Are you raising bilingual children, teaching in a multilingual classroom or just plain interested in how young children become bilingual? The monthly blogging on bilingualism carnival is a great way to help connect bilingual families and communities from all over the world. This month’s fair is hosted by Sarah at Bringing Up Baby Bilingual. Click here for a great collection of  posts from bloggers around the world on their experiences, concerns, words of wisdom or hilarious anecdotes about raising bilingual children. See you there!

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Today we’re in a great mood for several reasons. First, we’re feeling relaxed after yesterday’s much needed holiday in Madrid. Second, we’re stoked about all the new friends we’re meeting through our latest book giveaways. And finally, we’ve had a great time reading about the trials and tribulations of raising bilingual children on this months Blogging on Bilingualism Carnival. This month’s carnival is hosted by Mummy Do That! and you can check it out here. Have a great weekend!

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Are you raising bilingual children, teaching in a multilingual classroom or just plain interested in how young children become bilingual? The monthly Blogging Carnival on Bilingualism is a great way to help connect bilingual families and communities from all over the world. This month our good friends at Spanglish Baby are hosting the carnival, and they’ll be posting all sorts of interesting articles. Click here for a great collection of posts from bloggers around the world on their experiences, concerns, words of wisdom or hilarious anecdotes about raising bilingual children. See you there!

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Today we’re proud to host January’s Blogging on Bilingualism Carnival. This is a great opportunity for readers to discover great articles on raising bilingual children from all over the world. We’ve received lots of fun and interesting submissions, so let the carnival begin!!!

Andrea from Mother Tongue Books is a woman after our own hearts, since she owns and operates an on-line bookshop which sells bilingual books. She has also recently started a blog to chronicle her own family’s adventures. In her first post, Money Where Your Mouth Is, Andrea candidly explains why she and her children are finally buckling down and learning Hungarian.

From our friends at Intrepidly Bilingual we received a great and aptly titled post called Sneaky Little Punks on how bilingual kids can use language to play parents against one another. Very funny stuff.

Maria at Fab Mums wrote a piece called Making Giant Leaps Toward Bilingualism about the importance of helping bilingual children get to know other bilingual children so that they don’t feel different or singled out. She also has several other great suggestions for reinforcing the minority language.

Our good friends at Spanglish Baby submitted an excellent article about the age old question: Is There Such a Thing as the Critical Period for Language Learning? Bilingualism expert Barbara Zurer Pearson weighs in on this subject with some encouraging words and straight forward advice for all those who are raising bilingual children.

In her post entitled Encouraging Multilingualism, Dominique talks about the importance of learning multiple languages in today’s global society and how she is taking steps to introduce a FOURTH language with her already trilingual children.

Lauren at Hobomama sent us a very interesting post called Monolingual Raising a Bilingual Baby, in which she opens up about why and how she and her husband made the decision to teach their children German even though neither parent is a native speaker of the language. She also wrote a great review of Naomi Steiner’s book, 7 Steps to Raising a Bilingual Child, which could be a great help to parents who are looking for answers.

Jan from Babelkid wrote an interesting post called A New Hybrid Language is Born about the phenomenon of bilingual children mixing their languages to form new hybrids.

In her post, Out of the Mouth of Cubling, Steffi from Mummy do that! talks about the funny things that come out of her daughter’s mouth both in German and English. She also talks about how remarkable her daughter’s language awareness is at just 32 months. Kids really are language learning machines!

So that’s it for this month’s carnival! We hope you’ve enjoyed it as much as we have, and we look forward to seeing you again either here at Bilingual Readers or at next month’s carnival, which will be hosted by SpanglishBaby.

Update:
We just noticed an unread message on twitter, so we’ve decided to include just one more last-minute post.

Eve at Blogging on Bilingualism wrote a great piece on how cultural celebrations do a great job of making the minority language relevant for bilingual children.

Just a short reminder that Bilingual Readers will be hosting January’s Blogging on Bilingualism Carnival, so please be sure to send your submissions to deanna@bilingualreaders.com today! Then you can tune in to our blog on Wednesday January 20th for a great collection of  posts from bloggers around the world on their experiences, concerns, words of wisdom or hilarious anecdotes about raising bilingual children. See you there!

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A few months ago we told you about a new initiative from Letizia at Bilingual for Fun in Italy, who came up with a great idea to help connect bilingual families and communities from all over the world: a Blogging on Bilingualism Carnival! The concept is actually quite simple, though the impact could be huge. Each month one bilingualism related blog hosts the carnival, in which bloggers from all over the world have the opportunity to share their experiences, concerns, words of wisdom or hilarious anecdotes about raising bilingual children. We’ve learned a great deal from the first two carnivals, which is why Bilingual Readers is proud to host the first Blogging on Bilingualism Carnival of 2010! The Carnival will take place on January 20th at www.bilingualreaders.com, so if you or anyone you know has a blog on bilingualism please feel free to send your (English or Spanish language) submissions to deanna[at]bilingualreaders.com on or before January 18th. We can’t wait to hear from you!

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I’ve always loved the expression “it takes a village to raise a child”, and I believe this rings especially true for bilingual families. One of the most exciting things about starting Bilingual Readers has been getting to know bilingual families and like-minded companies from around the world. While we may not share the same language combinations, there are certain principles that are universal and we can all learn a great deal from one another.

That’s why we were so excited to discover a new initiative from Letizia at Bilingual for Fun in Italy. She has been blogging on bilingualism for some time now and came up with a great idea to help connect bilingual families and communities from all over the world: a Blogging on Bilingualism Carnival! The concept is actually quite simple, though the impact could be huge. Each month one bilingualism related blog hosts the carnival, in which bloggers from all over the world have the opportunity to share their experiences, concerns, words of wisdom or hilarious anecdotes about raising bilingual children.

This month ten bloggers have shared their stories and we hope this list will continue to grow in future carnivals. We’re very excited to be participating in today’s Blogging on Bilingualism Carnival, so please be sure to click here to check it out. At Bilingual Readers we’ll continue to keep you posted when new carnivals are held, and we will even be hosting the carnival next January. Happy reading!