Hellobee Boards Topic: Do you plan to enroll your child in second language school?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Do you plan to enroll your child in second language school? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:05:47 +0000 lamariniere on "Do you plan to enroll your child in second language school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-plan-to-enroll-your-child-in-second-language-school#post-2793819 Thu, 28 Dec 2017 01:25:27 +0000 lamariniere 2793819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @looch: I haven’t found anything for kids yet. There’s the Goethe institute, but I only see programs for teens. I’m going to have to make an effort to find some German-speakers for playdates. There are a few in our complex, but the ones I have run into have babies or young toddlers who don’t talk yet! Corduroy on "Do you plan to enroll your child in second language school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-plan-to-enroll-your-child-in-second-language-school#post-2793818 Thu, 28 Dec 2017 01:19:51 +0000 Corduroy 2793818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We have two Chinese after school care/learning centers in town that I’m considering. They offer an hour of Chinese a day in addition to other classes. I’m considering sending my non-Chinese DD once a week when she starts Kindergarten. DisneyBee on "Do you plan to enroll your child in second language school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-plan-to-enroll-your-child-in-second-language-school#post-2793779 Wed, 27 Dec 2017 19:27:55 +0000 DisneyBee 2793779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @looch: No...we don't speak it regularly at home. However, my DH and DS go to school together. My DH goes to the adult class, and my DS is in the 1st grade class. My parents speak primarily Japanese, so it's nice to see both my DH and DS starting to understand them. In addition, I'm hoping it'll be a lot easier for us when we go to Japan, so I don't have to translate all of the time. looch on "Do you plan to enroll your child in second language school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-plan-to-enroll-your-child-in-second-language-school#post-2793630 Wed, 27 Dec 2017 10:07:16 +0000 looch 2793630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @DisneyBee: Do you speak Japanese at home? My son has the basis of spoken language, my goal is for him to learn to read and write. @lamariniere: Is there any option for a Saturday language program in German? @Andrea: Ha, I agree. My son didn't want to go at all, now he's warming up to the idea. I hope he likes it, it's part of his heritage and he's a dual citizen, so it's important he learn to read and write in the second language. I never had the opportunity as a child and I kind of regret it (but I will NEVER admit that to my parents). I kind of wish we did the German school from the beginning (immersion)! Andrea on "Do you plan to enroll your child in second language school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-plan-to-enroll-your-child-in-second-language-school#post-2793595 Wed, 27 Dec 2017 06:02:33 +0000 Andrea 2793595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We’re still doing Chinese school. Now for both kids. It’s a struggle and every year we debate stopping, but the kids don’t complain too much so everyone tells us to keep going until they hate it. Lol. They are learning their 3rd language, German, and that’s completely different. It’s not a struggle at all. They are immersed, Monday thru Friday, and they’ll learn more in a few months there than in a whole year of weekend language school. lamariniere on "Do you plan to enroll your child in second language school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-plan-to-enroll-your-child-in-second-language-school#post-2793582 Tue, 26 Dec 2017 22:40:46 +0000 lamariniere 2793582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ When we moved this fall we were suddenly in a situation where we dropped the 3rd language that both kids spoke like natives (German) but picked up a 4th (Thai). My 1st grader is in the French system but now has English classes 6 hours a week and has been making great strides in reading and writing. He has one hour of Thai per week but is picking up vocabulary. My little one is in preschool and we opted for the more intensive Thai option (and no English for now), and one semester in she already has a decent vocabulary. We try to maintain the German with music and videos in German. DisneyBee on "Do you plan to enroll your child in second language school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-plan-to-enroll-your-child-in-second-language-school#post-2793568 Tue, 26 Dec 2017 20:45:14 +0000 DisneyBee 2793568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My DS is in his second year of Japanese school. He likes it, and he's picking up words here and there. Even my younger son is picking up words since we need to practice a set of words every week. He's not learning full on sentences yet, but he is working on proper greetings and writing characters. The only thing my son dreads is the weekly homework. snowjewelz on "Do you plan to enroll your child in second language school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-plan-to-enroll-your-child-in-second-language-school#post-2793539 Tue, 26 Dec 2017 15:49:53 +0000 snowjewelz 2793539@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @looch: Oo, that's a nice option! looch on "Do you plan to enroll your child in second language school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-plan-to-enroll-your-child-in-second-language-school#post-2793538 Tue, 26 Dec 2017 15:46:54 +0000 looch 2793538@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Mama Bird: yeah, that's the issue we have...my son is interested in the second language, but he doesn't have enough at home to motivate him. Part of it is that we don't have a