https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 22 May 2026 04:25:11 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-languages-do-you-want-your-lo-to-learn#post-596628 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:13:53 +0000 plantains 596628@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Spanish (DH is a Spanish teacher), French (I speak some very broken French but love it), Mandarin and Japanese (LO is part Taiwanese and Japanese). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-languages-do-you-want-your-lo-to-learn#post-596602 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:05:51 +0000 HLK208 596602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>French, spanish and sign language! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-languages-do-you-want-your-lo-to-learn#post-596592 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:03:14 +0000 808love 596592@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same as you- Chinese, Japanese and Spanish. Oh and Italian would be cool..since she was conceived in Italy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-languages-do-you-want-your-lo-to-learn#post-595513 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:09:57 +0000 Sweet T 595513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Vietnamese and ASL. My grandma speaks Vietnamese. We don't live close to her, otherwise I would have her teach us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-languages-do-you-want-your-lo-to-learn#post-595435 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:49:00 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 595435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@creativemomma15: Sign language is so cool when you are far away from each other or the baby is sleeping and you don't want to make a peep. One of our good couple friends sign and it's really convenient. We can sign a few things to each other, but I wish we knew more! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-languages-do-you-want-your-lo-to-learn#post-595421 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:46:07 +0000 creativemomma15 595421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This makes me wish I knew another language! I think Spanish would be really beneficial for LO to learn but I also think sign language would be cool also. DH and I have said many times recently that we wish we knew sign language! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-languages-do-you-want-your-lo-to-learn#post-595415 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:43:43 +0000 regberadaisy 595415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cantonese, it's important to me they can communicate with my mom. Mandarin will obviously be more useful later on in life but my mom doesn't speak Mandarin! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-languages-do-you-want-your-lo-to-learn#post-595400 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:36:06 +0000 Pepper 595400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know a little bit of conversational French, so I could help with that if LO wanted to learn! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-languages-do-you-want-your-lo-to-learn#post-595394 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:33:22 +0000 keiki_mama 595394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cantonese, Mandarin, and Spanish! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-languages-do-you-want-your-lo-to-learn#post-595387 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:32:20 +0000 luckypenny 595387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>French! DH speaks it and I always wish I had. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-languages-do-you-want-your-lo-to-learn#post-595369 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:25:50 +0000 Cole 595369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hope to teach our children French from a young age and I would like to encourage them to learn something else at some point as well but that would be up to them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-languages-do-you-want-your-lo-to-learn#post-595360 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:22:16 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 595360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: We have a bunch of bilingual books and Lala always says, "No dada! Mama reads Spanish. You read English!" I think she gets that he's stumbling over himself to get the words out :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-languages-do-you-want-your-lo-to-learn#post-594634 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:28:15 +0000 sarac 594634@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just anything. Second language proficiency is such a valuable skill, and I'd like to start her young. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-languages-do-you-want-your-lo-to-learn#post-594337 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:02:48 +0000 matador84 594337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjacks it is! although, it is cute to hear dh try and mimic what i tell DS in spanish. i gotta give him credit for trying...! :-) we have a lot of books that are english/spanish, so i will read it in spanish and then dh will read the same thing in english--it is kind of fun! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-languages-do-you-want-your-lo-to-learn#post-594336 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:02:46 +0000 Freckles 594336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Korean, French and Cantonese. Spanish would be a plus, but i think there are too many languages to learn already! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-languages-do-you-want-your-lo-to-learn#post-594330 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:00:54 +0000 spaniellove 594330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely Korean, either French or Spanish (since most places we've traveled in the world we've been able to get by with French or Spanish). Some Latin would be good too since I found it helpful to have learned it. Fortunately the school we want to send a LO to teaches French, Spanish, and Latin! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-languages-do-you-want-your-lo-to-learn#post-594318 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:57:16 +0000 anbanan15 594318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel like Spanish is a must with how many people speak it around here. I think Latin, depending on profession or field LO would go into would also be beneficial. If LO or any future children took up figure skating I would want them to lean Russian (could helps me understand coaches more lol).</p> <p>@autumnlove: My DH Is half Japanese and I would love for LO to learn for that reason. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-languages-do-you-want-your-lo-to-learn#post-594168 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:12:03 +0000 mrskc 594168@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mandarin. My DH speaks it but I don't. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-languages-do-you-want-your-lo-to-learn#post-594156 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:08:04 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 594156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: it's so hard to get them to speak with only one parent speaking , isn't it? That's why we selected a Spanish immersion preschool to augment my efforts.</p> <p>I'd love my girls to learn a non-western language as well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-languages-do-you-want-your-lo-to-learn#post-594148 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:06:23 +0000 mediagirl 594148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Since we're going to live in the US for the rest of our lives, I think she absolutely NEEDS to learn Spanish. I would love it if she would have an interest in other languages, as well but we'll start with Spanish. We want to learn it, as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-languages-do-you-want-your-lo-to-learn#post-594120 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:00:31 +0000 tororojo 594120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Would like them to be fluent in Spanish, and I think studying a 3rd language in school would be helpful as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-languages-do-you-want-your-lo-to-learn#post-594104 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:57:44 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 594104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think Spanish would be useful. I'd still like to learn it myself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-languages-do-you-want-your-lo-to-learn#post-594096 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:55:36 +0000 Alivoo01 594096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hopefully, DS will pick up Cantonese and Khmer from me and the hubby, and eventually Mandarin. I think Spanish would be useful as well since we live in Texas. Plus, I loved learning Spanish in grade school! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-languages-do-you-want-your-lo-to-learn#post-594075 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:49:45 +0000 autumnlove 594075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Happygal: LO is half Japanese. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-languages-do-you-want-your-lo-to-learn#post-594072 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:48:55 +0000 lavender 594072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cantonese. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-languages-do-you-want-your-lo-to-learn#post-594067 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:48:08 +0000 mynoahbear 594067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>English, of course, and Japanese, German, and since we're in Beijing right now, if she picked up a little mandarin, it would be good. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-languages-do-you-want-your-lo-to-learn#post-594056 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:44:53 +0000 Sammyfab 594056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>French, Cantonese and American Sign Language. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-languages-do-you-want-your-lo-to-learn#post-594043 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:39:44 +0000 Happygal 594043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@AutumnLove: I'm curious--why Japanese?</p> <p>I would love Spanish (I love the language myself). Mandarin and Arabic would probably open a lot of doors career wise. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-languages-do-you-want-your-lo-to-learn#post-594040 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:39:09 +0000 mrsjazz 594040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Spanish! Mostly because I've always wanted to be fluent (I can read it better than I speak it and can understand a decent amount) and DH speaks it (not a native speaker). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-languages-do-you-want-your-lo-to-learn#post-594034 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:37:37 +0000 PurplePumps 594034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely Cantonese since my family speaks that, Mandarin would be nice, but they'd have to go to school for that. And I think Spanish is good to know. </p>