We speak English as a family and I speak it to the toddlers (18months and 3yrs)and they understand but they rarely try to speak it back to me, except for the odd word that they don't know in Swedish and this is becoming rarer for the 3yr old.
So I'm starting to think its time to activly teach them but not sure if its a bit too early for phonics, or/and just insisting they talk to me in English. What have you all done?
FYI, OH and his family speak a Swedish dialect, nusery speak standard Swedish. There are no international / bilingual schools near to us, and I think their mother tounge will be classed as Swedish so I'm not sure they will get any specific English help even when they get to school.
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isthistoonosy · 13/07/2016 14:15
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