Yes! Sullivan has added the oh-so-nice new word of "bebe'" to her vocabulary of "mama" and "dada"! But the extra-special-ness of this word is that it is truly and solely Spanish! Yes, I may add that she has not fully associated this new word with an actual babe or her babydoll, BUT I remain excited! I even dreamed that she said something like "estoy pensando en caballos" (I am thinking about horses) to me last night in sheer delight that she may indeed speak back to me in Spanish one fine day. ( To catch some of you up...since she was 4mos, I have only addressed her in Spanish, as Lee speaks to her only in English. This is a proven method to raise a child Bilingually.)
In other language news, I got to be a part of a BMW family playgroup here in Greenville last week. As the BMW plant here employs many Germans and internationals, they have a community here and among other things, meet together with their young children. I made friends with one of them through a previous student of mine and was thrilled to be with them as they all raise their kids with multiple languages as well. We went to a strawberry farm and I was shocked to hear a 3.5 yr old girl speak English, German, Spanish and French among her peers!? Yes! This particular little girl has a Spanish mom, a French father, her family lives/works with Germans and now they live here and use English as well. Truly miraculous what the human brain can do!
2 comments:
Hi Catie:
I am happy to hear that Sullivan has added another word to her vocabulary. It's a blessing from God I believe to be excited about this, and yes, with Lee speaking to her in English and you in Spanish, she will know at least two languages. The good Lord is creating intelligent people these days, and I might add mostly females. May you and your family continue to be blessed. Enjoy this nice weather. Spring is finally here.
Hello Catie!
I've been meaning to send you a message for quite some time now. I am back from Spain and am about to become a senior at Boston College! These three years have flown by! I'm in the middle of studying for exams, but it was a lovely study break to look back at some of your recent posts and read about your beautiful family. I am so excited that you are raising Sullivan bilingually! She will have such a wonderful advantage growing up. I hope you are doing well and thanks for checking in!
Clare
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