tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28609701.post4745592762562734270..comments2024-03-27T01:17:36.477-06:00Comments on Bringing up Baby Bilingual: teaching tots and telling talesSarah @ Baby Bilingualhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13907207816628137938noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28609701.post-63105266279974485062015-04-24T17:24:29.121-06:002015-04-24T17:24:29.121-06:00Here's Stephanie's (very impressive!) webs...Here's Stephanie's (very impressive!) website about her French classes for kids: http://petitsfrancophiles.weebly.com <br /><br />I would totally bring my children to her classes! (Or, even better, send them with my monolingual children.)<br /><br />Stephanie, basing your classes around stuffies/puppets, music, and movement sounds perfect. I assume that you're doing stuff like &Sarah @ Baby Bilingualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907207816628137938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28609701.post-72503358756291479732015-04-24T17:07:41.412-06:002015-04-24T17:07:41.412-06:00Sorry for the delay in my reply! Indeed, getting ...Sorry for the delay in my reply! Indeed, getting that many non-francophone families who are willing to pay $5 for storytime is very cool.<br /><br />I'm surprised too to hear about the lack of motivation among the francophones (and would-be francophones) in your area. Strange. But know that you're doing your part to help develop people's interest, pique their curiosity, share sillySarah @ Baby Bilingualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907207816628137938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28609701.post-24516092647157774772015-03-29T09:00:11.660-06:002015-03-29T09:00:11.660-06:00Welp, I've been doing my story time (which is ...Welp, I've been doing my story time (which is really just me reading one or two books, very slowly, and with lots of interruptions in between) to non-francophone preschoolers and their non-francophone parents. I've actually been surprised that we have anywhere from 2-6 kids each week (counting 2 of mine)! Considering it costs $5 per child to attend, this is not bad!<br />I've been Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05345101656016719161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28609701.post-48297726366471416502015-03-05T21:20:28.731-07:002015-03-05T21:20:28.731-07:00I just started a French class for 18 month to 2-ye...I just started a French class for 18 month to 2-year-olds in my town, and I am definitely interested in any ideas and advice you have, since it sounds like you and Carol have been working this gig for longer. While I have some peluches, it would seem that puppets are key... Any other thoughts? So far, we mostly sing, move around, and impersonate animals...<br /><br />And I completely agree that Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15081336319723627321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28609701.post-56068224159516656282015-03-04T16:21:17.240-07:002015-03-04T16:21:17.240-07:00Me too, Carol! And now that we've met with th...Me too, Carol! And now that we've met with them four times, it's getting easier--and more fun--to wave our puppets in the babies' faces and sing to them. I loved watching them lunge for your "Ours brun, dis-moi" book!Sarah @ Baby Bilingualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907207816628137938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28609701.post-91983212420030193642015-03-04T16:20:01.825-07:002015-03-04T16:20:01.825-07:00Jana, you might try to convince the library that t...Jana, you might try to convince the library that there is genuine demand for French activities in your area by developing a list of interested families to show her the next time you propose French storytimes (see, I'm thinking optimistically here). Carol and I set up a French kids' meetup.com group and a Facebook page (which amassed 100+ likes in just a couple of weeks). <br /><br />You Sarah @ Baby Bilingualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907207816628137938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28609701.post-9730751080121194432015-03-04T16:16:09.642-07:002015-03-04T16:16:09.642-07:00As a library staff member, I am appalled by your l...As a library staff member, I am appalled by your librarian's dismissive, insulting attitude! I agree with Carol's comments below that she doesn't have valid points and recommend that you share Carol's links with her!<br /><br />Here's a west coast French success story, by the way: my former-student-turned-friend Dory moved to Portland, opened her own French immersion daycare/Sarah @ Baby Bilingualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907207816628137938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28609701.post-13875605528011813152015-02-23T13:26:01.181-07:002015-02-23T13:26:01.181-07:00Yes, babies are a whole different "game"...Yes, babies are a whole different "game", aren't they? But fun and super cute, and hard to resist. So glad to be your partner in crime in this language adventure, dear Sarah!<br /><br />Jana, I'm saddened to hear the view taken on French by the Head Children's Librarian where you are, and wish you luck in pursuing this elsewhere. I disagree - I don't believe she's Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28609701.post-28414214390989388702015-02-19T10:54:39.301-07:002015-02-19T10:54:39.301-07:00This article inspired me to start a French storyti...This article inspired me to start a French storytime in our local library. I went down and was given the e-mail address of the supervisor by some enthusiastic under-librarians. Weeks went by with no reply, so I went down there again to make sure I'd had the address correct. An apologetic, slightly condescending Head Children's Librarian told me, in a professional, polite way, that Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05345101656016719161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28609701.post-6608289264365734502015-02-18T15:56:06.172-07:002015-02-18T15:56:06.172-07:00Thank you! Our storytimes are typically 25-30 min...Thank you! Our storytimes are typically 25-30 minutes long, which is standard for most of the others at the library as well; only the baby and toddler storytimes end after 20 minutes because of such short attention spans.<br /><br />If you're thinking about starting one, you might want to check out this post, wherein I describe how ours began:<br /><br />http://babybilingual.blogspot.com/Sarah @ Baby Bilingualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907207816628137938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28609701.post-70101436107697263602015-02-16T23:28:02.870-07:002015-02-16T23:28:02.870-07:00I love your posts about storytimes, they are reall...I love your posts about storytimes, they are really inspiring! How long does your storytime normally last?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com