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summertime slide 1 Aug 2013 | 04:13 am
No, not that kind of slide. That's the fun kind! I've been volunteering at our public library's Homework Center since 2005, tutoring kids on a drop-in basis in whatever subjects they need help with,...
I just wish I had started volunteering sooner! 26 Jul 2013 | 03:24 am
ma famille et moi In July 2005, my husband Ed and I got married. I was working as a lecturer in French at Colorado State University, an hour's drive away from my new home in Lafayette, Colo. With a...
hooray for metalinguistic awareness! 11 Jul 2013 | 03:52 am
a not-uncommon sight when driving around east Boulder County Griffin: Des chevals! Je vois des chevals, Maman! [I see horseses!] Maman: Moi aussi--qu'ils sont beaux! Mais on dit "un cheval, des ch...
for when you're not leaving on a jet plane 13 Jun 2013 | 04:35 am
When told to put a couple of toys for the plane in his carry-on bag, Griffin, age 3, filled his suitcase with stuffed animals. French playgroup always empties out over the summer: many of the familie...
a list and a favor to request 7 Jun 2013 | 08:19 pm
(It's hard to write fluently or with much detail when you're sitting next to a crib from which your nearly two-year-old daughter is protesting with great decibel power that she wants out of her crib, ...
cheap and easy in the target language: Go Fish 26 May 2013 | 02:06 am
cheap, easy, and in French If your kids are anything like my five-year-old son, you can get them to do almost anything if you turn it into a game--the Getting Dressed Race (first one to finish wins),...
my first summer French camp! 15 May 2013 | 11:51 pm
And all I have to do is plan five 30-minute immersion classes! My most loyal readers may remember that while I adore my part-time job coordinating a reading enrichment program at the public library, ...
she might not "toc" much, but she's no "dodo"! 2 May 2013 | 11:30 am
We recently added a new element to Gwyneth's bedtime routine in hopes of convincing her that cribs are for sleeping in, blankets are for cuddling under, and that lullabies lead to slumber. We each ta...
the Carnival is back! 2 May 2013 | 03:20 am
Letizia from Bilingue Per Gioco, founder of the Blogging Carnival on Bilingualism, has passed the torch to Annabelle of the piri-piri lexicon, who is our new fearless leader for a monthly blogging car...
forums for us 7 Apr 2013 | 08:57 am
One of the best parts of having a blog is being able to engage with folks around the world who have similar stories and challenges of raising children with more than one language. But when I don't fi...
