Comments on: Am I Depriving the World of the Next Mozart? http://mommybrain.net/2006/05/23/am-i-depriving-the-world-of-the-next-mozart/ It happens to the best of us. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: amylola http://mommybrain.net/2006/05/23/am-i-depriving-the-world-of-the-next-mozart/#comment-385 amylola Sat, 03 Jun 2006 02:07:50 +0000 http://mommybrain.net/2006/05/23/am-i-depriving-the-world-of-the-next-mozart/#comment-385 Thanks, Steve! I think you're right. And he's getting Spanish at school so I guess the second language is taken care of for now. I think I'll look into Suzuki piano for after the summer. Thanks, Steve! I think you’re right. And he’s getting Spanish at school so I guess the second language is taken care of for now.

I think I’ll look into Suzuki piano for after the summer.

]]> By: SydneySteve http://mommybrain.net/2006/05/23/am-i-depriving-the-world-of-the-next-mozart/#comment-384 SydneySteve Sat, 03 Jun 2006 01:37:22 +0000 http://mommybrain.net/2006/05/23/am-i-depriving-the-world-of-the-next-mozart/#comment-384 With our three children we found that it was best to pick one or two areas that are both 'useful' and interesting to the child (e.g. music; second language), then stick with it for the long-haul. I believe too many parents try to expose their children to 'everything' in brief sound-bites only to burn them out on most things and leave them with superficial, and therefore impractical, experiences. With our three children we found that it was best to pick one or two areas that are both ‘useful’ and interesting to the child (e.g. music; second language), then stick with it for the long-haul. I believe too many parents try to expose their children to ‘everything’ in brief sound-bites only to burn them out on most things and leave them with superficial, and therefore impractical, experiences.

]]> By: amylola http://mommybrain.net/2006/05/23/am-i-depriving-the-world-of-the-next-mozart/#comment-383 amylola Mon, 29 May 2006 05:16:36 +0000 http://mommybrain.net/2006/05/23/am-i-depriving-the-world-of-the-next-mozart/#comment-383 Thanks, Heather! I'll check it out. Thanks, Heather! I’ll check it out.

]]> By: Heather http://mommybrain.net/2006/05/23/am-i-depriving-the-world-of-the-next-mozart/#comment-382 Heather Mon, 29 May 2006 05:05:30 +0000 http://mommybrain.net/2006/05/23/am-i-depriving-the-world-of-the-next-mozart/#comment-382 Ahh! I didn`t attach the link! http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/pubs/ncrcdsll/epr5.htm Ahh! I didn`t attach the link!
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/pubs/ncrcdsll/epr5.htm

]]> By: Heather http://mommybrain.net/2006/05/23/am-i-depriving-the-world-of-the-next-mozart/#comment-381 Heather Mon, 29 May 2006 05:04:11 +0000 http://mommybrain.net/2006/05/23/am-i-depriving-the-world-of-the-next-mozart/#comment-381 Amy, This is only one quick website . . . most everything I have studied on this topic I have read in French (I have a degree in French education). Here is one website that I found that covers many of the arguments I put forward. You can easily substitute Spanish for English, the theory is the same. Amy,
This is only one quick website . . . most everything I have studied on this topic I have read in French (I have a degree in French education). Here is one website that I found that covers many of the arguments I put forward. You can easily substitute Spanish for English, the theory is the same.

]]> By: amylola http://mommybrain.net/2006/05/23/am-i-depriving-the-world-of-the-next-mozart/#comment-380 amylola Thu, 25 May 2006 19:58:08 +0000 http://mommybrain.net/2006/05/23/am-i-depriving-the-world-of-the-next-mozart/#comment-380 Thanks, An. And that's good, bite-sized advice. I think I can manage that. :) Thanks, An. And that’s good, bite-sized advice. I think I can manage that. :)

]]> By: ani http://mommybrain.net/2006/05/23/am-i-depriving-the-world-of-the-next-mozart/#comment-379 ani Thu, 25 May 2006 19:46:10 +0000 http://mommybrain.net/2006/05/23/am-i-depriving-the-world-of-the-next-mozart/#comment-379 Oh, Mama. The happiness in your home is worth 10 Harvard educations. Maybe it would help to set a goal for Q to have had a few swim lessons before Seattle? Oh, Mama. The happiness in your home is worth 10 Harvard educations. Maybe it would help to set a goal for Q to have had a few swim lessons before Seattle?

]]> By: amylola http://mommybrain.net/2006/05/23/am-i-depriving-the-world-of-the-next-mozart/#comment-378 amylola Thu, 25 May 2006 16:23:43 +0000 http://mommybrain.net/2006/05/23/am-i-depriving-the-world-of-the-next-mozart/#comment-378 Thanks, Heather. You're right -- it is a popular myth. It's what I always believed. I thought there was some theory about the best window to teach a child a second language was within the first five years. And that after that their capacity for learning it great diminishes. Your perspective is really interesting and enlightening. And you're right about parents glorifying their childrens' accomplishments! :) Is there research you'd recommend about the ease/difficulty of learning languages at different ages? Thanks, Heather. You’re right — it is a popular myth. It’s what I always believed. I thought there was some theory about the best window to teach a child a second language was within the first five years. And that after that their capacity for learning it great diminishes.

Your perspective is really interesting and enlightening. And you’re right about parents glorifying their childrens’ accomplishments! :) Is there research you’d recommend about the ease/difficulty of learning languages at different ages?

]]> By: amylola http://mommybrain.net/2006/05/23/am-i-depriving-the-world-of-the-next-mozart/#comment-377 amylola Thu, 25 May 2006 16:15:37 +0000 http://mommybrain.net/2006/05/23/am-i-depriving-the-world-of-the-next-mozart/#comment-377 Thanks, Jason. I know at heart that you're right. But it's a constant struggle between the two mommy personalities. The laid back mommy who doesn't worry about these things and the uptight mommy who always worries about these things. I guess the key is to strike an agreement between the two. Thanks, Jason. I know at heart that you’re right. But it’s a constant struggle between the two mommy personalities. The laid back mommy who doesn’t worry about these things and the uptight mommy who always worries about these things. I guess the key is to strike an agreement between the two.

]]> By: Heather http://mommybrain.net/2006/05/23/am-i-depriving-the-world-of-the-next-mozart/#comment-376 Heather Thu, 25 May 2006 14:09:47 +0000 http://mommybrain.net/2006/05/23/am-i-depriving-the-world-of-the-next-mozart/#comment-376 As a trained immersion teacher, I feel it important to debunk a popular myth. Children do not learn languages faster than adults. In fact, adolescents and adults learn language more quickly that children. There are reasons that it appears that children learn more quickly . . . they spend more time each day working on their second language, their first language is weak, so the second language seems stong in comparison, and parents have a tendancy to glorify everything their children do, among others. As a trained immersion teacher, I feel it important to debunk a popular myth. Children do not learn languages faster than adults. In fact, adolescents and adults learn language more quickly that children. There are reasons that it appears that children learn more quickly . . . they spend more time each day working on their second language, their first language is weak, so the second language seems stong in comparison, and parents have a tendancy to glorify everything their children do, among others.

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