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1/25/2016

New and exciting times

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It's been an interesting 4 years... When I had my first baby it felt weird talking in Spanish to him I literally had to practice. I had to practice my Spanish, and practice resisting the temptation to speak in english. How much spanish should I speak? How much of a balance could I strike? Should I speak only Spanish? What about English and even Catalan? How could I have a natural relationship with my child in a language that, just then, didn't feel all that natural?

When you have a baby, at least in my case, nothing came naturally! Instinct, I felt was cobblers! I had to learn everything. Including how to teach Spanish. With an extra child a couple ofyears later a lot came more naturally, but it still wasn't clear exactly how to proceed.

But singing, for me, was always natural. Singing, in any language, was how I spent some of the happiest hours with my two little ones. Singing and dancing. So that's how it started. I began singing in spanish and in english almost all the time.  And once I could sing in Spanish I didn't mind chatting away in spanish while pushing them in their pushchairs.

And so it began..!

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Becky Danks
1/25/2016 07:45:49 pm

Hi Gemma! Congrats on the new blog! You should make it so that people can follow you if you can, do that an automatic email notification arrives each time you update it x

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Gemma link
1/28/2016 09:47:32 pm

Hey Becky apparently that's what the RSS Feed on the right is for. Did you try that?

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Becky
3/16/2016 01:21:33 pm

Hey sorry just spotted your reply. I'm on my phone and can't see an RSS feed. Usually there's a follow button to hit but these things are never intuitive! It's ok I'll just look whenever it comes up on Facebook x

Gemma
1/25/2016 08:29:50 pm

Hi Becky, nice of you to comment! If I can figure out how to do that I will... ;) Hope you're ok? Enjoying being back in blighty?x

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    Spanish Gemma is a mum living in Kings Heath, Birmingham, UK.
    As a child I was taught Spanish and Catalan by my Spanish mum and as a result understand what it's like to be thought of as English by my Spanish family and Spanish by English friends and family. In fact Spanish Gemma is how some children referred to me  at school !
    As a mum I now interpret the positive asects of having a dual identity  for my children, teaching them Spanish and playing games and doing craft along the way. This blog charts that journey.

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