bilingual kids

#12 - Hey there, wonderful The Language Experiment community! In this episode, we're diving deep into a topic close to our hearts – our daughters' multilingual journey. From those first baby babbles to navigating a bilingual daycare during a pandemic, it's been a rollercoaster ride. We're sharing this not to show off but to keep it real. Multilingual parenting isn't always a straight line, and we're here to remind you that it's perfectly okay. Our two girls, in the same language-rich environment, are developing at their own pace, teaching us that every child's language journey is beautifully unique.

Join us for an episode that celebrates progress and offers a glimpse into the real, sometimes challenging, but always rewarding world of raising multilingual kids. Thank you for being amazing supporters of our journey!

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Listen to today's episode, "Embracing Ethnicity: Rediscovering & Celebrating Your Bilingual Heritage with Janny Perez" as Bilingual Parenting Educator/Entrepreneur and Author, Janny Perez  joins Dori Durbin.  Janny shares:

• The Latina Mom Legacy Podcast
• Who Janny Serves
• Common Problems Reclaiming Ethnicity
• Why Reclaim Your Past
• Reading: "Nobody Told Me This About Raising a Bilingual Child"
• Making Language Learning Fun
• What Janny Wishes Kids Knew Earlier in Life?
• Where to Find Janny and Her Book

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More about Janny:
Janny Perez is the founder of Mi Legasi, an online platform that helps Latina moms and multicultural families raise bilingual children who are connected to their roots through courses, blogs, and products. She is the author of "Nobody Told Me This About Raising a Bilingual Child," a guidebook that draws on her own experience and research to offer practical advice to parents who want to raise bilingual kids. She is also the host of The Latina Mom Legacy podcast, a podcast for parents that want to leave a Spanish language and Hispanic heritage legacy for their kids.  She is a passionate advocate for bilingualism and multiculturalism, and her mission is to promote family, the Latino community, and bilingualism or multilingualism. Janny partners with parents, teachers, and brands that share her vision, and her online platform has helped countless families navigate the challenges of raising bilingual children. She is a proud mother to an 8-year-old multilingual daughter and is supported by her rockstar husband.

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More about Dori Durbin:
Dori Durbin is a Christian wife, mom, author, illustrator, and a kids’ book coach who after experiencing a life-changing illness, quickly switched gears to follow her dream. She creates kids’ books to provide a fun and safe passageway for kids and parents to dig deeper and experience empowered lives. Dori also coaches non-fiction authors and aspiring authors to “kid-size” their content into informational and engaging kids’ books!
 
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Raising kids is a hard task and everyone does it differently, but you must teach different language to your kids, that's one of the best things you can do for them.

In today's podcast, I'm going to be talking about raising bilingual and trilingual kids!

Key Points 

• Speak with your kids in the desire language
• Visit the country that speak the desire language
• Consistency

About Marina 'Travel Experta'

• I am an Experience Collector, World Traveler, Expat Mama and Wife
• I have been an expat for over 20 years, raising 2 trilingual sons
• My family and I have traveled to over 40 countries and counting …
• I’m here to inspire you to travel, move internationally, have fun with your family and so much more!

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Today, Lele and Mommy reminisce about their recent Staycation!  

For early Chinese learners, if the full Chinese section is too intimidating, you can get to the bilingual section at 3:15!

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A few weeks ago we went on a staycation.

We got to stay in a hotel, eat lots of good food, do some shopping and visit a local farm.

zhái dù jià

宅度假

zhù zài nǎ lǐ?

住在哪裡?

jiǔ diàn

酒店

Lele usually sleeps in a Kidco Peapod tent when we stay in hotels.

He has a really hard time falling asleep when he’s in our bed and we’ve found that putting him in a tent has been a good solution for all of us.

zhàng péng

帳篷

We went to a local farm.

There were a few different animals but the only ones we visited were the Alpacas.

 wǒ men qù nǎ lǐ wán？

我們去哪裡玩？

nóngchǎng

農場

yáng tuó 

羊駝 

yáng

羊

These Alpacas were so cute and furry but they were so aggressive!

One even kicked me because I was passing out the food too slowly.

I’ll post a video of it on my IG.

We also rode these beautiful Swan shaped peddle boats.

It was one of the few times Lele has been on a boat.

He still doesn’t know how to swim or float yet so I’m pretty nervous whenever we are around bodies of water.

zuò chuán

坐船

jiù shēng yī

救生衣

Lele and Daddy found a LONG slide and rode it several times. It was so fun! Watch the video on our IG.

 liū huá tī

溜滑梯

My favorite part of vacations? Buying souvenirs!!

Lele and Mommy both wanted stuffed alpacas so we got a blue one that Lele liked.

He named it Paco (sounds like Alpaca).

jì niàn pǐn

記念品

wán ǒu

玩偶

We had a great time sharing about our staycation with you guys!

Thanks for listening and looking forward to chatting again soon! Talk to you next time!

Hi everyone! I'm so glad that you can join us on this  podcast about taxis and buses and exploring different places in Hong Kong. I know I breeze through these words pretty quickly in this episode, but fear not! I will be dedicating full episodes towards supermarkets, parks, and ocean park in the near future! :) 

Please send me feedback, comments and requests through Instagram: https://instagram.com/leleandmonkey. 

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And as usual, if you like this episode, give us review and share us with your friends! :)  Talk to you soon!

PS Apologies for the screaming kids in the background LOL. I was recording the second half during midday and the kids playing outside were having a lot of fun >.<! 

Taxi
de shì
的士 (HK)

chū zū chē
出租車 (Mainland)

jì chéng chē
計程車 (Taiwan)

Call a taxi
jiào jì chéng chē
叫計程車

Supermarket
chāo jí shì chǎng
超級市場

Ride bus
dā bā shì
搭巴士

Also, ride bus
dā gōng chē
搭公車

Dolphin
hǎi tún
海豚

Panda
xióng māo
熊貓 (HK, mainland)

Also panda,
māo xióng
貓熊 (Taiwan)

Park
gōng yuán
公園

Playground
yóu lè chǎng
遊樂場

Act of Swinging
dàng qiū qiān
盪鞦韆

Act of Sliding
liū huá tī
溜滑梯

Spring rider
yáo yáo fēi jī
搖搖飛機

Uber
yōu bù
優步

License plate
chē pái
車牌