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Hi I am very excited to have found this forum, there are so many dedicated parents here it is really inspiring!

I am from Taiwan originally but have lived in London for most of my life so I speak Mandarin (classic form) and English. My husband is also Taiwanses but was borught up in Austria so his first language is German. I am keen to bring my boy up as at least bilingual or possibly trilingual and plan to teach him reading and maths soon but have found starting the process surprisingly daunting. Now that I have found all of you though I feel so much better!

The trilligual aspect is a complicating factor, as I am not sure whether I should teach him to read Chinese first or English, or both plus the German? I speak Mandarin to him, my husband tries to sepak to him in German, but as we speak English to each other, it all gets a bit mixed up! Any tips?

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hi! welcome to the forum.i am glad to see you here.i found this forum very
interesting and informative.you can ask any question that you wish to know,
more about .all the members here are ready to help,and share your experiences
too. hope to hear more from you…

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Hi… :smiley:

Welcome to the forum. How is your kid doing?

Here are some links that you might find useful in deciding how to go with teaching different languages.

http://forum.brillkids.com/teaching-your-child-to-read/experience-teaching-baby-to-read-2-languages/

http://forum.brillkids.com/teaching-your-child-signing-speaking-foreign-languages/ask-a-linguist-faq-andgt-bilingual-and-multilingual-children/

http://forum.brillkids.com/teaching-your-child-signing-speaking-foreign-languages/does-anyone-know-what-flash-card-method-to-use-when-teaching-two-languages/

http://forum.brillkids.com/teaching-your-child-signing-speaking-foreign-languages/bilingual-kids/

http://forum.brillkids.com/teaching-your-child-signing-speaking-foreign-languages/which-second-language-and-why/

Hope this helps,
anjie

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Hi and welcome to the forums. It’s great to have you here! Feel free to browse the forums and add to any discussions that interest you. Please let us know if you have any questions or need any help getting around. We hope to hear more from you soon!
Nikki

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Hello and welcome to this fantastic forum!

I look forward to getting to know you better and reading your posts. Please feel free to browse around. Also please feel free to join your country of origin board, This will help you get connected with other like minded parents from your country but also give you a place where you can talk freely about issues related to early education, and activites in which you may be able to get your child/ren involved in