https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:54:58 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-they-started-language-classes#post-1149657 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 19:47:48 +0000 T-Mom 1149657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We tried mandarin when my DD turned 5 but it was a bust (too advanced). We will try again next semester at a school where they have classes for non-speakers .. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-they-started-language-classes#post-1149523 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 18:21:15 +0000 Andrea 1149523@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mandarin classes at 18 months. </p> <p>They also do languages every day at Montessori. She started there at 3. They've really gotten her interested in languages, because it's an international school so the majority of the kids are already bilingual. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-they-started-language-classes#post-1149424 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 16:46:51 +0000 plantains 1149424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: ah, makes total sense. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-they-started-language-classes#post-1149306 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 15:27:32 +0000 chopsuey 1149306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: yep! not as well as I do, but good enough :) he's gonna go with the kids and learn too </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-they-started-language-classes#post-1149301 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 15:23:16 +0000 autumnlove 1149301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey: Does DH speak too? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-they-started-language-classes#post-1149290 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 15:12:19 +0000 chopsuey 1149290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kids are/will be bilingual and we'll start Korean school on the weekends maybe when they're 4. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-they-started-language-classes#post-1149284 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 15:07:46 +0000 autumnlove 1149284@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Alivoo01: Is it for Mandarin or Cantonese? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-they-started-language-classes#post-1149254 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 14:43:52 +0000 Alivoo01 1149254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Chinese daycare/school starts accepting kids at 18 months. I'm thinking of enrolling DS at that time, but we'll see when that time comes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-they-started-language-classes#post-1149234 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 14:29:59 +0000 Mrs. Bee 1149234@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i think we'll enroll charlie in korean school next summer, so he'll be 4.5. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-they-started-language-classes#post-1149191 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 13:56:08 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1149191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@plantains: she's just in a bilingual classroom, so it's not like she's doing a lot with it yet ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-they-started-language-classes#post-1149181 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 13:49:24 +0000 looch 1149181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're a bit away from formal language school. We're a bilingual family and my son learns Spanish in daycare...I didn't know that he knows his colors in Spanish, English and German. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-they-started-language-classes#post-1149179 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 13:48:44 +0000 plantains 1149179@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: 18 months?! Wow, that is brilliant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-they-started-language-classes#post-1149177 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 13:47:03 +0000 lamariniere 1149177@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are already a bilingual household of English/French. DS started a bilingual German/English preschool at 2 years. Now at almost 3, I am wowed by how much German he understands, while I still don't know much at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-they-started-language-classes#post-1148626 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 09:53:05 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1148626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lala started Spanish at 2 years, and M started at 18 months. (Part of their curriculum at school) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-they-started-language-classes#post-1148572 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 09:21:38 +0000 autumnlove 1148572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>:) </p>