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…

4 Things to Avoid When Raising a Multilingual Child

by Smart Coos Editorial Staff Raising a bilingual or multilingual child is an incredibly rewarding experience. You get to see your child flit between different languages, different cultures, and different worlds. The benefits of knowing more than one language are innumerable. However, helping your child learn multiple languages isn’t an…