Thursday, December 30, 2010

How to teach baby to learn Chinese if you do not speak Chinese?

Hiring a Chinese speaking nanny

1. Organize visits and home plays with friends or community members that speaking the particular language that you would like your child to learn.

2. Join local/starting your own bilingual learning playgroup that is community minded and focus on children's language learning and aiming at providing the best outcome for families.

3. Using free on-line learning materials, and learn it with your child.

4. Install the cable TV system that provides 24/7 language access of programs that you can choose particular time frame to watch the TV show with your child. I don't suggest that you use TV as baby sitter while you get other house chores done. As some of the contents of the show may be ok to the culture background but not acceptable to you.

5. Songs is the best way of helping your child to learn a new language. Song CDs in the car, at home, in the playroom.

6. Printable flashcards, place them all over your house. Visual stimulation is so important to those little brain's development. Fill your house up with them your child will soon learn making connections with what he sees and what it means.

7. Make a space available to encourage your toddler to draw and express himself on the wall, whiteboard, if possible. Don't forget that gross motor skill development is another vital important part of language learning.

8. Most importantly, don't forget to bring fun into the learning. Children won't want to learn or participate if there is no fun. So make it fun for them to do any activities that's the aid to their learning.

from here:

http://forum.brillkids.com/teaching-your-child-signing-speaking-foreign-languages/how-do-english-speaking-parents-teach-baby-to-learn-a-second-language/?wap2