Bilingualism. Is your kid ready?

Nowadays all of us understand the importance that has knowledge of different languages for personal or professional reasons. Each mum wants her kid to know as many languages as he can.

A lot of parents are affraid of introducing more than a language to their kid, others are asking themselves if it is ok to introduce a second language to theirs' kiddo. The truth is that human brain has a lot of flexibility and is prepared not just for the second language but even more languages. I always thought that the easiest time to introduce a second language to our kid is till 3 years, but recently I found in other resources that it can be done till age of 8. So, go ahead, it is never too late.
To explain better the word bilinguism, it is to mention that it is considered a bilingual person, the person who is able to use 2 or more languages at the same level of understanding and does not make any difference by it's difficulty. And this happens due to the environment where kid is growing like family or community.

When baby hears 2 or more languages at the same time, baby accepts them both, the same way as another kid who hears only one language. The only difference between these babies can be, that the first baby who listens 2 or more languages begins to talk a little bit later, because he internalizes these languages before saying anything. After different studies on bilinguism, there have come to a conclusion that babies' brain who grew in a bilingual environment works as a traffic light. When he has to choose a word, he gives green light for the language that it is used at that moment. And this natural process of choosing the right language, becomes a good gymnastics for his brain.

Advantages of bilinguism.

1. Kids with bilinguism concentrate better and they are not upset by the noise of the class to make their works.

2. Brain of a bilingual person is much more flexible and in critical situations can find more solutions and even more quickly.

Age for bilinguism.

As I mentioned before, after looking for recent studies any kid till 8 years can be bilingual if the language is introduced as a natural second language. What about other ages? Of course, it is possible as well, but it comes to be more difficult. And always it is easier to have that environment of the language that we want to learn.

Good luck for those who want to be bilingual.

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Going to the dentinst. When it is considered that is the perfect time to brush baby's teeth?

I do not know why, but from my experience of talking with other parents, a lot of them think that oral hygiene has to begin once baby has all his teeth in the mouth. Well, everybody can think as he wants. But after talking with an expert, I understood that oral hygiene is very important from the very first tooth or even before. It is great to begin oral hygiene from the first day when your baby is teething.

After having a good talk with an expert, I began reading various studies on oral hygiene, and I have found that bacteria which cause carries in our mouth makes it's apparition once teething begins. Most of the times this bacteria comes from mothers' mouth while we kiss our baby or while we give our baby something to eat.

Creating a habit.

From the very first months when baby's food is just breastmilk and from the 6th months when they begin to eat fruit and vegetables it is very important to create a habit of cleaning mouth. It is very important to avoid foods that contain a lot of. and that can remain within the teeth. It is recommended that once first tooth appears, mum or dad to clean baby's mouth with water and gasa. And once there are more teeth it is recommended to use a toothbrush at least twice a day.

And if you have any questions it is better to go to the dentist and consult any of your doubts.

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Montessori weekend. Montessori activities for toddlers.

I am on maternity leave now, so I have more time to dedicate to my toddler and make him some interesting and montessori activities.

1. Crafting activities - this activity was inspired from quiet books ( I was thinking in doing one for my toddler, but I decided to see if he would like something like this). He liked my imitation of quiet book, but he wasn't engaged too much in this activity, I mean that he played as much as 10 minutes and not hours as I have seen in comments of quiet books.

2. Car play. My kiddo loves cars, I suppose that all boys love plaing with cars, even girls nowadays. The idea was to play with big ones and small ones, differentiate the forms and colors of each one. And how one can help another one in case of emergency.

3. Montessori truck from ikea. Great toy for moving pieces of different shapes, colors and learn how magnet is working.

From all 3 activities that we have done on weekend, last 2 my toddler enjoyed most. I always prefer diy activities like first one, and it is true that he always enjoyed more, but not on this weekend. I suppose that it is matter of his desires, sometimes he enjoys diy and sometimes bought ones.

Enjoy your weekend!

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