Language Links for Parents Raising Multilingual Children

At the moment the blog post Bilingualism and growing up abroad is the blog post with the most comments on this blog. On twitter I also realised that I regularly retweet tweets about third culture kids learning new languages. I am really glad and thankful that my parents raised me bilingually. We spoke Dutch at home and English at school. For those who do not know, I grew up in Africa. I would like to encourage parents who are considering raising their kids multilingual: please do it and please stick to it. Your offspring will thank you some time in the future. Maybe it is not the easy road to take but it is worth it. I read this quote recently and it just stuck with me. I love it.

"One of the best presents a parent can give is the gift of a language" http://bit.ly/nD6iFM

I want to share the links of some of the posts I read. I hope you find something juicy, spicy and just what you need.

Top 10 Resolutions to Help Your Children Learn a 2nd Language http://bit.ly/vDw7PI 

Excellent post from Prof. Genesee about bilingual children: http://owl.li/8ivog

"One of the best presents a parent can make is the gift of a language" http://bit.ly/nD6iFM

Talking about bilingualism http://bit.ly/AkyDH5 Including a tip for a good book: A Parents' & Teachers' Guide to Biligualism.

Wow! Patricia Kuhl: The Linguistic Genius of babies http://bit.ly/eI5dzc Exposing American babies to Mandarin. What happens?

Gestures can ease language learning http://bit.ly/y4RTdt

Research shows fewer reading errors with Dyslexie, a new font by Dutch graphic designer, and dyslectic, Christian Boer  http://bit.ly/ihH5iv

7 Habits that will help your child become bilingual http://bit.ly/pXptTS

12 Common Myths and Misconceptions about Bilingual Children: http://owl.li/7OBER

Read & listen to a mum teaching her kids Indonesian. She's raising them trilingual http://bit.ly/seFkFJ

Immigration and Language: http://owl.li/7TLgV

Zie hier vragen & antwoorden over meertalig opvoeden bij @OudersOnline http://bit.ly/rZcLko  

Tweetalig opvoeden, het moment is aangebroken. Ik hoop dat het lukt! http://bit.ly/vbE5lp 

Please add any advice, tips, links or words of encouragement in the comment section. I really appreciate that. Questions are welcome too.

Related posts

• Third culture kids learning their mother tongue
• Great third culture kid information on the web
• Libby Stephen's explains what third culture kids are
• My 10 advantages of growing up in another culture
• Boek "Make your Child Multilingual" door Silke Rehman

Image thanks to Manuere, Morgue File.