Language

Tuesday night I dragged myself out of bed. Partly because I wasn’t feeling sleepy and because I had not done my 20 minutes a day to work on my new life list item: learning to read and write Vietnamese. Since I told …

Sometimes life with a three-year-old makes me want to pull my hair out. Or go take a long nap. Most of the time, I’m constantly amazed and entertained by Jaxson’s antics. Three-year-olds are funny! In case you didn’t already know. I love …

I confess that I’ve been pretty loose about speaking Vietnamese to the kids. I don’t really have a plan anymore. I make the effort when I remember. I guess I’m just more comfortable speaking English. As you know, Jaxson and I have …

When one of my readers left a comment about the Vietnamese Dino Lingo program, I knew I had to try it out with the kids. I was excited to see that Dino Lingo offers language learning for kids aged 2-7 in many different languages, …

The kids have been around my parents for over two weeks now. They’ve spent lots of time outdoors, splashing in the kiddie pool plus puddle hopping (thanks to their aunt!). You’re probably wondering how my secret plan to get the kids to …

Lately, I haven’t written a lot about my struggle to teach the kids Vietnamese. The reason is because I feel like a total slacker. I haven’t been speaking a bunch of Vietnamese to them. Nor have I stuck to any sort of …