BG Kids Thread!

[Xno Kappa]

Anyone here has their kids in an immersion school?

Spoke to a co-worker who had their son in a French one and had nothing but praise for it. Been talking with the wife and feel like this would be a great idea to enroll him in a Spanish one for pre-school and elementary. He’s going to turn four in July.

[Ksandra]

Everyone I've heard who has done it has said great things about it. However, keep in mind that it's still in it's infancy, and I don't think we have any high schoolers yet who have gone through it.

I can't imagine it would hurt, though, if there is a program near you.

[Ratatapa]

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[Gadritan]

However, keep in mind that it's still in it's infancy, and I don’t think we have any high schoolers yet who have gone through it.

Do you mean locally? It’s been around since the 70s and there’s been several hundred+ in the US for decades now.

My nephew did one for Spanish when he was younger and loved it. He’s in high school now.


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[Ksandra]

Do you mean locally? It’s been around since the 70s and there’s been several hundred+ in the US for decades now.

My nephew did one for Spanish when he was younger and loved it. He’s in high school now.


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My bad. It was banned in CA, and they just reintroduced it about 5(?) years ago. So yeah, I think I incorrectly got it stuck in my head it was a recent thing.

[Xno Kappa]

Why was it banned in CA? O_o

[Ksandra]

Why was it banned in CA? O_o

I actually don't know much about, so can't give much info. I guess it wasn't banned per se but severely limited as enough parents had to sign off on it. Here's an article that explains it:

https://edsource.org/2017/a-new-era-...tion-58/574852

As to why the parents needed waivers? No idea.

[synistar]

Why was it banned in CA? O_o

California didn't like immigrants prior to the turn of the millennium. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_C...roposition_187

Prop 227 was all about assimilation and pushing English only education and only got repealed in 2016

[Melena]

Yeah, people forget California was a red state that didn't start going purple then blue till the 90's. Clinton broke the streak of it's electoral votes going to Republican candidates that went back to Nixon I believe.

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[Xno Kappa]

Thought long and hard over this, and I'm going to put my 3 and half year old in soccer instead of baseball for his first sport.

Going to wait one more year when he can better handle instructions and some patience.

[synistar]

Considering Tee-ball starts at 5-6 year-olds in my area, you're good. Soccer ends up being all the kids chasing the ball for the first few years anyways.

[Xno Kappa]

Considering Tee-ball starts at 5-6 year-olds in my area, you're good. Soccer ends up being all the kids chasing the ball for the first few years anyways.

Good to hear. They have a four year old tee-ball league here starting up around the same time that was tempting.

[Ratatapa]

Also it depends on the goal

If you want him to use his energy baseball won’t be the best sport

[zoobernut]

Soccer or basketball are by far the best for burning off energy. Or just laps around a football field that works too. If your kids are anything like mine they can run miles all day long and still not be worn out by the end of the day.

[Xno Kappa]

After touring a dozen or so preschools, the wifey and I have finally decided on one. Small family-owned location, state certified, 10 to 1 student:teacher ratio, with all the teachers being fluent in Spanish. Camera system and security seemed on point too.

Pretty excited about the whole thing and the price isn't too extreme at $316 weekly.

[Xno Kappa]

Son scored his very first goal today at his soccer game and I could not be any prouder lol.

[Penthesilea]

This lil gordito is a little over two months old.

Born on Valentine's day.

[Penthesilea]

Has anyone had an au pair for their children? My wife is wanting to return to work sometime this fall and we are considering it as an option for what would be a 7/8 month old baby.

Trying to figure out what kind of timeline is the typical process and see what others have experienced.

[archibaldcrane]

You're looking for a live-in situation?

[Penthesilea]

Yeah, thinking live in. I speak zero Spanish but my wife can speak a little so we were looking for ways to get him more exposure so were thinking a Spanish speaking au pair.

I work from home but won't be able to care for him through the work day. My wife's field will likely allow for some hybrid work but not certain.