160: 8 toys to help you teach baby Spanish in a fun way

160: 8 toys to help you teach baby Spanish in a fun way

Author: Interviews with experts and parents sharing best practices for raising and April 4, 2017 Duration: 19:57

You can teach baby Spanish by setting a strong development foundation from the early days. A baby's brain has the ability to grow at an outstanding rate! Babies are amazing! They have so much to learn in that first year of life. I have personally found the first year with each of my little ones to be very challenging while very rewarding at the same time.

There is a lot happening in their little brains. The seeds for language development are already being planted well before they even utter the first word. We as bilingual parents can start helping them develop these skills from the very beginning.

I want to share with you some toys that can help you teach baby Spanish.  You can use them for other target languages as well since they all help to work on foundational skills.


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