As the age of two approached, my son certainly began to demonstrate his own particular interests. Choosing the German baby books to read him was a bit random, but as he became a toddler the kinds of books and topics he was interested in became more specific to him. So if you have a son (or daughter, …
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German books for babies: Our favourite children’s books auf deutsch for age zero and one
When my son was born I decided I wanted him to be bilingual - his father's first language is German, and I am reasonably fluent too. I needed to get hold of some great German children's books. My goal was basically that more than half the books in his book shelf should be German kids' …
Saying goodbye to a country is hard – I know, I’ve done it three times
I am NOT a good goodbye person. I'm way overly sentimental, I'm all too acutely aware that once you say goodbye to a place you've lived in that even visiting will never be the same again, and I miss both people and things long and badly. I blogged just recently about the sadness of leaving …