Have you ever thought about your language goals for your child's bilingualism, or even for your family language dynamic? But like, really truly thought about it and clearly defined those goals? Whether your answer is yes or no, this episode is a foundational one for anyone on the journey of raising a bilingual child. Listen in to hear not only how to set and categorize goals, but also to hear about what should be the first and foremost goal for ALL of us. The answer might surprise you. We...

Curious to hear about what it's like for other families raising bilingual kids? Or in this case rather, TRIlingual kids? In another bilingual family spotlight episode, we had the pleasure of chatting with Kelly and Justin from the multilingualism account TryByBaby (instagram.com/trybybaby) to hear all about how their family is pursuing not just two but three languages with their toddler. We also have a really meaningful conversation about language goals and our role as parents in our...

In this episode we have the honor of sitting down with the fantastic musical duo 123Andres to talk all about the importance of music in language learning. How can families raising bilingual kids use music in their homes to foster a love for language learning, and hopefully beyond that, a love for the cultures that music represents? And what role do we, as parents, play in this? Christina's answer to that last question had me almost in tears! You do not want to miss it! Christina & Andres...

Does your child understand the target language, but doesn't want to actually speak it? We hear you. You're not alone. But there's a reason for this AND little things you can do to start changing this pattern. So in today's episode we're going over practical and tactical tips to help you guys get get around this obstacle while prioritizing your relationship, your communication, and your little one’s feelings. Enjoy this episode? Screenshot and share on social media so that you can help others...

Curious to hear about what it's like for other families raising bilingual kids? In another bilingual family spotlight episode, we had the pleasure of chatting with Corrie Wiik from Mama Llama Linguist to hear about her language journey as a non-native speaker of Spanish now raising bilingual children using the Time and Place strategy. We also chat about her and her husband's intercontinental British-American love story (too cute, you can't miss it) and about how they're now living the...

Going into a language immersion setting for the first time can be overwhelming for a child, especially older children, and understandably so! As adults we can totally identify with this. However, unlike adults, children can adapt to an immersion setting rather quickly as their language learning skills are still extremely sharp. We of course want our young kids to take advantage of those sharp language skills by gaining exposure to a language as early as possible. So perhaps that’s where you...

In this episode we're kicking off a brand new season! We have so many fun things in store for this season and we can't wait to share with you. Want to connect further? Find us on instagram (instagram.com/bilinguitos) or visit us online at www.bilinguitos.com. You can also join our Bilingual Parenting Network group on Facebook!

This is the fifth episode of a series of Bilingual Parenting Strategy episodes. Here we dive into the Outside Resource Families strategy. Also our season finale! Each of these FLP episodes will be broken down like this: strategy description, major benefits, potential obstacles with ways to combat them, and then discuss modified versions of the strategy. This is the fifth/final/"bonus" strategy. The strategy host Kaila Diaz's family used when she was growing up.  If you are a Outside Resource...

This is the fourth episode of a series of Bilingual Parenting Strategy episodes. Here we dive into the Mixed Language Families strategy. Each of these FLP episodes will be broken down like this: strategy description, major benefits, potential obstacles with ways to combat them, and then discuss modified versions of the strategy. Technically this is the last of the strategies BUT we'll be coming back with one more bonus strategy before closing out this series.

This is the third episode of a series of Bilingual Parenting Strategy episodes. Here we dive into the T&P strategy, or Time and Place. Each of these FLP episodes will be broken down like this: strategy description, major benefits, potential obstacles with ways to combat them, and then discuss modified versions of the strategy.

Hey bilingual parenting fam! It's been a while... While I've been gone, my husband and I welcome a baby girl into our family! It's been a whirlwind lately but I did get a chance to sit down a record a little update, just to let you all know I'm still here. I'll be honest, this episode is... raw. Not the neatly outlined content I usually put out there, but I figured, what the heck! Stay tuned for more polished content to come soon, but for now, enjoy a glimpse of new parenthood. Visit us at...

Newly expecting and want to pursue bilingualism for your bilingüito to be? In this episode, we're sharing three things you can do right NOW, while baby is still in the womb, to set up an environment primed for bilingualism. If you've already got your little ones running around, this episode will still have some great takeaways for you and your family, so tune in :) Visit us at www.bilinguitos.com for more!

This is the second episode of a series of Bilingual Parenting Strategy episodes. Here we dive into the MLAH strategy, or Minority Language at Home. Each of these FLP episodes will be broken down like this: strategy description, major benefits, potential obstacles with ways to combat them, and then discuss modified versions of the strategy.

This is the first episode of a series of Bilingual Parenting Strategy episodes. Later on we will have an entire episode dedicated to exploring the concept of family language policy (FLP), but wanted to first dive right in to OPOL, One Parent One Language households. Each of these FLP episodes will be broken down like this: strategy description, major benefits, potential obstacles with ways to combat them, and then discuss modified versions of the strategy.

Before we get too far along, it's time to sit down and define some crucial terms that are often thrown around in the fields of bilingualism and child language acquisition. By outlining exactly what we mean by these terms, we can all be on the same page and leave out any guess work. However, this extra introduction episode is not just a list of terms; we will expound upon each one to create interesting discussion points, so we hope you will tune in and then join the conversation!

"Why do you speak to your kids in another language" - A stranger at the store; "Do you think that she's a little confused because of the two languages?" - Her teacher; "Mommy why can't we just speak normal!?" - Your child. Are you ever faced with situations like these? Do you find YOURSELF questioning "WHY AM I DOING THIS WHOLE BILINGUAL THING ANYWAY!?" Today, we'll discuss all that and more! Why bilingualism? Well, tune in and find out!

Welcome to the Bilingual Parenting Podcast, presented by Bilingüitos, hosted by Kaila Diaz. We exist to encourage and equip families who desire to give the gift of bilingualism to their children. This is our introduction podcast, talking about our mission and who we envision our audience to be!