This month on #DolceVitaBloggers we're looking for your 5 Favourite Italian Words or Phrases! This can be anything you love, something unusual even something naughty! Definitely something we were unlikely to learn in a class!
We're really excited to read your suggestions and learn some new vocabulary ourselves!
Read MoreWhen I started attaching a word of the day to the front door before going to work, back in September 2016. I didn’t have a real plan: I didn’t know how long it would have lasted for, I didn’t focused on any particular group of words.
I didn’t set a target . It was only my genuine desire to grow my son’s vocabulary in the minority language. A simple yet unrefined attempt to boost the number of words he could understand and pronounce in Italian.
It was a Monday to Friday exercise and started almost by chance.
Read MoreSo how do you keep your language learning on track while you're away. You may think it's easier when you're in a routine but going somewhere new can actually help bolster the learning for your children rather than throw them off course.
Read MoreThis month on #DolceVitaBloggers we want you to describe to us your perfect day in Italy. It could be something you have experienced or it could be a dream trip you’ve always wanted to do.
As always we want you to use your imaginations and interpret this depending on where you go in Italy and what you love about the country.
Read MoreThis week on Bilingual Children I decided to actually interview my children about learning languages and their two cultures!
You've heard don't work with children or animals... well I'd say there's some truth in it!
Watch here to find out more and join in the discussion with your anecdotes on raising children with languages whether it be at school or home!
Read MoreIn honour of International Women’s Day on March 8, tell us all about the woman or women who inspire you. (You are welcome to write about any women from around the globe, not only Italian women!)
The linky will be open from 7th March and you will have one week to submit your own posts and a full month to read and share everyone's stories. We will obviously share and comment on them all as well!
Read MoreThis week in honour of the brilliant initiative World Book Day, we are concentrating on great bilingual books in a variety of languages.
World Book Day is a day for celebrating anyone involved in the creation of books and stories and most importantly it’s a celebration of reading.
UNESCO have recognised it as a worldwide project to promote books and reading, and it's celebrated in over 100 countries all over the world.
The initiative has been running for 21 years and the next one will take place on 1st March 2018.
Read MoreThis week we are back to sharing Our Bilingual Week with you, what we've been working on and our observations of our children's learning.
As we learnt last week from our mothers of bilingual children. Learning a language is about more than words. When you share your language with your child, you're sharing your heritage too. It's often hard to infuse the culture of the minority language in to your every day life but there are little ways to do this.
Read MoreWelcome to week Six of Bilingual Children! Sadly this is the last week in our Series of speaking mums raising bilingual children! I hope you've enjoyed reading it as much as we have enjoyed sharing with you.
This week we're looking at the reasons why it's important to us that our children are learning our languages and how to not give up in those difficult times.
Read MoreWelcome to week FIVE of Bilingual Children! Last week I spoke with lots of mums raising bilingual children and asked them to share their challenges. They were very kind enough to be honest about the hurdles that they face and this week I’ve asked them to tell me about the different approaches that they use.
Read MoreAs February is the month of love and Saint Valentine, we thought what better than to write a love letter to our beloved Italia!
What do you love about Italy? What's your relationship with the country? Does it make you fall head over heels one minute and frustrate you the next? Tell us how you feel? As always feel free to interpret this theme as you wish...
Read MoreWelcome to Week Four of Bilingual Children! I've been really busy last month collecting feedback from other Bilingual Mums. So throughout February I will be sharing all of their challenges, different approaches and reasons for helping their children learn a second or multiple languages.
Read MoreIs spaghetti and meatballs really Italian? It's delicious no doubt but there's a lot of snobbery around this dish and some quite extreme views on it's origin. I recently discovered the lovely Donatella Polizzi's posts on Italian food and culture on Facebook and she's agreed to share her knowledge here.
Read MoreThis week we've been focusing on remembering new vocabulary through songs. Children learn best when they don't realise they are being taught and they are having fun.
Read MoreI'm starting a new series on Mammaprada. Every Wednesday I will give you a little insight into our bilingual learning. What has challenged us and which products we've found useful. There will be some interviews with others raising bilingual children, an expert in the subject or a creator of a product or service which helps us all in raising our children bilingually.
Read MoreHappy New Year and Buon Anno!
Our topic for the month of January as voted by you all is 'Favourite Italian City'
Which is your favourite city in Italy? Tell us about what to do there, or share a wonderful memory of you visiting this particular place. Please interpret this theme as you wish..
Read MoreOur topic for the month of December is 'The Italian Connection'
What is your connection to Italy? Did you marry into an Italian family? Are you Italian? Do you just love Italia? You can interpret this however you wish and we can't wait to read your posts! All of the hosts will also write on this theme.
We thought it was a great starting place to all learn a bit more about each
Read MoreSince meeting my Italian Husband I’ve come to realise that firstly ‘La bella figura’ which means ‘To make a good impression’ is one of the most important traits in Italian culture and that appearance and design are at the heart of everything we touch.
Read MoreEvery morning when my son comes down for breakfast there's a piece of paper waiting for him on the inside of the front door...
It's not a creative postman! But an Italian word left there by Papa' Prada.
Read MoreKelly Strobel of Italian at Heart writes beautifully about her lost Italian heritage and how she will always ponder how she could have been bilingual. A beautiful, nostagic piece and one of Papa' Prada's favourites!
Read MoreMammaprada features: Raising Bilingual Children, Italian culture, Italian travel, Italian Food and Posts in Italian/ Italiano. We also offer Bilingual Resources for language learning, such as bilingual books, bilingual audio CDs and DVDs,. Other topics we write about are Parenting and Lifestyle.
I’m Kristie Prada & here you'll find our family’s experiences on travel to languages, parenting, recipes & much more. Thank you for visiting!
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