Are you going to teach your baby a foreign language, or have someone else do that?

I did not teach my older children sign language as infants, but we learned sign language in a unit study we did when they were 3 & 5, and much was retained and continued to be used regularly. When my next child was born, we introduced sign language from birth and it is used regularly. We will do the same with the next baby.

All of my children- even the two year old- know basic words in both French and Spanish, such as greetings and goodbyes, please and thank you, some colors, counting, and a few other words. They know more Spanish than French, because it is used more often in our community.

We study Latin and Mandarin Chinese.

Children learn more in the first five years of their life than they learn the rest of their lives. Many studies have shown that children that are introduced to a foreign language early on learn it easier, and retain it better. Teaching foreign language in high school is a waste of time and money, because it is most often NOT retained.

I wouldn't worry too much about HOW you talk to your children. Speak to them like you would an adult, only a little slower. Children have an amazing capacity to figure out language, and if you are patient they will learn rapidly. The more they hear, the more they observe, the faster they will learn. I teach my niece French sometimes and she often amazes me. Sometimes she comes up with words that I had taught her months before, without my ever having used them again. Just keep working on speaking to your daughter the best you can, and she will learn the language. Even if she doesn't become totally fluent, she will still be able to communicate in the language. Also, if she decides to take classes in Japanese later in life, it will be that much easier for her to perfect her abilities because she can already think in the language. Best of luck to you.

I started learning Spanish at age 5, and I kept the knowledge of most of it. And it is true that it is easiest to learn a second language when you're first starting to talk. I'm having a baby in May and due to the new rules about getting diplomas and into college I will begin teaching my child basic Spanish as they grow up. When they begin school I would like to have them continue in Spanish. Starting at a young age is best and it's something I want to do to help my child succeed.

Our two children ( 2 1/2 years and 10 months) are learning Spanish as their second language. However, that is because my husband and I work in Ecuador, South America and that is their official language. We teach them English in the home and then Once they know the word in English we switch to Spanish. (Of course my 10 month old isn't talking yet...but my 2 year old knows lots of words in Spanish. Also a lot of his learning comes from Spanish people talking to him.

I am thinking my babies will learn Spanish at some point, because my husband is Latin, and we will be moving to South Florida in a few years, they won't hear it at home but will hear it a lot at the grandparents house and out in town.

I'm Canadian; I'm a bilingual Anglophone -- but my French is rusty, and "rusty" is being nice. So I'm brushing up by teaching my 2yo French.

What limited videos we do watch are mostly French, we have a few French books, we read the French and the English on signs, packages, etc. She's been catching on pretty quickly.

my parents speak spanish so he will learn some spanish. i want him to learn german. idk why but only if he is interested, and also kids learn faster anyways