The.cupcake.tree
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Sorry about the 'tach' in the title, saw it after i posted it.
My daughter is 2 years old and we live in Australia. We speak to her in Turkish and she speaks to us in Turkish, but she watches English childrens programs in TV and i speak both Turkish and English to my husband so she hears that, too.
I intend on homeschooling my kids and so the idea that 'kids learn English when they go to school' is not really valid. Is it best to ease into it and add a few English words here and there, for example is she says 'kopek hav-hav' I would say 'dog woof-woof'? Or is it better to wait till she is 5 and teach her formally as if she had just started school?
I want her to be fluent in both languages so I don't want to risk losing the Turkish in order to learn English, if you know what i mean?
When should I teach her English and how should I go about it? Thanks!
PS. When I start homeschooling should the 'lesson time' be in English exclusively or in both languages?
My daughter is 2 years old and we live in Australia. We speak to her in Turkish and she speaks to us in Turkish, but she watches English childrens programs in TV and i speak both Turkish and English to my husband so she hears that, too.
I intend on homeschooling my kids and so the idea that 'kids learn English when they go to school' is not really valid. Is it best to ease into it and add a few English words here and there, for example is she says 'kopek hav-hav' I would say 'dog woof-woof'? Or is it better to wait till she is 5 and teach her formally as if she had just started school?
I want her to be fluent in both languages so I don't want to risk losing the Turkish in order to learn English, if you know what i mean?
When should I teach her English and how should I go about it? Thanks!
PS. When I start homeschooling should the 'lesson time' be in English exclusively or in both languages?