March is the month of new beginnings!
Make sure to check out our new navigation... how could you miss it, right? We have expanded it to allow for more articles, essays, information, research, tips, stories and more!
- Once A Day! - Each day you can expand your mind! Give your little grey cells something to work on. Make sure to check out our
- Ask Harriet - Harriet Cannon, M.C. has joined us to answer your questions. Harriet has more than 20 years experience working with multicultural families so don't hesitate to contact her with your inquiries!
- Interviews - We are talking with people of influence and vision to learn more about them, their work and their hopes for our bilingual/bicultural world. Let us know if there is someone you would like to be interviewed.
- International Postcard Exchange - Bilingual families around the world are learning about each other via our postcard exchange. Why not join and experience the joy of receiving a beautiful postcard from across the globe in your mailbox! It is especially fun for your children to participate.
- An American Between Worlds Blog - Inspired by all of you wonderful bloggers out there, Corey, the BBFN founder, decided she wanted to give blogging a try. She will share her bilingual/bicultural blogs with you whenever she gets the chance.
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BBFN Columnists |
• Multicultural Melange - Alice grew up in a bilingual/bicultural Korean-Austrian family. In this month's column, Alice shares her thoughts on raising her child trilingually.
• The Single Language Spouse - Get to know Colleen, the "single language spouse". She is married to a Russian and in this month's column shares her thoughts on raising a child bilingually when you don't speak the "other" language.
• Eurapsody - Meet Clo, an Italian native currently based in France with her Belgian partner and raising a quadrilingual child. In this month's column she helps us with finding a name for our future multilingual child.
• One Family One Language - Lilian and her husband live in the US but both are originally from Brazil. In her column, Lilian will share with us the joys and struggles of raising two boys bilingually with the minority-language-at-home approach.
• Between Grandparent and Grandchild - Corey's mother's tough questions contributed to this group actually coming into being! In this column she introduces herself to you through her experience of becoming a mother and the hopes for global understanding that came with it. |
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Stay Informed |
• News Around the World - Check out articles, essays and opinions about language, culture and identity around the world.
• Ages & Stages - Want to know if your child is just going through a stage or maybe prepare for the next step in your child's life?
• Tips & Advice - Check out "My Kid Speaks Better Than Yours!" and questions answered by Harriet.
• Once A Day! - Rev up your grey cells with today's tip, word, quote, wisdom, Did You Know? and activity!
• Humor & Fun - Read "Oh No, My Chil Caught Bilingualism!", test your American English vowel knowledge and learn how to bark like a dog in different languges. |
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Spotlights & Info |
• Marketplace Spotlights - check out this month's book review, Sponge School and Magellan's Toy Shop.
• Website Spotlights - Have you heard of "Talkin About Talk" and read Maya Lin's essay on being bicultural.
• What's New at BBFN? - Ask Harriet, Interviews with people of influence, share postcards with other bilingual/bicultural families, and check out Corey's blog.
• Look Who's Talking - Harriet's presentation is coming up at the end of March and Corey will offer a seminar at the end of April.
• Mailbag- Carol in Spain shares her thoughts about our February newsletter and contrasts our American Between Worlds essay with her experiences in Spain. |
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