This blog post is part of the 20-day #BilingualBlogathon organized by TA-DA! Language Productions and addresses the topic “Experts Weigh In: Proven Techniques for Raising Bilingual Kids”. Quick quiz! (There’s only one question so this won’t take long!) What is the one all-important and universal thing when it comes to successfully raising a bilingual child? (In fact, this is probably the only thing that’s actually universal for families worldwide and, without it, there’s no chance of success at all!) Hint: Yes, a child is vital—it’s hard to raise a bilingual child without the child part—but l ..read more

Adam Beck, bestselling author of the books Maximize Your Child’s Bilingual Ability and Bilingual Success Stories Around the World, shares the simple, playful—and surprisingly powerful—strategy that can produce an exciting breakthrough for the greater success and joy of your family’s bilingual or multilingual journey. Click to watch this free webinar! The post Free, On-Demand Webinar for Parents: How to Get Your Bilingual Child Eagerly Shouting Out the Minority Language (Literally!) appeared first on Bilingual Monkeys ..read more

I’m happy to report that a new and very positive review has just been published about my book Bilingual Success Stories Around the World! In fact, it’s three reviews in one because they appear on the Kletsheads podcast, where three reviewers with expertise in child bilingualism discuss the book. (Thank you, Sharon, Ludovica, and Sam! I’m so glad you like it!) If you haven’t already read Bilingual Success Stories Around the World, please listen to the podcast and you’ll hear how the book could help you experience greater bilingual or multilingual success for your own family. Review of Bilingua ..read more

Last month my daughter was 6. Next month she’ll be 19. Now, factually, I know this isn’t true, but it certainly feels that way. As mindful as I tried to be when it came to the passing of time, day by day, in the end my kids have still grown into young adults much faster than I ever imagined. Today let me emphasize this key idea by sharing a few journal entries from a little 6-year-old girl, written years ago when she was in first grade in Japanese primary school. Each journal entry actually covers two or three pages in the notebook, but I’ll simply present the first page and then offer an Eng ..read more

ADAM’S NOTE: This blog has been graced with many insightful guest posts over the past 10 years and I highly recommend them all. Today’s guest post was written by trilingual speech-language pathologist Ana Paula Mumy and I feel honored to be able to share such a heartfelt and moving message. In fact, this is the fourth article that Ana Paula has written for Bilingual Monkeys and all of them are must-read posts: Speech-Language Pathologist Tells All About Bilingualism, Speech, and Language Delays Battling the Majority Language Giant (While Feeling Like a Minority Language Gnome) Engaging Your I ..read more

APPEAL FOR BOOK REVIEWS (Please read!) If you’ve read Maximize Your Child’s Bilingual Ability, or any of my other books, and you found value in what you read, I’d be so grateful if you’d add a review to the book page at Amazon—even a short review would mean a lot to me and I’d love to see it. I know there are many readers who haven’t yet left a review and your reviews would be enormously helpful. The fact is, practically every book will get some 1-star reviews, but these are still really frustrating to the author and damaging to the book—especially when the review is actually mistaken about ..read more

I know I haven’t posted anything at this blog in a while, but there are two very good reasons for this… 1. I was waiting for the final results of my 18-year-old daughter’s college applications to universities here in Japan. This month would have marked her first month as a college student and the conclusion of my bilingual journey with her. (Uh-oh, I think I just hinted at an unexpected outcome!) 2. I launched my new private coaching program in January and I’m now working closely with more parents than I expected! And because I’m committed to providing my strongest support to every client, so ..read more

I was recently interviewed by Julia Grey of The Bilingual Kids YouTube channel and enjoyed responding to a wide range of interesting questions about my personal and professional experience involving bilingual and multilingual children. Here are just some of the questions we touched on in our lively hour-long conversation… What languages have I studied myself? What is my children’s third language, after Japanese and English? What 3 key reasons motivated my own bilingual journey with my kids? When did my kids start speaking and what were their first words? What was my biggest worry in my own ex ..read more

Supercharge your bilingual or multilingual journey in 2023…and for years to come! Bilingual SuperKids is the culmination of my career and the most powerful way possible to maximize your family’s success and joy over the years of childhood! Learn more at the new Bilingual SuperKids website. The post Bilingual SuperKids Is Here! Supercharge the Success and Joy of Your Bilingual Journey! appeared first on Bilingual Monkeys ..read more

I admit, I’m biased, since my son and I created this book with our illustrator-friend. But just look at what other unbiased people are saying about it… The story behind the book If you’ve been following this blog, you’ll know that the creation of this book was inspired by our first bearded dragon, Fifa. I’ve always loved wordless picture books, and this creative project was also a way to engage with my teenage son more actively in our minority language. It turned out to be a silver lining in the dark cloud of the pandemic. Adding to that darkness, though, was the heartbreaking experience of ..read more