We're a British family currently living in a Spanish speaking country with a 3 year old and 3 month old. I'm a native English speaker and my husband is a native Spanish speaker, though does speak very good English.
Our 3 year old has just started nursery which is 100% Spanish speaking, and where we live there are as far as we know no other English speakers.
Our 3 year old was fluent in English before we moved here 8 months ago but now it seems her English is getting worse as she becomes more confident in Spanish.
I try to read her stories in English, correct her mistakes and use as wide a vocabulary as possible but realise I need help!
I'd love to hear from anyone with experience of raising bilingual children. We really want both children to grow up fluent in both languages if possible.
Are there any good materials available apart from general British children's DVDs (Postman Pat, Bob the Builder etc)?
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mumtothemountain · 01/05/2010 21:22
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