Birdy Talks: 25 Months
It’s high time for another update on Birdy’s language progress. In the three months since I last wrote about her language skills she has made…
Language Learning by Playing
When Rita Rosenback from the blog Multilingual Parenting asked other bloggers to share their best tips for motivating children to speak the minority language for the…
The Perks of Speaking a Small Language
There are more than 7 billion people on this planet and they speak around 7000 different languages. But did you know that half…
Picture Books: Boosting Your Toddler’s Vocabulary
If you’ve ever had the pleasure of reading with a toddler you’ve probably noticed that “reading” is a relative term. They rarely have…
Birdy Talks: 22 Months
It’s been a while since I last wrote about our little one’s language progress and so much has happened in just a few…
Of “right” and “wrong” languages
Over the past month Birdy has been adding new words to her vocabulary almost daily and her language is currently an adorable mix of Latvian,…
The Bilingual Toddler
This month I have the honor to host the Multicultural Kid Blogs monthly blogging carnival about a topic that is very topical in our household…
“Does she understand German?” – First Multilingual Troubles
The other day when I was picking Birdy up from the KITA (i.e. the kindergarten) one of her group’s teachers used the relative…
Multilingual Resources – Multilingual Blogging Carnival March 2015
I have the honor to be hosting the March 2015 edition of the Raising Multilingual Children Blogging Carnival. This month’s topic is multilingual resources – I…
Answers to the 5 Most Common Questions about the Latvian Language
Every year on the 21st of February UNESCO celebrates the International Mother Language Day to mark the richness and diversity of the thousands of languages spoken…