Below, it is described how our little daughter is “mastering” the English language but the same approach can be applied to teaching any foreign language.
After Soniya had turned one year old, I felt that some diversity should be added into our “lessons” of English. Of course, daily (if possible) reading of books in English was still there (as for me, I believe that it is the most effective way of fostering love for and knowledge of a foreign language in little babies) but I also invented something else. But let’s start from the very beginning…
First, I would like to say a few words on how I am reading books in the foreign language to Sonya. At such an age (16 mo), the child is unlikely to just sit and listen (though Soniya, to my surprise, sometimes listened to English fairy-tales in contrast to the ones in her native language :) ). That is why I suggested her to play with some developing toy while I, sitting nearby, was reading “Robin Hood”, “King Arthur”, “The Beauty and the Beast”, etc. to her (I tried to read books of different levels, starting from 50-100 words up to the level of a native speaker).
Before to start reading, I try to “introduce” our daughter into the “English atmosphere”. Together,
