Kids Corner

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Why Bilingual kids

You may think that you should wait to begin teaching a child multiple languages but your baby knows better! The ability to hear and distinguish all sounds of human language are present at birth and that ability begins to decline between 6 and 12 months of age!

A Famous Chinese Children Song 小星星 (YouTube)
Bilingual Children (YouTube)
The importance of being bilingual (YouTube)

By introducing sounds and words as early as possible you increase the likelihood that your child will speak with the accent of a native speaker.

Worksheets

Leprechauns:

The Gaelic translation of the word Leprechaun is shoemaker.
descended from the Tuatha De Danann (a heroic race of warriors who lived in Ireland before the Celts)
dwarfed men about the size of a child who lives alone and makes tiny shoes for the Sidhe.
famous for their hidden pots of gold. You must catch them and make them tell where it is.
They love to trick and torment greedy people.

Learn some Gaelic (Irish) Words

Las Formas - a powerpoint slide presentation to learn shapes in Spanish!
Classroom Commands - a PDF of commands kids do in the classroom

Activities

Language Exchange of Northern Colorado offers your child authentic language and pronunciation with their all-native speaking instructors. Because we are teaching about our culture and our language, love, genuine insight and personal pride are built into every lesson. The world of foreign peoples and cultures literally comes to life when they can meet, learn from and make friends with people from all over the world. Language Exchange continues to be the best resource for your young ambassador to begin a lifelong relationship with the world and its many possibilities.