lot of written texts and my husband didn't really read to him in the second language...I did all the night time reading as my husband doesn't like reading aloud. @snowjewelz: I am volunteering in order to help defray the cost. I didn't realize that was an option, but I signed up and they waived some of the fees. @erinbaderin: There's an immersion school (via lottery) in town and I made the decision not to enroll based on the learning of the second language, which was a mistake, I think. If I could do it all over again from purely a language standpoint, I should have done the immersion program. @Mrs. High Heels: that's what I am hoping, that he'll gain more confidence in speaking and that he'll learn that actual reading and writing, as opposed to just the dialect. Mrs. High Heels on "Do you plan to enroll your child in second language school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-plan-to-enroll-your-child-in-second-language-school#post-2793537 Tue, 26 Dec 2017 15:26:25 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 2793537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I enrolled my kids in Chinese school this past semester, and I’m so glad I went for it! They’re learning a lot, picking things up quickly, and eager to show off their Chinese and speak it at home. erinbaderin on "Do you plan to enroll your child in second language school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-plan-to-enroll-your-child-in-second-language-school#post-2793534 Tue, 26 Dec 2017 15:10:24 +0000 erinbaderin 2793534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Not weekend school, but we’re planning to start B in French immersion in grade 1. snowjewelz on "Do you plan to enroll your child in second language school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-plan-to-enroll-your-child-in-second-language-school#post-2793499 Tue, 26 Dec 2017 11:07:20 +0000 snowjewelz 2793499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My friend put her DD in this Chinese immersion school where it's mostly play base but there is no English spoken. I would love to do that except I have no money for it! I have a love/hate relationship with Chinese school.... Most people I know hated Chinese school and took it for granted when they were kids. Soo I am still totally on the fence. DD1 is only 3 so I think I have some time... Mama Bird on "Do you plan to enroll your child in second language school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-plan-to-enroll-your-child-in-second-language-school#post-2793495 Tue, 26 Dec 2017 10:49:45 +0000 Mama Bird 2793495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @looch: we're on the fence. DS has gotten really good at reading and writing in English, but his literacy in our second language is lagging and I'm not sure I can motivate him at home. Maybe a school environment would work better. We'll see if he starts reading better over the summer when I'm able to work with him more... if not, he may get some weekend classes. looch on "Do you plan to enroll your child in second language school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-plan-to-enroll-your-child-in-second-language-school#post-2793489 Tue, 26 Dec 2017 09:50:55 +0000 looch 2793489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Bumping up this old post to see if anyone's doing weekend language school...we're starting in January. I finally feel like my son is ready, we should have started him in K last year, but I didn't. He's able to read and write above grade level in English, and he's beginning to show interest in reading texts in his second language, so we enrolled. Not sure what to expect, I never went to Saturday school to learn a language or culture, and this isn't my native language either, should be interesting! mrskc on "Do you plan to enroll your child in second language school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-plan-to-enroll-your-child-in-second-language-school#post-854167 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:10:07 +0000 mrskc 854167@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes! We have a Chinese school that I think is every Sunday. I think he has to be 5 to start though. T-Mom on "Do you plan to enroll your child in second language school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-plan-to-enroll-your-child-in-second-language-school#post-854140 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:04:34 +0000 T-Mom 854140@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We are starting Chinese school in the fall with DD. I was in Chinese school for a good number of years. MediaNaranja on "Do you plan to enroll your child in second language school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-plan-to-enroll-your-child-in-second-language-school#post-853826 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:00:12 +0000 MediaNaranja 853826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes, I want our future LOs to be bilingual. DH's first language is Spanish, and mine is English, and I want them to be able to read/write both fluently. From working in an ESL program at a high school, I realized that many of the kids spoke two languages fluently, but were only literate in the language they attended school in (English). I want any future LOs to be able to read/write/speak both! TemperanceBrennan on "Do you plan to enroll your child in second language school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-plan-to-enroll-your-child-in-second-language-school#post-853809 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:55:37 +0000 TemperanceBrennan 853809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ There are Spanish and French immersion programs at the public elementary school in my area. We would love to enroll a future child in one. Our nephew is starting it in the fall. I'm planning on teaching our future little ones sign language and hubby wants to speak Spanish as much as he