May 8, 2009

Bilingual?

So last night I thought I would film Summer and Camryn sitting on Summer's bed, reading a book.


Chinese? Really? After the video cut off, she proceeded to repeat the Chinese a few more times. Only thing I can figure is she picked it up from Kai-Lan. She loves that show.

Yesterday I was trying to help Camryn learn to count. I've heard her count a bit with Summer and repeat numbers and even fill in a number if you pause when you count. Here was our conversation:

Me: Camryn, let's count to 10! 1...

Camryn: Uno!

Me: That's Spanish. Let's count in English. 1...

Camryn: No. Uno... Dos...

Me: 1. 2. 3...

Camryn: No! Like Dora!

Me: Ok. Uno...

Camryn: Dos. Tres. Cuatro. Cinco. Seis. Siete. Ocho. Nueve. Diez!

I don't know if this is a good thing, or if it means they watch too much Dora and Kai-Lan!

17 comments:

Meg said...

As I'm typing this we are watching Dora.

That is so cute and funny that they want to count in different languages. It just goes to show you that just because its a cartoon doesn't mean it doesn't teach them something!

gomillion and one... said...

Okay that is just tooooooo cute!

amanda said...

adorable!! love it.

EmilytheCreative said...

Just means she is a smart little girl!

Holly said...

I think it's good for children to learn different languages. Makes them smarter IMO!

Emily said...

oh my gosh stephanie! that is soo cute! thanks for sharing! she is one smart lil girl:)

Easton wife said...

So amazing and adorable!

Leslie said...

Oh my gosh girl, Those cute girls of your melt my heart. Their adorable ;) I love that they are learning different languages thats awesome. Im trying to teach Danielle some spanish. I havent taught her much lately. But i plan to more over the summer. I think is a really great thing if all kids can try to learn a diff language :) I really enjoyed the movie hun. Take care

-stephanie- said...

They are so cute. I'm impressed with their knowledge.

JBGRIGS said...

Adorable :) I think it is great when children are Bilingual.

Tiffany said...

I think it's a good thing! LOL Mine watches Dora sometimes, but can't count in Spanish. They're super cute! I've been wanting to tape Keely reading to Brynleigh, but I can't do it myself since Bryn can't sit up yet by herself. Maybe since B is home, I can get him to tape it for me. :)

Anonymous said...

hahaha they get cuter and cuter!

Bridgett said...

LMAO!

Is it terrible I hate Kai Lan? I hate the way it sounds like she's calling her grandfather yea-yea. LOL

Drives me bonkers.

And hey! I think it's great they're counting in Spanish. I always planned on teaching my kids to become bilingual...but then Parker didn't talk at all. So my plans became seriously disrupted. :(

XOXO

Bernadette said...

They are too cute!!!
I can't believe how big Summer is sometimes, I remember when all we saw of her was the ultrasound pic. She's really bright Steph!

They pick up other languages so easily at this age. It's really amazing.

...and so cute to see Summer read to her little sister :)

(((we searched for websites that had sound clips in other languages, that's where we got Eli learning French and have started a little German))

Terri said...

How adorable!

Hugs
Terri

PunkRockChic said...

That is amazing! You have a very smart girls on your hands!

Ms.Emily said...

such a cute video of them!

olivia watches dora but isnt interested in kai lan LOL

ox

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