#90: Go to your child’s favorite Chinese or Spanish restaurant
and practice what you have learned.
#89: Have breakfast with family that speaks the 2nd
language via Skype.
#88: Cook together a soup. Learn the names of the vegetables
as you cut and wash them.
#87: Go shopping together. Go to the corner store near your
home. Take time to explain what you put in the cart in the 2nd
language.
#86: Role play with a song in the 2nd language.
Find a song that has 2 characters and sing together. “Hola Don Pepito, Hola Don
Jose” in Spanish is a good example.
#85: Do 10min of homework in 2nd language with a
snack they like.
#84: Find a karaoke song on YouTube in the 2nd
language and sing it together.
#83: Describe the clothes and their colors in the 2nd
language to the children when getting them dressed in the morning
#82: Play soccer with Messi
Pretend you are Ronaldo and Messi. Play a 5- to 10-minute
soccer game using the 2nd language. Helps practice sports vocabulary
while kicking the ball.
#81: YouTube cartoon routine
Asterix et Obelix, Oui-Oui, etc. There are many cartoons in
French on YouTube, that are split in 10 minute episodes. Make watching 10min a
routine, kids need no convincing.
