Summer ML homework
Jul 12, 2017 17:55:07 GMT 9
Post by Amy on Jul 12, 2017 17:55:07 GMT 9
My eldest’s speech therapist recommended I read in ML to my daughter whilst spending 3 weeks in ml1 country these summer holidays. 
I am a bit torn as I was hoping for a complete cut-off with the ML a bit to let her suck in ml1, but obviously I want to serve my daughter's best interest.
My fear is that my daughter might take it as permission to speak ML at home (we are a ml@h family), and I was hoping that our summer vacations at my in-laws' house in ml1 country would be a great cut-off from the ML that has given me so much grief on our bilingual journey.
On the other hand in just over a year's time, my eldest will go to primary school and there will be no escaping the daily ML homework sessions...
I have been thinking about telling my daughter that the Speech Therapist set homework that should be done every other day whilst on holiday:
- reading a story
- recite her ML alphabet (I had this thought, as I don't want her to forget it by the time she starts school again)
- and a prepositions game (Therapist picked up on my girl's preposition problem, and I know it is a weakness she has in all 3 languages and have been recently working on in ml2).
Hopefully this "programme" should not last more than 15mins so that would be tantamount to 1h of ML a week, leaving ample room for ml1 to bloom (especially that in ml1 country the days are longer than schooldays in ML country!
).
Plus I could get her on the phone to my mum (ML-speaker) once a week for a quick chat...
What do you think and what would you do (would you follow therapist's advice; and if you did, what homework would you set)?
I am a bit torn as I was hoping for a complete cut-off with the ML a bit to let her suck in ml1, but obviously I want to serve my daughter's best interest.
My fear is that my daughter might take it as permission to speak ML at home (we are a ml@h family), and I was hoping that our summer vacations at my in-laws' house in ml1 country would be a great cut-off from the ML that has given me so much grief on our bilingual journey.
On the other hand in just over a year's time, my eldest will go to primary school and there will be no escaping the daily ML homework sessions...
I have been thinking about telling my daughter that the Speech Therapist set homework that should be done every other day whilst on holiday:
- reading a story
- recite her ML alphabet (I had this thought, as I don't want her to forget it by the time she starts school again)
- and a prepositions game (Therapist picked up on my girl's preposition problem, and I know it is a weakness she has in all 3 languages and have been recently working on in ml2).
Hopefully this "programme" should not last more than 15mins so that would be tantamount to 1h of ML a week, leaving ample room for ml1 to bloom (especially that in ml1 country the days are longer than schooldays in ML country!
).Plus I could get her on the phone to my mum (ML-speaker) once a week for a quick chat...
What do you think and what would you do (would you follow therapist's advice; and if you did, what homework would you set)?
