#60: Write a note in the target language and put it in their lunch box.
#59: Check out www.childrenslibrary.org, a free online library with
around 4,500 digitized children’s books in 55 languages (tip from Annika @ Be_Bilingual).
#58: Think about compound interest: 10min a day of reading in language #2 = equivalent of 2,000 children audiobooks over 10 years.
#57 Add a book in language #2 as a gift for birthdays,
holidays and other special occasions.
#56: Find holiday and Christmas music in the second language. We like
“Villancicos” in Spanish.
#55: Find a pen pal to make writing (or texting) in the 2nd language fun.
#54: Before you board the plane for the holidays, download
their favorite cartoon in language #2 on your iPad or computer.
#53: Read aloud a familiar chapter book in the 2nd
language (Magic Tree House in English = La Cabane Magique in French)
#52: Instead of looking at the things you should have done with your kids, look at the great achievements you made so far.
#51: Build legos together in the 2nd language.
Vocabulary learning is reinforced by doing.
