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Bilingual Baby Dream Team

Going on 20+ years of raising our bilingual babies...

I'm so grateful for a sweet husband who was willing to give this whole experiment a try and and that he was willing to speak German to our kids, even though his German exposure had been limited to a few semesters of college German. It's been one of the most fun and rewarding things we've done. The fact that our family speaks German has given us our own identity and helps the kids feel like they are a part of something special. And anything that helps your family feel special and connected is a good thing.

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This blog is for anyone interested in raising their children in a foreign language--meaning a language which neither of the parents speak natively.

We have used the approach where both parents speak the target foreign language (in our case, German) to the children. Neither of us is a native German speaker, yet we have spoken German in our home for the past 20 years and have 8 German speaking children. In this blog, we hope to share our successes, our lessons learned and a few of the insights that we've gained along the way.

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Language Boundaries

Define Success

English Gibberish

When did we start speaking the minority language (German) to our children?

Lullabies and Nursery Rhymes

Trying to maintain German (minority language) at home

Haferglocken, Apfel und Surinen

Say it in German, mommy!

Early Expectations

Why we chose the ML@H method

Peetut Butter und Honig

My German Language Background

Why we decided to start a bilingual family

OPOL or ML@H

20+ Years and Counting

Teaching Grammar! Starting with the basics: Der, Die, Das!

English speaking friends in our "German" home