How long does it take your baby’s Coos to be Smart?

by: Gelsey Brizo How long does it take your baby’s Coos to be Smart? So, how long does it take your baby’s coos to be smart? In other words, how long does it take your child to articulate themselves in a second language? Even after countless research and studies have…

What’s a Chinese homonym?

by: Smart Coos What’s a Chinese homonym? Have you ever gotten the words, there, their, and they’re confused? Well, if you’re like most people, at some point in your life these three words used to trip you up all the time. Words like these, that are pronounced the same but…

Time to Come Together/ Happy Holidays

by: Jessie Mundo Time to Come Together/ Happy Holidays Language and cultures have always brought people together, and this holiday season should not be the exception. Whether they are family, friends or strangers the different traits they all have is what makes coming together for the holidays a memorable adventure.…

MARIA BABIN: TRILINGUAL MAMA

  by: Smart Coos Maria Babin: Trilingual Mama   [caption id="attachment_1408" align="alignleft" width="300"] Maria Babin is successfully raising four trilingual children.[/caption]   Maria Babin, creator of Trilingual Mama, has a trilingual, multicultural family that are currently living in Normandy, France. She blogs about her family's linguistic and cultural adventures and offers advice on raising bilingual…

Multiple languages – multiple personalities?

  by: Smart Coos Multiple languages - multiple personalities? [caption id="attachment_1255" align="alignleft" width="300"] Stephanie Cook: Bilingual mother, blogger[/caption] Someone asked me the other day if I preferred speaking English or German. I was thrown for a minute, and then started to seriously think about this question. Do I have a…

Rita Rosenback: Multilingual Parenting

  by: Smart Coos Rita Rosenback: Multilingual Parenting Rita Rosenback, Multilingual Parenting. Rita is a Finland-Swedish blogger, coach and author of "Bringing up a Bilingual Child". After studying languages in Finland and Germany she worked as a university teacher, translator, interpreter and team manager and is now a full-time writer and…