Hellobee Boards Topic: If English is your primary language, are you introducing your LOs to another language?

Hellobee Boards Topic: If English is your primary language, are you introducing your LOs to another language? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:07:47 +0000 mrs.kiwi on "If English is your primary language, are you introducing your LOs to another language?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-english-is-your-primary-language-are-you-introducing-your-los-to-another-language#post-2558513 Sat, 28 May 2016 02:02:21 +0000 mrs.kiwi 2558513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'm Korean-American and so is y husband. Our English is WAY better but we can speak read and write in Korean (but Lower elementary level). We speak exclusively to our children in Korean. Minus reading books. I think we try 100% and it ends up probably 80%. We will keep this up as long as we can. I want to teach my children Spanish too as they get a little older (I took it in Middle and high school) Corduroy on "If English is your primary language, are you introducing your LOs to another language?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-english-is-your-primary-language-are-you-introducing-your-los-to-another-language#post-2558508 Sat, 28 May 2016 00:05:27 +0000 Corduroy 2558508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ LO goes to a daycare in a Mandarin speaking home with two Chinese women and a Hispanic woman. She knows some Mandarin and Spanish but I have no idea how much. DD will never say anything in Chinese for me because mommy doesn't know Chinese. jape14 on "If English is your primary language, are you introducing your LOs to another language?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-english-is-your-primary-language-are-you-introducing-your-los-to-another-language#post-2558360 Fri, 27 May 2016 15:53:00 +0000 jape14 2558360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We have a Spanish-speaking nanny. Neither DH or I speak Spanish so we frequently have to google to figure out when DS learns a new Spanish word. stratosphere on "If English is your primary language, are you introducing your LOs to another language?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-english-is-your-primary-language-are-you-introducing-your-los-to-another-language#post-2558325 Fri, 27 May 2016 14:42:41 +0000 stratosphere 2558325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I sought out a Spanish-speaking nanny (who started when LO was 3 months), and now at 22 months LO seems almost as fluent in Spanish as she is in English. I really hope to keep up her exposure to and grasp of Spanish as she grows! lilyofthewest on "If English is your primary language, are you introducing your LOs to another language?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-english-is-your-primary-language-are-you-introducing-your-los-to-another-language#post-2557959 Fri, 27 May 2016 08:11:04 +0000 lilyofthewest 2557959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I speak English with LO, Sweetie speaks with him in Ukrainian, and he goes to a Spanish immersion daycare. We have books and music for him in all three languages (plus a smattering of French books from my childhood. I don't speak French well at all, but I grew up in a francophone pocket of New England). lamariniere on "If English is your primary language, are you introducing your LOs to another language?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-english-is-your-primary-language-are-you-introducing-your-los-to-another-language#post-2557824 Fri, 27 May 2016 00:57:56 +0000 lamariniere 2557824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ English is my primary language. French is my DH's primary language, so we speak both at home. We live in a German-speaking country so they go to an exclusively German-speaking daycare. My son is going to start elementary school at the French school this fall (where he will also continue with German language classes). JCCovi on "If English is your primary language, are you introducing your LOs to another language?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-english-is-your-primary-language-are-you-introducing-your-los-to-another-language#post-2557632 Thu, 26 May 2016 19:34:37 +0000 JCCovi 2557632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We have a Spanish speaking nanny. DD also attends a mandarin immersion preschool. We're really excited at the possibility of introducing them to languages. Torchwood on "If English is your primary language, are you introducing your LOs to another language?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-english-is-your-primary-language-are-you-introducing-your-los-to-another-language#post-2557531 Thu, 26 May 2016 17:43:45 +0000 Torchwood 2557531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ She has a book with some Spanish, but it was free so I can't take credit for it. I'll probably have books with different languages in the house, and if she expresses an interest maybe we can learn one together. But since DH and I don't speak anything else (other than horrible high school Spanish), there's no practical way to introduce it young. BSB on "If English is your primary language, are you introducing your LOs to another language?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-english-is-your-primary-language-are-you-introducing-your-los-to-another-language#post-2557487 Thu, 26 May 2016 17:30:00 +0000 BSB 2557487@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'm Vietnamese, but I'm not fluent. DH can speak Spanish. We have a few books and toys that have both English and Spanish. Since I have French relatives (and I took French in high school), I have a Usborne book for French words. I should find one for vietnamese words so I can jog my memory and learn myself. ;)