My youngest at 2 and a half years old doesn’t speak any Estonian despite my best efforts. I can’t tell you how difficult it is to keep going, me speaking in Estonian and A only speaking in English. She clearly understands everything I am saying in Estonian which is something. Where I find it difficult [...]
First of all, my apologies to all the readers, especially those who have made comments, that this blog has gotten so out of date. I intend to remedy that here and now!
Not that apologies make up for the absence, but basically I started a home-based business in March that together with my 2 and 3 [...]
Despite my best efforts of consistency in only speaking Estonian with my children, translating every picture book I read into Estonian on the fly, or reading Estonian stories, and playing many fun Estonian DVDs, I would estimate that my 3 year old speaks 70% English and 30% Estonian with me. The 23 month old speaks [...]
Well, we have run into an interesting little language situation that I can’t help but think has something to do with my kids speaking two languages. But maybe I’m just sensitive to that and it might happen anyway. Personal and possessive gender specific pronouns are proving to be an amusing stumbling block for my 3-year [...]
