teaching foreign languages

Easy, tested teaching foreign languages for busy weeknights.

When my daughter, then 4 years old, asked me, 'What is what is purple in Spanish?' I was taken aback. It was a question…

I remember the first time I tried to teach my 4-year-old daughter the Spanish word for 'dog' — 'perro' — and she stared at…

I remember the first time my daughter asked, '¿Cuánto tiempo queda?'—'How far is it?'—as we were walking to the park. I had no idea…

As a parent who's spent years teaching my children how to speak Spanish at home, I've often found myself curious about the most spoken…

I remember the first time my son asked me, 'Mamá, ¿qué es un record en español?' The question caught me off guard, but it…

I still remember the first time my daughter, who was 4 at the time, proudly said, '¡Hola! ¿Cómo te llamas?' to a new friend…

Last summer, my son asked, 'Mama, why do so many people speak Spanish in places we've never been?' I paused, realizing how much I…

When I first began learning Spanish, I stumbled upon a medical term I didn’t understand: 'infección por hongos'. At the time, I was reading…

I'll never forget the first time I said 'Guten Tag' to my 4-year-old son while we were visiting a local bakery in Munich. He…

When my daughter was three, she looked up at me with wide eyes and said, 'Mama, me too Spanish.' I froze. She had been…