tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6760575882472090577.post4137269657298344590..comments2022-11-09T08:32:46.104-05:00Comments on The Adventures of Shaw: Bonne idéeKelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05974867896418370975noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6760575882472090577.post-37753885319364106222012-01-19T22:07:21.569-05:002012-01-19T22:07:21.569-05:00Bonjour Kelley! I'm so glad to hear that my b...Bonjour Kelley! I'm so glad to hear that my blog, Bringing up Baby Bilingual, has been helpful to you. Your best resource, of course, is your bilingual husband! <br /><br />You didn't ask for advice, but I have a few suggestions that could encourage your hubby to share his French with the family in a way that you can (re)learn it along with your children:<br /><br />--Figure out a way to create a consistent time and place for French, like when hubby's driving (listen only to French music), during breakfast, or on a certain piece of furniture.<br /><br />--Find a native French speaker who can come spend time at your home once a week. Pay her as you would a tutor, but rather than ask her to give you formal lessons, have her play with the kids, cook with you, and just do normal everyday activities--but all in French. That way you're all learning through doing rather than memorizing vocab lists, declensions, and conjugations. <br /><br />--Hire a native speaker, perhaps a college student, to babysit.<br /><br /> --Find (or create, like via meetup.com or flyers in the foreign language dept of a nearby university) a French playgroup to take the kids to.<br /><br />--Use index cards to label objects around the house in French so that you see them on a regular basis.<br /><br />--Listen to lots of French music and watch favorite DVDs with the French soundtrack instead of the English. Also check out YouTube....sometime soon I hope to gather a list of my favorite kids' music clips in French.<br /><br />--See other ideas and resources here: http://babybilingual.blogspot.com/p/french-teaching-at-home.html (a list in progress)<br /><br />Bonne chance et bon courage! Let me know how it goes.Sarah @ Baby Bilingualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907207816628137938noreply@blogger.com