can. fancyfunction on "Do you plan to enroll your child in second language school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-plan-to-enroll-your-child-in-second-language-school#post-853792 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:52:28 +0000 fancyfunction 853792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ There's a pre-school near us that does class in Italian and we would love to do something like that. It would probably be more useful for her to learn Spanish, but her heritage is Italian and we thought this could be great for her development. Charm54 on "Do you plan to enroll your child in second language school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-plan-to-enroll-your-child-in-second-language-school#post-853639 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:20:48 +0000 Charm54 853639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ LO will go to an English public school but enroll in the French Immersion program. I went through the same system and being able to speak two languages has been very beneficial for me as we live in a bilingual community . heffalump on "Do you plan to enroll your child in second language school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-plan-to-enroll-your-child-in-second-language-school#post-853576 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 07:56:44 +0000 heffalump 853576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ LO will go to Hebrew school. But it's not on the weekend, for us it was on a Tuesday evening. @Mrs Hedgehog: Our temple starts us earlier, in 3rd grade, so you can prep for your Bar/Bat Mitzvah at 13. looch on "Do you plan to enroll your child in second language school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-plan-to-enroll-your-child-in-second-language-school#post-853533 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 07:41:26 +0000 looch 853533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes, because we're a bilingual family and it only makes sense for our son to properly learn to write and read the language. regberadaisy on "Do you plan to enroll your child in second language school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-plan-to-enroll-your-child-in-second-language-school#post-853530 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 07:40:47 +0000 regberadaisy 853530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Plan to enroll here in Mandarin School probably around 2-3 depending on what age the local ones start? Mrs. Jacks on "Do you plan to enroll your child in second language school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-plan-to-enroll-your-child-in-second-language-school#post-853266 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 02:38:00 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 853266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We're in immersion pre-school, but they are probably going to do Filipino dance at minimum and school for Tagolag if they have it here. (Our youngest is Filipina). Mrs Hedgehog on "Do you plan to enroll your child in second language school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-plan-to-enroll-your-child-in-second-language-school#post-853264 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 02:34:16 +0000 Mrs Hedgehog 853264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Since Mr. Hedgie is Jewish our kids will be enrolled in Hebrew school around 13... does that count? They do learn some of the language and how to read it. aprk on "Do you plan to enroll your child in second language school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-plan-to-enroll-your-child-in-second-language-school#post-853260 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 02:29:16 +0000 aprk 853260@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I didn't know Saturday school existed but I'm definitely going to look into it for LO! I'd love for him to know a second language; and unfortunately, my Italian is much too rusty to be of service. BabyMats on "Do you plan to enroll your child in second language school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-plan-to-enroll-your-child-in-second-language-school#post-853252 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 02:11:05 +0000 BabyMats 853252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Our goal is to send him to Japanese immersion school and speak spanglish at home as well. My mom only speaks Spanish to my nephew and she will do the same with our son, but she lives so far. I would just love for him to know 3 languages. Andrea on "Do you plan to enroll your child in second language school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-plan-to-enroll-your-child-in-second-language-school#post-853249 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 02:04:21 +0000 Andrea 853249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DD goes to Mandarin classes on Sundays. Maysprout on "Do you plan to enroll your child in second language school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-plan-to-enroll-your-child-in-second-language-school#post-853137 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:16:40 +0000 Maysprout 853137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I don't know of any around here but I would like her to have extra French lessons. French is my husband's first language but his spelling and reading are terrible since he never had any formal schooling. autumnlove on "Do you plan to enroll your child in second language school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-plan-to-enroll-your-child-in-second-language-school#post-853124 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:08:23 +0000 autumnlove 853124@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I want to send her to Japanese and Chinese but maybe that will be overkill? I guess I should pick one...maybe Japanese because she can practice with family nearby.