Raising a Bilingual Toddler: 5 Tips for Success

Raising a Bilingual Toddler: 5 Tips for Success Raising a bilingual toddler is an exciting journey filled with adorable mispronunciations, impressive language mixing and the joy of watching your little one navigate the world with multiple languages. But it can also be a bit daunting, especially if you’re unsure where to begin or how […]
What I was Doing Wrong in my Bilingual Family

This is the story of when I realised what I was doing wrong in my bilingual family. You know that moment you have (very occasionally!) when everything just clicks? That happened to me one sunny afternoon in Madrid, many years ago – more than I’d like to admit. I was at the summer party for […]
The Power of a Bilingual Community: 10 Tips for Parents on How to Find Your People

Discover the Transformative Power of a Bilingual Community: 10 Tips for Parents You’ve probably heard the phrase, “It takes a village to raise a child.” Well, when it comes to bilingual parenting, it can feel like you need two villages or more—one for each language, and maybe another for moral support! Raising a child in […]
The Unexpected Language Teachers: How Pets Can Encourage Bilingualism in Your Family

About four years ago, my family and I adopted a Spanish greyhound (Galgo) who’d been used for hunting and had either escaped or been abandoned in an industrial estate.