I have already mentioned the advantages of bilingualism and how you can manage to speak your mother tongue at home with your children. Now I… Continue a ler »Tips for raising bilingual children, part II. Dicas boas para você que tem crianças bilíngues.
This week, all kindergartens in Norway opened their gates again. Children had been at home since March 12th, when the lockdown was implemented. The routine… Continue a ler »About kindergarten and school reopening in Norway
Covid-19 pandemic has changed our lives drastically. These times of insecurity and lack of control affect us all and may bring anxiety, impatience, quarrels and… Continue a ler »How to find our inner balance during quarantine? The importance of ME time.
Norwegians have a reason to cheer themselves up this Easter. It seems that we’re beginning to control the spreading of Corona virus in Norway. Statistics… Continue a ler »Easter 2020. Tips (and reasons) to cheer yourself up during Corona crisis.
Here in Norway, almost every house has a trampoline in the backyard. Trampolines are to Norwegians like swimming pools are to (middle and upper class)… Continue a ler »Why are trampolines so popular in Norway?
National volunteering, or Nasjonal Dugnad is how it’s been called now. Norwegians are very engaged in making this quarantine work so that we can prevent… Continue a ler »How Norwegians are using creativity and kindness to face Corona lockdown so far.
As Corona virus seems to be now at its peak of spreading here in Norway, many European countries and USA, most of us are advised… Continue a ler »Cool activities for families during Corona virus quarantine.
As a mother who was raised in Brazil, I got confused when my kid started at kindergarten. It was a whole new world for me.… Continue a ler »My Barnehage word book for foreign parents in Norway.
It’s a fact, proven by many kinds of research from the last decade: children are perfectly capable of learning two native languages at the same… Continue a ler »How to raise bilingual children. Myths, facts and my experience.
It was a rainy day and we stayed inside the school building all afternoon. One of my six-year-old students came to me and said: Jeg… Continue a ler »Let’s take a walk. Norwegians and the fresh air effect.