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Mommy, I Don’t Want to Speak French
“Mommy, I don’t want to speak French anymore. I don’t like it.” This, from my daughter the other day. In response to me asking her what she thought of the idea I had for French class at her preschool...
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Why You Should Learn French
Did anyone happen to catch John McWhorter’s article in The New Republic about why people shouldn’t bother to learn French? Here it is, if you care to have a look. He makes a shallow case for why French...
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How to Piss Off a French Person
A friend sent me this link to an article on How To Piss Off a French Person, written for Matador Network by Morgane Croissant (com’on, does a name get more French than that?). Aside from claiming that...
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La Politesse, and a Few Tips on How to Get Along With the French
The French can be unfailingly polite. No, really, I’m being serious. Yeah, yeah, yeah, everyone who has traveled to France comes home with some story about a rude Frenchman or Frenchwoman who treated...
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French Lessons for Preschoolers
This post is part of the Multicultural Kid Blogs Blogging Carnival, hosted this month by Isabelle at Multilingual Education Cafe. This month’s topic is The Multilingual Classroom. Be sure to follow the...
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Me Thinks Thou Doth Protest Too Much
I’m assured it happens with all kids growing up bilingually, but it’s still hard to see my daughter pitching fits every time we try to coax her to speak in French. She understands most everything she...
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August in France
The month of August in France: when the entire country goes on vacation. Shops in Paris close down, the Côte d’Azur fills with tourists. It’s hard not to love a country so intent on enjoying itself. In...
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Harvest Time!
This post is part of this month’s blogging carnival put on by Multicultural Kids Blogs. This month’s host is Varya at Creative World of Varya. Check out links to the other posts from around the world...
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New French Classes in Boulder!
My friend and fellow blogger, Sarah at Bringing up Baby Bilingual, and I will be offering French lessons for the 0-5 age group starting Monday, October 20 at Grandrabbits Play! So exciting! Our mutual...
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Triathlons
Before we left for San Diego this summer, I completed my first triathlon. Apparently, that’s what you must do to assimilate in Boulder. Either that or grow dreadlocks and walk around barefoot, maybe...
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Killing the Myths
This post is part of the Raising Multilingual Children Blogging Carnival. For other entries in this month’s carnival, check out Annabelle’s blog at the Piri Piri Lexicon. I’m lucky to be raising my...
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Lessons All Around
I’ve been unintentionally quiet this semester. I find it funny that I’ve gone back to thinking of the year in terms of semesters – but such is life when you are in school! That’s right, I’m back in...
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French Immersion for Children 0-5 in Boulder, Colorado!
Once again, Sarah of Bringing up Baby Bilingual and I will be offering a French immersion class for preschool-aged children! Our classes are fun, interactive, and immersive. Tuition includes admission...
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In Support of Total Immersion
I grew up during the old-school era of second-language learning. We filled in the blanks, conjugated verbs, and memorized vocabulary lists. Entry level classes, and sometimes even intermediate and...
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Fruit for my Labor
When working with preschoolers, it can be difficult to see if my efforts are making any impact whatsoever. I faithfully show up at my kids’ preschool each week (although this winter I’ve been sick more...
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April Fool’s Day, or, if you prefer, Poisson d’Avril !
I love a good prank, and April Fool’s Day has always been one of my favorite minor holidays. Despite the fact that my brother has, for decades now, tried to convince me I was actually born on April 1...
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Are we bilinguals?
For a long time, I’ve held lofty goals for my kids and for myself. I wanted us to all be “completely bilingual,” which I defined as nothing short of 100% fluency in reading, writing, speaking, and...
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To Hug or to Kiss?
I certainly didn’t intend a two month hiatus – thank you all for sticking with me! I have a tendency to bite off more than I can chew in life, and these last few months were no different. I went back...
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Solidarité
Like so many, I am deeply saddened by the events in Paris. I could delve into my thoughts on the politics of the situations we as a changed, evolving world face today, the ideology of how to improve...
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Spring and Les Villes et Villages Fleuris
Spring is here. When I lived in San Diego, the arrival of spring meant days were now 72 degrees instead of 68; time to put away the scarfs and boots and break out the flip flops. Here in Colorado,...
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