tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28609701.post6809373742383824129..comments2024-03-17T01:23:20.947-06:00Comments on Bringing up Baby Bilingual: Griffin greets Spring!Sarah @ Baby Bilingualhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13907207816628137938noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28609701.post-15027597530723435752010-08-14T22:40:58.292-06:002010-08-14T22:40:58.292-06:00I just finished my fourth article in a series abou...I just finished my fourth article in a series about activities for learning French outside in the garden,and it's fun to look back at this post from almost four months ago and see that Griffin and I were already working on his garden vocabulary at that point!Sarah @ Baby Bilingualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907207816628137938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28609701.post-17519980416834570322010-05-14T16:02:14.054-06:002010-05-14T16:02:14.054-06:00Thanks for your response. And I need to develop a...Thanks for your response. And I need to develop a thicker skin about my non-native French speaking ability (or just buckle down and really work on improving it).<br /><br />Good luck to you with your future trilingual family--keep in touch! Where are you located?Sarah @ Baby Bilingualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907207816628137938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28609701.post-14948209637786982972010-05-13T05:54:04.064-06:002010-05-13T05:54:04.064-06:00Reading back through my comment I see that you'...Reading back through my comment I see that you're right, I do sound far too critical considering that the difference in pronunciation isn't really so great. Sorry about that; I honestly didn't mean to speak so harshly! I think what you're doing is great.<br /><br />I hope you didn't take offence, I'm sure raising a bilingual family is difficult and something I am looking Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28609701.post-37424202835809877972010-05-12T17:45:41.335-06:002010-05-12T17:45:41.335-06:00Hi Anonymous--Thanks for your compliments and the ...Hi Anonymous--Thanks for your compliments and the pronunciation correction. <br /><br />I do feel like you're being a little too harsh here--the nasal vowel in words like "pont" and "ongle" is not far off from the nasal vowel in "paon" and "champ." "Pont" is pronounced the same way as "paon," just further forward in the mouth. So Sarah @ Baby Bilingualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907207816628137938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28609701.post-69010941347840925132010-05-12T15:24:44.292-06:002010-05-12T15:24:44.292-06:00I've enjoyed reading your blog. Just a hint th...I've enjoyed reading your blog. Just a hint though: 'paon' and 'pont' are not pronounced the same at all.. One is an 'a' sound, one an 'o' sound - not even similar. I suppose you should check such words if you're not sure of them before teaching them to your child :)<br /><br />Lovely photos and keep up the good work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28609701.post-11155501218637140582010-05-03T18:14:02.973-06:002010-05-03T18:14:02.973-06:00i think it is cool that you can make your oun webs...i think it is cool that you can make your oun website.i think all the pictures of Griffin are cute.<br /><br />--Isis age 11Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28609701.post-10623774178295505812010-05-03T15:56:55.142-06:002010-05-03T15:56:55.142-06:00Yes, recording is key. With time, both the -isms a...Yes, recording is key. With time, both the -isms and the blowouts fade away... (thankfully, at least, because new memories are being laid down constantly)Ella Kennenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07704782746072825230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28609701.post-68931834453570301472010-05-02T12:10:42.896-06:002010-05-02T12:10:42.896-06:00What a paradox--that something as stubborn and stu...What a paradox--that something as stubborn and sturdy as a toddler (or preschooler, in Dani's and Carl's cases) can utter such sweet nothings that melt our hearts, and that it's so easy to forget these ephemeral expressions uttered in the middle of the night when you rescue his beloved bear from where he fell. How sad that it's often easier to remember the meltdowns and the Sarah @ Baby Bilingualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907207816628137938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28609701.post-90752555765608467742010-05-01T22:27:15.740-06:002010-05-01T22:27:15.740-06:001 -- Cute pics!
2 -- Wow, I hadn't seen Carl i...1 -- Cute pics!<br />2 -- Wow, I hadn't seen Carl in a long time. He's so big and handsome!<br />3 -- I love aww-inspiring dialogue. I always try to cling onto it when it happens in my life; it feels like there's something fragile and fleeting about it. <br />4 -- Re snow: That's the price you pay for being in Colorado. There are worse fates.Ella Kennenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07704782746072825230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28609701.post-15990350505249306812010-04-29T08:47:46.665-06:002010-04-29T08:47:46.665-06:00Let the record reflect: it is now snowing for the ...Let the record reflect: it is now snowing for the THIRD time this week, the last week of April! Where did our Spring go?Sarah @ Baby Bilingualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907207816628137938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28609701.post-17773752979335122022010-04-26T22:47:02.474-06:002010-04-26T22:47:02.474-06:00In that first picture, it looks like he's a li...In that first picture, it looks like he's a little puppet boy doing the macarena.<br /><br />I'm allowed to say that because I'm his mother!Sarah @ Baby Bilingualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907207816628137938noreply@blogger.com