Using Made-Up Memories to Engage Bilingual Kids
In Strange-But-True Tales: Baby Chicks in the Bathtub, I talk about how sharing memories from your childhood can be a great way of engaging with your children in the minority language, particularly at mealtimes. Kids love to hear about their parents’ (mis)adventures when they were kids themselves, making such stories arguably the most captivating “listening material” available to us. But what do you do when the conversation dries up at the dinner table, and your aging brain is unable to