Sure, they’re lovely, they start speaking, they want to experiment everything. This phase of a child’s development is fascinating but exhausting. Carole Fives dares to say it. Toddlers have zero attention span, they run, they climb everywhere and they’re damned FAST. Always a second of...
trying to understand what could create a man who thinks this behavior is acceptable. They stare at me in hatred. Trying to scare me, put me in my place. Telling me in no uncertain terms that no death toll is
and when we were unable to hear each other (ie across the room, in a loud setting, someplace where speaking to a child would disrupt the adult conversation). And I also used the signs to introduce French vocabulary: ie signing “shoes” while saying “souliers” instead of using verbal En...
She LOVED her teacher and came home every day excited about speaking French, about what she had learned and even wanting to teach her brother: I still teach French at my son’s preschool, and he’s finally getting into it. Up until this year, he chose to play outside rather than come...
“I am not taking any tourists on this flight,” he said with a snark, speaking unusually good English by French standards. He then went on to say that he wouldn’t be able to do his job –“to keep your daughter safe during the flight”- if I was there taking up his working ...
Post note: It is important for me to remember that nothing is ever "a given". That is:I have not conquered my fear of public speaking(Coach Conchita, and others of you, might beg to differ). The truth is, as long as we have our fickle "feelings" we won't be spared of what amo...
enough that speaking French feels unnatural to him. We both have to put forth a lot of effort to have a conversation in French. But I need the practice, and it’s great for the kids. Lately, our daughter will even tell me, “Mommy, I want to speak French with you.” (DespiteTHIS...
We were also able to enroll our daughter in a one week French summer camp here in Boulder, and it was fabulous. She LOVED her teacher and came home every day excited about speaking French, about what she had learned and even wanting to teach her brother: ...
My parents worried I was throwing that all away. As a physical therapist, I knew I wouldn’t struggle to find a job when I returned (I didn’t). I knew I’d be okay. I also knew that Iwouldn’tbe okay if I continued on as I was. I was exhausted. I needed more than the day...