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40 Activités Incontournables à Faire À Abidjan avec des Enfants

Activités a faire a Abidjan avec les enfants

Les grandes vacances arrivent et c’est l’occasion de (re) decouvrir Abidjan avec les enfants. Certaines sorties à faire à Abidjan avec des enfants ne sont plus à présenter: Paradisia, le zoo d’Abidjan, Doraville. En plus de celles-là, aujourd’hui on parle des activités un peu plus uniques à faire à Abidjan avec nos bout de choux. […]

This is One of the Best and Cheapest Tools to Raise a Bilingual Child

Reading is a great tool to raise a bilingual child

Reading is one of the best tools to raise a bilingual child! Books have always been an escape for me. Reading has opened my world. It has made me travel while sitting in my living room Reading made me laugh and cry. It made me evade when I needed an escape from the real world.  […]

35 Idées Cadeaux Afro pour Enfants et Ados

35 idées cadeaux Afro pour enfants et ados

  Aujourd’hui on parle cadeaux Afro pour les bouts de choux et les ados de nos vies! Si tu es à la recherche de cadeaux pour: Amuser les tous petits tout en leur envoyant un message positif sur leur identité Eveiller l’afro-curiosite des plus grands de façon ludique Inspirer tes enfants à rêver grand et […]

Can you do homeschooling in Africa

can you do homeschooling in Africa

Since we decided to move back to Africa, I’ve been wondering which school to pick for our daughter once we got there. Through my reflection, I started to consider the possibility of homeschooling. Today I’m sharing with you what I found in my search to find out if homeschooling is even a possibility in Africa. […]

6 common misconceptions about raising a bilingual child

Raising a bilingual child

There are a lot of myths surrounding raising a bilingual child.  We’re imagining our toddler completely fluent in both languages, because we taught them without really trying (since it’s our native language anyway). Of course, they have a higher IQ because they’re bilingual, right? Right ? Not quite as ideal, friends!  But on the other […]

7 Kids Youtube Channels in French your preschooler will love!

This month, in our last installment about kids’ shows available in French in the US, we’re talking about kids’ Youtube channels in French. 6 tips to let your child safely enjoy kids’ YouTube channels in French   Before we start, let’s talk a little bit about YouTube. I have a love-hate relationship with YouTube. You […]

Naw Ruz or How our Multicultural Family Celebrates the New Year

Tips to create traditions in your multicultural family

I love having a multicultural family. I love seeing my daughter exploring both of our cultures and creating her own mix. Beyond teaching her my language, raising my daughter as a multicultural child means to me making sure she’s exposed to and embraces both mine and my husband’s culture.  It’s one of the main reasons we’re […]

5 Netflix Kids Shows in French to Help Your Preschooler Become Bilingual

5 Netflix Kids Shows in French

Don’t you hate when you read a recommendation for a show but it’s on a streaming service you don’t have? I know I do! So, I want to make it easy for you and your little bilingual learner. In the next few months, I will give recommendations on kids’ shows in French that are available […]

5 Tips I use to raise my multilingual child and challenges I encounter on the way

5 Astuces pour Elever un Enfant Bilingue

Raising a French-speaking child in a English/Spanish speaking environment Being able to raise the girl as a multilingual, multicultural person is one of the big motivations for us to move back to Abidjan, if only for a year or two.  First let me talk about our specific situation and why it’s challenging for me to […]