http://www.hittingthebooks.com/2006/10/25/weve-joined-the-dark-side/ Reading...Writing...Life Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:23:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.hittingthebooks.com/2006/10/25/weve-joined-the-dark-side/#comment-4162 ahoo Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:27:28 +0000 http://www.hittingthebooks.com/2006/10/23/weve-joined-the-dark-side/#comment-4162 She may very well like ASL because she enjoys body movement so much. Plus, as you've experienced, it's a wonderful tool for lyrical expression. Ever tried it while dancing? :) She may very well like ASL because she enjoys body movement so much. Plus, as you’ve experienced, it’s a wonderful tool for lyrical expression. Ever tried it while dancing?

]]> http://www.hittingthebooks.com/2006/10/25/weve-joined-the-dark-side/#comment-974 omninaif Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:59:46 +0000 http://www.hittingthebooks.com/2006/10/23/weve-joined-the-dark-side/#comment-974 What would your kids do if you put in 'Bullitt'? What would your kids do if you put in ‘Bullitt’?

]]> http://www.hittingthebooks.com/2006/10/25/weve-joined-the-dark-side/#comment-941 nessili Fri, 27 Oct 2006 03:54:25 +0000 http://www.hittingthebooks.com/2006/10/23/weve-joined-the-dark-side/#comment-941 Thanks for the encouragement :-) We knew that kids are language sponges--that's why we're starting in early. I'm just afraid of becoming one of those mothers who want their kids to be reading Shakespeare by age three and doing particle physics before they get bundled off to school. Not that she'll ever get bundled off to school, since (as of right now) we're planning on homeschooling. Which is another reason Mommy needs to pick up some of this Spanish-stuff too. Thanks for the encouragement We knew that kids are language sponges–that’s why we’re starting in early. I’m just afraid of becoming one of those mothers who want their kids to be reading Shakespeare by age three and doing particle physics before they get bundled off to school. Not that she’ll ever get bundled off to school, since (as of right now) we’re planning on homeschooling. Which is another reason Mommy needs to pick up some of this Spanish-stuff too.

]]> http://www.hittingthebooks.com/2006/10/25/weve-joined-the-dark-side/#comment-935 Carla Thu, 26 Oct 2006 11:37:37 +0000 http://www.hittingthebooks.com/2006/10/23/weve-joined-the-dark-side/#comment-935 You might well find she picks up fluent Spanish. Young children are astonishingly receptive to language, but the ability to pick up language declines with age. By the time children are in their teens it's largely gone - which makes it absurd that so many education systems don't start teaching languages until high school. In my job I work with clients and academics from a variety of countries and it's very striking that the Swiss, Scandinavians, Dutch and Germans speak the most fluent English (even though for many of them it's their third or fourth language), and that they mostly started learning languages in primary school. You might well find she picks up fluent Spanish. Young children are astonishingly receptive to language, but the ability to pick up language declines with age. By the time children are in their teens it’s largely gone - which makes it absurd that so many education systems don’t start teaching languages until high school. In my job I work with clients and academics from a variety of countries and it’s very striking that the Swiss, Scandinavians, Dutch and Germans speak the most fluent English (even though for many of them it’s their third or fourth language), and that they mostly started learning languages in primary school.

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