"Mami, some people don't speak Spanish.''
"No, they don't, Maria. Pobrecitos, huh?"
"Yeah.''
So, I'm making a bilingual snob. Poor things who don't speak Spanish, I tell the kid. It's really about my brainwashing her to continue her learning. I'm trying to keep us from going back to the days of: "Mami, I don't speak Spanish, I don't speak Spanish, I don't speak Spanish.''
Three was a bear. Really.
Resources for all today...
Go visit Karen at Teaching and Learning Spanish. Get tips, links, ideas. And you Latins who aren't speaking Spanish to your kids: Look ashamed. Karen is an English-speaking American making the effort to habla. You vagos too can do it.
Give thanks to Monica at Mi Cielito Lindo for links to Primera Escuela, an educational bilingual site for the kids. English instructions here.
Off to further brainwash my kid.
(Brainwash in Spanish: Lavar el cerebro. Doesn't that sound poetic?)
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5 comments:
I just wanted to say how happy I was to stumble across your blog today! We are raising two bilingual little ones Eng/Swedish, and we struggle every day to find the resources and language support. I commend you for all you are doing for your kids, and I love your t-shirt line. I am subscribing to you blog and I look forward to reading more of your adventures.
¡Gracias amiga! It's hard at times, but so worth it. :)
Hola, Not Afraid...what a great name...
Karen, de nada. Keep at it.
HAHAHA...I lurk here, but I had to comment, because my parents did the same thing with me when I was a kid. My dad always told me I was so lucky to be bilingual/bicultural, and I heard the phrase, "You have the best of both worlds!" a million times when I was growing up. Now that I'm an adult, I jokingly say that my father brainwashed me completely...but you know, it worked--I grew up believing it. I'm hoping my boys grow up with the same attitude as Maria's.
keen, hola...glad to hear the brainwashing worked. look forward to reading your blog.
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