This was something discussed on the Enki conference which is to use commands in a foreign language which the child responds to physically to help immerse them in a foreign language at times. We do this anyway (although French and German are our 2 languages of choice) and it does work and keeps those pathways open.
STOP
- French - arrêt
- German - Anschlag
- Spanish - parada
OPEN YOUR BOOK (I looked the Spanish up on Babelfish)
- French - ouvre votre livre
- German - öffnen Sie Ihr Buch* (I use the formal 'you' with her so that she will sound more respectful to German speakers)
- Spanish - abra su libro
GOOD MORNING
- French - bon jour
- German - guten Morgen
- Spanish - buenos dias
This is something I forgot - the other week we were out and Springy heard some non-English speakers and was able to discern that they were speaking French. It felt wonderful to know that her ears are tuned into French as well as English. I really want to be able to take her to France for a week but we will have to see (money is very tight at the moment).
The countries that I dream of seeing with my husband and Springy are France, Austria, Finland and Norway. I'm too cowardly to have all the vaccinations for places like India.
