How we organise our children's multilingual bookshelf
When we are raising multi-literate children, we are bound to create a bookshelf with books in multiple languages. In this post, I am...
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yoshitods
- Jun 19, 2022
- 2 min
3 reasons we should welcome books in the school language.
Once our children start to be able to read relatively confidently in our languages it is important to keep practising. Reading is not...
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yoshitods
- Jun 4, 2022
- 4 min
The home language as "a key opening doors" as opposed to "a restriction"
We all want our multilingual children to grow up empowered by their languages. But the multilingual / multi-literacy journey is not easy....
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yoshitods
- May 15, 2022
- 6 min
In which language should I read to my child
Especially when we follow the OPOL method and only communicate in one language with our children, wondering if reading a book in another...
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yoshitods
- May 1, 2022
- 5 min
Multi-literacy Journey: I can’t keep up! What can I do?
When we start on the multi-literacy journey we are full of motivation, plan many activities, and spend (a lot of) time doing it. But...
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yoshitods
- Apr 2, 2022
- 8 min
What if my child is reluctant to read or write in our home language?
The multi-literacy journey is a bumpy road. There are many ups and downs, and every big(ger) challenge can make us feel like the journey...
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yoshitods
- Mar 12, 2022
- 6 min
Should I teach my child to read and write in our home language before or after they learn in school?
If this is the question you are asking yourself, I congratulate you on wondering WHEN you should start teaching your child to read and...
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yoshitods
- Feb 27, 2022
- 5 min
How to get your child to write confidently in your home language
Writing demands a lot more effort and accuracy than reading. It is therefore very common to see children who like (or even LOVE) to read,...
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yoshitods
- Feb 12, 2022
- 4 min
The Benefits of Comic Books for Multilingual Children
When our children are little, we read books to/with them that have illustrations covering a whole page, accompanied by a couple of short...
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yoshitods
- Jan 29, 2022
- 7 min
How can we future-proof our childrens' multi-literacy journey
I grew up bilingual, in France. When I was in primary school, I had the chance to attend a Japanese complementary school. Then, from the...
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yoshitods
- Jan 15, 2022
- 9 min
New Year’s Resolution? How to make sure you are the 1 person out of 5 who sticks with it!
In January, many people make new year’s resolutions. And if you are reading this blog post, chances are that one of them is to teach your...
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yoshitods
- Nov 21, 2021
- 5 min
Review of The Toolbox for Multilingual Families – by Ana Elisa Miranda & Ute Limacher-Riebold
In Autumn 2020, I was asked to be one of the beta-readers of The Toolbox for Multilingual Families partly due to my familiarity with two...
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yoshitods
- Nov 17, 2021
- 7 min
Repetition is not enough to learn to spell accurately!
To help a learner (child or older) remember the spelling of a word, or the way a character is written (especially with complex Chinese...
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yoshitods
- Nov 3, 2021
- 5 min
5 tricks to motivate your child to read and write in your home language
“You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink it” is a proverb that often pops up in my mind whenever I teach my students...
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yoshitods
- Oct 26, 2021
- 5 min
8 fun literacy games you can play on video calls
The travel restrictions imposed by the Corona Virus in the past couple of years has made it very difficult for families spread around the...
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yoshitods
- Oct 18, 2021
- 6 min
"MINDSET" by Dr Carol Dweck and other mindset lessons
If you asked me which book has had the most profound impact on my parenting style, I would say that, although it does not fall into this...
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yoshitods
- Oct 13, 2021
- 6 min
How to make Dictation more FUN (and less “punitive”)!
Writing accurately is important. There is no doubt about it. And in school, we have probably all gone through the dreaded dictation or...
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yoshitods
- Oct 5, 2021
- 8 min
Scarborough’s reading ropes for multilingual children
When we think about teaching our children to read, we often wonder how we can teach them to recognise the letters or characters of our...
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yoshitods
- Sep 27, 2021
- 5 min
Balancing effort and pleasure for positive learning experience.
Learning to read and write in hard. And especially when a bilingual / multilingual child can already read in a the school language, it...
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yoshitods
- Sep 19, 2021
- 5 min
Establishing a reading routine
Once your child starts being able to read in your language, it is important to help them practise, because … “Practice makes perfect”,...
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