Tag Archives: motivation

How to I brought my child from crying real tears to a happy smile with one question

November 22, 2009 in Real Life by Bilingual For Fun
Today my 2 year old had a tantrum, or rather I thought he had a tantrum, until I read this definition of tantrum. Ok so let’s say that today my 2 year old made a fuss, and I don’t like fussy children, and at first I got a bit annoyed, then I ignored him, then I [...]

How to praise to boost motivation

September 23, 2009 in Bilingualism by Bilingual For Fun
Children will speak a language, any language, only if they have a reason to, in other words if they are motivated, and one of the trickiest parts of raising a bilingual child is to understand what motivation is and how to trigger it. Praise and reward certainly stand out among the tools most used to [...]

Pro and Contra of Praise

September 20, 2009 in Bilingualism by Bilingual For Fun
Let’s keep talking about praise, to understand if and how it actually motivates children to speak the second language. We all use praise, hands up if you don’t get overexcited every time the little one says a new word in the second language, or a sentence, or even (can’t believe that!) a whole reasoning! But do we know what [...]

Is praise always a good thing?

September 17, 2009 in Bilingualism by Bilingual For Fun
Your 3 year old says a whole new sentence in …. (fill in with your minority language), what do you do? Jump with joy? Open a bottle of champagne? Head for the toy shop to buy him a reward gift? I bet most parents, like me, would at least be very happy and proud and praise [...]