Our Story
Not too long ago, when our daughter had just turned 2, she would only speak in English. This was a problem – as my wife is a native Spanish speaker, and we had decided on raising her to be bilingual. We just figured – we both speak Spanish, her maternal grandparents speak Spanish – of course, she will be bilingual. We quickly found out that it does not work that way. It doesn’t just “happen” – the truth is, she was not getting real immersion; she was surrounded by English input, and we accepted her replying back to us in English. We were determined to give our child the gift of complete fluency; not just “hoping that she picked it up.” We set ourselves on a path of discovery, research, testing, and everything in between. Not only did we learn a great deal about raising a bilingual child, but we learned that an important piece of the puzzle was missing.
Books! We have always known that books make a dramatic difference in a child’s academic and total-life success. We looked for a way to integrate books into my daughter’s bilingual plan, but could not find a book program that also helped me to teach her (at the time I was still in the stages of mastering Spanish). As a lifelong writer and children’s educator, I wanted to create something – not just for my daughter, but for all children who have the potential to become bilingual (or multilingual) and achieve greatness in their lives.
With a purposeful mission dear to my heart; We gathered a team of experts, friends, and educators. BookLingual was created to fill a void in most parents’ bilingual action plans (if they even have one). Many parents just buy a software program, a couple of books, get some animated DVDs, hire a tutor, and hope their children will become fluent. The truth is, these parents have the best intentions in the world; but are missing the element of reading, and books. BookLingual is based on scientific approaches; concepts proved to ingrain, immerse, and improve on not just language acquisition; but reading comprehension. The (not-so-big) secret is that books are the most powerful tool for learning anything – along with a real-life teacher. BookLingual was born with the concept that any parent can help their child learn a language – whether they already know it, or not.
Wishing your family wonderful success,
Michael Hodge
Author
Our Story
Not too long ago, when our daughter had just turned 2, she would only speak in English. This was a problem – as my wife is a native Spanish speaker, and we had decided on raising her to be bilingual. We just figured – we both speak Spanish, her maternal grandparents speak Spanish – of course, she will be bilingual. We quickly found out that it does not work that way. It doesn’t just “happen” – the truth is, she was not getting real immersion; she was surrounded by English input, and we accepted her replying back to us in English. We were determined to give our child the gift of complete fluency; not just “hoping that she picked it up.” We set ourselves on a path of discovery, research, testing, and everything in between. Not only did we learn a great deal about raising a bilingual child, but we learned that an important piece of the puzzle was missing.
Books! We have always known that books make a dramatic difference in a child’s academic and total-life success. We looked for a way to integrate books into my daughter’s bilingual plan, but could not find a book program that also helped me to teach her (at the time I was still in the stages of mastering Spanish). As a lifelong writer and children’s educator, I wanted to create something – not just for my daughter, but for all children who have the potential to become bilingual (or multilingual) and achieve greatness in their lives.
With a purposeful mission dear to my heart; We gathered a team of experts, friends, and educators. BookLingual was created to fill a void in most parents’ bilingual action plans (if they even have one). Many parents just buy a software program, a couple of books, get some animated DVDs, hire a tutor, and hope their children will become fluent. The truth is, these parents have the best intentions in the world; but are missing the element of reading, and books. BookLingual is based on scientific approaches; concepts proved to ingrain, immerse, and improve on not just language acquisition; but reading comprehension. The (not-so-big) secret is that books are the most powerful tool for learning anything – along with a real-life teacher. BookLingual was born with the concept that any parent can help their child learn a language – whether they already know it, or not.
Wishing your family wonderful success,
Michael Hodge
Author