As the years pass ...

As the years pass, you and your child will have learned the basics of several languages.Try this as a schedule help. I have a plan book for languages

We learn Spanish on Monday - It's the first foreign language I introduced to student.

Tuesday is the next language I introduced. German.

Wednesday - Italian

Thursday - French.

Friday is FREE PICK FRIDAY.

Let the child pick which language they want to learn. Keep it fun - this is a reward. Pick new sign language word to be practiced each day next week.

Learn and teach the days of the week ( as day is current ie. " Today is Monday= "Hoy es lunes.", months of the year (one at a time and current month - when more advanced also seasons)

AS student progresses in the languages, start using conversation words: Hello, Good morning, I love you, Goodbye, Bless you, Excuse me, please, thank you, you're welcome.etc. Use those words on the appropriate day. ALWAYS use them instead of English or with English after you say them,. Repeat if child requests. if you aren't finding these words in a game or other resource, GOOGLE TRANSLATE.

Also start learning words for fruits, pets, toys etc. Especially focus on cognates (words that sound or are spelled similar to English or the other languages you are studying.) I have found that the more words we learn from other languages, the more cognates we find. I am sticking to languages that are similar to English in sound. When the child starts 7th grade( depending on your location and laws) he can pick his High School language requirement from the ones you have been learning basics from all these years!!!

Sometimes after school my child requests that I no longer use the foreign language. I say no because it takes years to learn a language and we must use the language we know and are learning or we will not learn/remember it. I lost SO much Spanish from High School by not using it regularly. I tested out of first year college Spanish and still lost more language than I would have dreamed from lack of usage.