ML/ml at certain times a day for a while only?
May 30, 2016 8:22:47 GMT 9
Post by Jo on May 30, 2016 8:22:47 GMT 9
Hi all.
I'll start with the question, and then you don't have to read the whole boring background story if you don't want to.
Do you think it would be a good strategy for me (during our 3 months in ml country) to speak to/with my daughter in ML every morning when we are alone before everyone else gets up (1-2 hours) and then in ml the rest of the time? (I would be doing this to keep her ML at the current level)
Or is there another way? Should I just speak ml and trust she will catch up soon again? Alternatively find another adult who can come around and speak ML with her sometimes?
Keeping in mind that once we return to New Zealand and our ML environment, I'll want to EXCLUSIVELY speak ml with her again. I know Adam often writes about not speaking a lot of ML in front of the kids, so wondering if this strategy might come back and bite me.
Background:
We will (very unexpectedly and last minute) be leaving for Denmark for 3 months, as an opportunity to go through my husband's work has come about. Although I am really excited about this, it was a hard decision to make, as we've just settled in to our new house, I am job hunting and our almost 3 year old is FINALLY comfortable in her new ML Nursery. She's a very sensitive wee soul and very small for her age and it has taken a lot of effort and tears to get her to feel comfortable there.
Our daughter is fluent in ml due to spending most of her life at home with me. My husband has also been speaking to her in ml in the first 2 years of her life and has only recently switched to ML, as our daughter is now a better ml speaker than he is. My daughter's ML is steadily improving, but is still a bit behind her peers.
My husband will only be spending limited time with us in Denmark, as he'll be working in other parts of Europe and it's not a possibility for us to go with him. This would mean long periods of her not hearing/speaking English. He already spends 2/3 of the year away from us.
Once we return to NZ in September, our daughter will be going straight into Kindy (with some of the same kids that are now in her Nursery), as she'll then be 3 years old. Because of her personality and the struggles we've gone through to get her integrated in her Nursery, I really don't want to see her falling further behind in ML before entering a new environment, where she will be the youngest and smallest. I feel like since she won't have any physical advantages to defend herself (kids can be brutal, right?) I'd at least want her to be able to use her words to describe how she feels.
Sorry that got really long. Basically I just want to do what's best for our daughter, as I already feel like a huge shit for pulling her back out of her new environment so soon after she's settled into it.
I'll start with the question, and then you don't have to read the whole boring background story if you don't want to.
Do you think it would be a good strategy for me (during our 3 months in ml country) to speak to/with my daughter in ML every morning when we are alone before everyone else gets up (1-2 hours) and then in ml the rest of the time? (I would be doing this to keep her ML at the current level)
Or is there another way? Should I just speak ml and trust she will catch up soon again? Alternatively find another adult who can come around and speak ML with her sometimes?
Keeping in mind that once we return to New Zealand and our ML environment, I'll want to EXCLUSIVELY speak ml with her again. I know Adam often writes about not speaking a lot of ML in front of the kids, so wondering if this strategy might come back and bite me.
Background:
We will (very unexpectedly and last minute) be leaving for Denmark for 3 months, as an opportunity to go through my husband's work has come about. Although I am really excited about this, it was a hard decision to make, as we've just settled in to our new house, I am job hunting and our almost 3 year old is FINALLY comfortable in her new ML Nursery. She's a very sensitive wee soul and very small for her age and it has taken a lot of effort and tears to get her to feel comfortable there.
Our daughter is fluent in ml due to spending most of her life at home with me. My husband has also been speaking to her in ml in the first 2 years of her life and has only recently switched to ML, as our daughter is now a better ml speaker than he is. My daughter's ML is steadily improving, but is still a bit behind her peers.
My husband will only be spending limited time with us in Denmark, as he'll be working in other parts of Europe and it's not a possibility for us to go with him. This would mean long periods of her not hearing/speaking English. He already spends 2/3 of the year away from us.
Once we return to NZ in September, our daughter will be going straight into Kindy (with some of the same kids that are now in her Nursery), as she'll then be 3 years old. Because of her personality and the struggles we've gone through to get her integrated in her Nursery, I really don't want to see her falling further behind in ML before entering a new environment, where she will be the youngest and smallest. I feel like since she won't have any physical advantages to defend herself (kids can be brutal, right?) I'd at least want her to be able to use her words to describe how she feels.
Sorry that got really long. Basically I just want to do what's best for our daughter, as I already feel like a huge shit for pulling her back out of her new environment so soon after she's settled into it.