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Goodbye 2015, Hello 2016! www.FranglaiseMummy.com l French and English Parenting and Lifestyle Ramblings

Goodbye 2015, Hello 2016!

I saw in 2015 in London, all set for another year in the lovely neighbourhood we’d been living in for the previous 4 years. Then one short year later I waved goodbye to 2015 on a beach in Mauritius. Talk about a change!

2015 was a massive year for us. We made the first decision to leave London.… Read more

Making goals for 2015 l www.FrangaiseMummy.com l French and English Parenting and Lifestyle Ramblings

Making goals for 2015

I’m not one for new year’s resolutions. I learnt many many years ago that they’re a recipe for failure. However I am one for goals and dreams. Around about this time last year I blogged about mine and Hubs’s plans for 2014. It was scary to commit my goals to “paper”, and then to share them with the world, but it makes you far more accountable and likely to achieve your goals.… Read more

Top tips on raising your child bilingually

Quite a few readers have asked me how we manage to raise our two daughters bilingually, so I thought it was time I shared what has worked for us, raising our two daughters with two languages.

Before I start here’s a bit of background about us:

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I’m English. I have a degree in French (and Spanish).… Read more

Proud mummy of a French reader

Our eldest daughter, L, is now 7 years old. She lived the first half of her life in France, with French as her first language. Since the age of 3 years and 7 months she has lived in the UK with English becoming her first language (she has always been brought up with both languages).… Read more