Comments on: Books x3 – a little German anyone?

By: Red Ted Art

Red Ted Art — Fri, 28 May 2010 13:16:07 +0000

Kim, that is lovely!! So worth it going it bilingually!!!! Even if your German is rusty, you will soon find it again! And ANY German knowledge by your kids is SOME German knowledge! Do get in touch by email, have so many more books that we love! And if you need a German helping hand would love to help (e.g. German Postcard swap?) x

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 28 May 2010 13:10:11 +0000

Oh my goodness, this is perfect! I have just started to teach my children German. I used to speak it fairly well, but with nobody to speak it with for almost 15 years, I have lost it. So I am brushing up and trying to teach them as well. I just did a post last week about needing to find German children’s books. This is such a help. Thank you so very much!!!

By: Red Ted Art

Red Ted Art — Fri, 14 May 2010 06:33:29 +0000

He could start up the German again? Even if she “only” understands German it is a form of bilingualism and opens her up much more “to other cultures” etc? Holidays to only German speaking relatives also help? Good luck!

By: Natalie

Natalie — Fri, 14 May 2010 02:00:12 +0000

Interestingly, we also have the same book – unfortunately, husband sort of slipped into English with daughter, since it’s so much easier. I speak very little German, so it doesn’t help matters.

By: Zoe @ Playing by the book

Zoe @ Playing by the book — Tue, 11 May 2010 13:25:25 +0000

ooh Maggy I didn’t know you were raising your kids bilingually! How exciting So are we – and with a neighbouring language (well sort of) – Dutch. One thing that Dutch and German books seems to be BRILLIANT at in a way UK books aren’t is having lots of stuff translated from other languages. So for example just for fun yesterday I was looking for Finnish kids books (! I know, I get my kicks in strange ways) and there is very little available translated into English, but translated in to German there is really quite a lot. Do you know http://mummydothat.blogspot.com/ – another German/English bilingual family, with regular posts about bilingualism. One German picture book we like here is: http://www.playingbythebook.net/2009/11/27/toy-hospitals-again/