This post is mainly directed at those of you who live in Italy (but if you live elsewhere and find the Playgroups interesting don’t hesitate to contact me and we can talk about it). As all of you living in Italy will surely know by now in August the whole country is on the beach [...]
I recently received few emails expressing interest in creating Playgroups in one place or another, I would like to answer these questions and make some clarity about:
Playgroups in general, any language
English Playgroups
Where can you find a Playgroup
How to start a new Playgroup
Do parents or society shape children? A lot has been said on this, but I think most people would agree that it is a bit (or a lot) of both. Children take input from many sources and recognize the authority of different people (parents, teachers, older children, uncle, etc…), this way they build their own [...]
Bilingual For Fun was born in Italy, and here it is organizing Playgroups, i.e. opportunities for adults and children to meet and play in English, German, French, Spanish, name it! Basically in any language other than Italian.
Parents who want their children to learn a language early on normally speak the language with them, but often realise that the child doesn’t want to speak the language. In fact hearing a language only from one or two persons is not enough, babies are thus missing the opportunity to interact with more people in that language, [...]
English Speaking Playgroups Starting in S. Saba, Rome
Tags 0-2 year, 2-4 year, 4-6 year, English, Playgroup, Rome
Playgroups are kicking off in Rome, at S.Saba, thursdays at 17.30.
Playgroups motivate children to speak the minority language, which is normally the language spoken just by mom or dad and becomes instead the language spoken by children too as well as a necessary means to communicate in an environment where no other language is spoken.
However [...]