Update!
Apr 24, 2018 5:44:24 GMT 9
Post by Nellie on Apr 24, 2018 5:44:24 GMT 9
You're right about practice making perfect, Amy. Maybe I just need to give him space to get used to the slower pace of a 3-year-old's mind.
We have now done one week with the ml2 nanny for my son - and me back at work. I just realised consciously that now I will have to make a real effort to ensure he gets enough ml1! As up until now I was on maternity leave, this was obviously not an issue. So now I'm going to remind myself to read at least 1 book every evening in ml1 just for him (his sister obviously has more sophisticated books).
The nanny seems very good and speaks very clearly, which is wonderful. I'm conscious that he will be going to ML creche when he can walk (so in 6-12 months) and thus this time in ml2 is very important for him as a basis. He basically won't be speaking by the time he starts creche, so I really hope that this time with a ml2 nanny will pose a valiuble foundation to him.
My daughter came back from one week with her ML grandparents. There is a definite dip in her command of ml1 (slipping more ML words in), but I believe it's very temporary and will be gone in a few days. She is at a holiday centre this week, and I was a bit disappointed because I thought the environment would be more bilingual ML-ml1 and maybe ml2, but my daughter tells me the other children speak only ML. Quite frankly I doubt this very much, in fact I am 100% sure it's not the case, given the population who sends their children to this holiday centre, but I suppose it means that the staff are only communicating in ML. It's a shame because several bilingual children she knows normally attend this same holiday centre, but they all went last week instead of this week. Anyway, the good news is that I can join her for lunch every day. So I was at least able to spend that extra time with her in ml1. In order to make up for the fact that she had no ml2 exposure this week, I also asked the ml2 manny to come around for a couple of hours tomorrow. Normally it's not foreseen that he would come during the holidays, but two weeks without any exposure makes me a bit nervous! So I also read some books in ml2 yesterday and today as a sort of 'electric shock'.
I have also decided to spend my metro commute each day reading either my ml1 news magazine or my ml2 fashion magazine. The ml1 magazine is for my general culture, as I don't need ml1 practice, but the ml2 one is for 'practice with some fun'. I am glad to have decided to use this time in this way as it is very hard to find time to read when I am home with the kids!
We have now done one week with the ml2 nanny for my son - and me back at work. I just realised consciously that now I will have to make a real effort to ensure he gets enough ml1! As up until now I was on maternity leave, this was obviously not an issue. So now I'm going to remind myself to read at least 1 book every evening in ml1 just for him (his sister obviously has more sophisticated books).
The nanny seems very good and speaks very clearly, which is wonderful. I'm conscious that he will be going to ML creche when he can walk (so in 6-12 months) and thus this time in ml2 is very important for him as a basis. He basically won't be speaking by the time he starts creche, so I really hope that this time with a ml2 nanny will pose a valiuble foundation to him.
My daughter came back from one week with her ML grandparents. There is a definite dip in her command of ml1 (slipping more ML words in), but I believe it's very temporary and will be gone in a few days. She is at a holiday centre this week, and I was a bit disappointed because I thought the environment would be more bilingual ML-ml1 and maybe ml2, but my daughter tells me the other children speak only ML. Quite frankly I doubt this very much, in fact I am 100% sure it's not the case, given the population who sends their children to this holiday centre, but I suppose it means that the staff are only communicating in ML. It's a shame because several bilingual children she knows normally attend this same holiday centre, but they all went last week instead of this week. Anyway, the good news is that I can join her for lunch every day. So I was at least able to spend that extra time with her in ml1. In order to make up for the fact that she had no ml2 exposure this week, I also asked the ml2 manny to come around for a couple of hours tomorrow. Normally it's not foreseen that he would come during the holidays, but two weeks without any exposure makes me a bit nervous! So I also read some books in ml2 yesterday and today as a sort of 'electric shock'.
I have also decided to spend my metro commute each day reading either my ml1 news magazine or my ml2 fashion magazine. The ml1 magazine is for my general culture, as I don't need ml1 practice, but the ml2 one is for 'practice with some fun'. I am glad to have decided to use this time in this way as it is very hard to find time to read when I am home with the kids!