Supporting Immersion Learner

[Anonymous]

My child is in PK at a bilingual school, in an immersion classroom until 1st grade.

I'm interested in perspective from parents of older immersion learners on strategies, techniques (including "let the child relax"), etc to support their learning at home? And/or insights into supporting immersion learning as kids get older?

Thank you in advance for any thoughts/advice.

[Anonymous]

What model of immersion (90-10 or 50-50)? Is English your home language or is the other language your home language?

[Anonymous]

Is it a language you speak?
I now have an 8th grader & 4th grader from FCPS immersion. We don't speak the target language.
We hired tutors, normally au pairs from the neighborhood to work with our kids over the summer & breaks for just a little bit. I'd also toss in a week of language camp if it fit the summer schedule. We also got an international DVD player for watching TV in the target language. Don't know if you could stream stuff now. But, I found watching TV to be very "natural"

We didn't worry about it too much. It kinda fits with what you do on the other subjects - ie make sure they read over the summer, have them figure out the change when buying ice cream.

[Anonymous]

Bumping up on suggestion of another thread and expanding to include any thoughts/resources to support kids transitioning into immersion schools (let's say after PK3).

This is a thread about immersion learning and supporting students. Not about taking down one school or another.

Thanks, everyone.

[Anonymous]

(Except that suggestion was in the DC-specific forum. Ah, technology. Sorry everyone.)