very important, my 2 aer old girl seems to undertand and say 2 or 3 words, but she is not talking yet.

Veronica - posted on 09/24/2009

I remember my grandmother refusing to speak to us in English and saying you will thank me later..and I do! Two languages are great. And I hear the one parent one language is best. I find a lot of kids that know Spanish dont speak it though?

Rhea - posted on 09/24/2009

I speak all Spanish all the time to my almost 2 yr old and 3 1/2 yr old kids. Dad and everyone else speaks English (we are following the "One Parent One Language" model). They both understand it but speak it about 25% of the time. As long as its in there somewhere, I am happy- I hope they will embrace it more later in life like I did :) There are some good baby/toddler board books on Amazon. Kids are blonde/blue eyed everyone thinks its funny to hear them speak Spanish! It makes me sooooo happy!

Lila - posted on 09/22/2009

yes both my 4 year old and my 2 year old are learning Spanish and English.

Rosario - posted on 09/15/2009

My daughter's father and i are fluent in Spanish and English. Since her birth we agreed that she would learn both and another language. however, now that she is 3, she speaks mostly just English. Our fault, i think (i realized we communicate with her mostly in eng.). It truly saddens me. We are trying to get her back on the Spanish train, so I hope that it is not too late!

Yomaira - posted on 07/18/2009

I try to speak as much as I can in Spanish, but my husband speaks to her only in English and in daycare she's only getting English. My daughter is about to turn 2 and she counts in Spanish, she knows some songs in Spanish and understands a lot of it. However, it doesn't seem to be enough when our other relatives accuse us of not teaching her the right way.

Rebeca - posted on 07/17/2009

I have three kids I think the clue speak spanish in home,

Naomi - posted on 07/16/2009

yup, as did I.
it's best to start young, we're also doing signs so he's learning 3 languages really :)

Rosie - posted on 07/16/2009

That is a good thing girl as my 14yo son didnt want to learn spanish but is now learning since that is what we really speak to our 9mth old. Its so important and a great advantage to teach our kids both languages.

Angelica - posted on 07/14/2009

My kids are much older, but they both grew up learning Spanish and English. Each had their own things and each handled learning Spanish in different ways. The oldest was the easiest. The second child fought me tooth and nail not to speak Spanish, but I luckily continued speaking to him in Spanish and he finally got it when he entered school and I placed him in a Spanish immersion program. I'd love to chat with you more about this, as I feel very strongly that our children should speak more than one language.

Angelica