Not only do we encourage an allotted time for a daily ‘formal’ Spanish lesson, but we also suggest you take advantage of daily life activities to introduce the language. Are you prepping dinner? Ask your son or daughter to help and hand you items that you ask for in Spanish. Does your child want to watch an episode on tv? Put on either a Spanish cartoon or a popular English cartoon dubbed in Spanish (there are endless options online). Reading them a bedtime story? You guessed it, find a Spanish or bilingual storybook to get their imaginations running in Spanish. Even a task as simple as helping them tie their shoes can be an opportunity for language learning and vocabulary reinforcement.
These are just three simple suggestions from us to you to help you on your way to teaching your child Spanish. All we can do is suggest and encourage. You are the one that has to make the commitment to put in the daily effort to teach your child, and we leave you with one last guarantee: though you will encounter challenges, we guarantee that this journey is more than possible and profitable not only for your child, but also for you.