For her 6th birthday party (advanced due to the early start of the school holidays), my daughter invited six classmates – representing a stunning seven nationalities. I was prepared for that, witness the cake: What I was not prepared for was the guests singing Happy Birthday in not two, not three, but four languages, thanks […]
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Die große Besonderheit der Felix-Bücher ist, dass die Briefe von Felix in Umschlägen sind und richtig herausgenommen und auseinandergefaltet werden müssen, um zu erfahren, was Felix erlebt. Teil 2 einer Serie: Neue Briefe von Felix Autor: Annette Lange Illustrator: Constanza Droop Verlag: Coppenrath ISBN: 978-3815712009
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Three years ago, almost to the day, I shared a video of my daughter making a speech on the steps of the high school near our house. For some reason, every time we came home from the park, she’d stop there, go up the steps, and hold a speech. That day, I had the camera […]
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Wir lieben Bücher. Wir empfehlen gerne Bücher. Und so kamen wir auf die Idee, unsere Lieblingsbücher vorzustellen. Teil 1 einer Serie: Mit Felix auf großer Deutschlandreise Autor: Annette Lange Illustrator: Constanza Droop Verlag: Coppenrath ISBN: 978-3815792551
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A month ago, our 5-year-old daughter started her final preschool year at a new school, one with a program for native speakers of German. She has one hour of German class each day, and the other week she came home with this cute rhyme:
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Summer holidays are full of fun and an occasion to try out new things. When on the third day in our German holiday resort, the kids in the surrounding holiday homes were outside playing after supper, our 5-year-old decided she wanted to join them on skates. (She’d only skated once so far.) So that’s what […]
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The other day, my daughter got this beautiful poster with the numbers from 1 to 20. Ever since we put it up on her door, she’s loved to compare the objects and, of course, count them. On Thursday, we managed to film her:
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Entre la maison et le square, il y a un lycée avec un beau portail. Pour des raisons que j’ignore, ma fille adore monter les trois marches, se positionner, et tenir un discours. L’autre jour, j’avais pris l’appareil photo pour aller au square, et j’en ai profité au retour pour capter son ou plutôt ses […]
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An dieser Stelle möchte ich mal eine etwas andere Buchempfehlung machen: “Lüttjet Platt – Mein erstes Platt-Buch” von Valeska Scholz ist ein ganz herrliches Kartonbilderbuch mit den ersten unumgänglichen Wörtern, die jeder plattschnackende Schietbüdel kennen sollte. Plattdüütsch ist schließlich eine ganz eigene Sprache (und genausogut wie ein Jodeldiplom ;-))
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In the TED talks series, here is one on language acquisition that shows some quite fascinating findings. Watch it here.
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