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Your English Space
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How Multilingual Family Gatherings Can Inspire Your Child’s English Learning Journey
It's December again...or already...or it's finally December, however you want to look at it. That magical time of year when family and...
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Your English Space
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Why Kids Need Nature—And How It’s Perfect for Learning English!
I was what we call a "perfect city slicker" until I moved out of the city and into my little mountain house surrounded by nature! Being...
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Your English Space
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Making English a Routine
Welcome back! Back to school, back to life, back to your normal routine... Let's face it, for as difficult as it is to get back to work...
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Your English Space
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Oh no! Summer is here!
3 months of no English? My child will forget everything they learned this year! No they won't, don't worry!!! Sometimes (or rather, most...
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Your English Space
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Read to learn
If you've been reading this blog for a while, you know that I love using stories to get kids involved in their English learning. And...
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Your English Space
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Grammar?! No thanks 🤮
Well that is a controversial title for a blog post isn't it? At least in the language world. But we totally need to talk about it. I hate...
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Your English Space
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4 at home Easter Activities for kids
School's out for...Spring break! Kids are jumping for joy, in anticipation for their chocolate eggs and bunnies, and parents are...
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Your English Space
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Finding the "screen time" sweet spot
Let's face it. We live in a world run by technology. It's brought on so many positive things, but it also has some downsides, like every...
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Your English Space
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What exactly do I do?
This post was inspired by something that happened to me last week. Let me tell you a quick story. I had sent an email to a prestigious...
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Your English Space
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Keeping English real
Keep it real. This is a slang expression that means to remain honest, genuine and authentic. It's generally applied to people, but today...
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Your English Space
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What kind of learner is your child?
Regular, public school often gets bashed for not being able to provide what many students need, and in part, depending on where you live,...
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Your English Space
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Language learning stages
Claire, I want [child's name] to SPEAK more, to respond with full, perfectly correct sentences! Dear parent, don't worry! Let me explain...
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Your English Space
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Why start learning early?
Kids are sponges. Lucky little things aren't they? Think about anything you've tried to learn since you've become an adult. It's...
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Your English Space
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Play games, in English!
I often get asked by parents, "Claire, how can I get my child to practice English at home, between lessons?". I'll be honest, there is no...
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Your English Space
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Read to my kid? In English?!
Children love listening to stories. Who doesn't right? Maybe I'm still just a big kid, but I enjoy reading a book just as much as my...
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