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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree - when our PK3er went to language immersion (50/50) last year he was tired and cried at lot in the beginning. It was frankly awful for both of us, but improved weekly until he was happy to go after about six weeks. We came from a full-day daycare option and he is super social, so I was really surprised that he had such a tough transition.[/quote]

K parent here. Our kid was ok from the beginning, just very shy to talk (and he is a very talkative kid in general) and we saw a lot of other kids crying in the beginning. I would say a month is about right--but it is not every kid of course or even the majority of kids. Still, if you don't like Ferber you might find it too much  :wink: . We didn't see any evidence of lasting scars and ultimately the kids adapted really well. After a while it just seems normal to them and they go about their business. IMHO it actually works better than the old 50% model because they know what to expect every day. And it is just fantastic to see how good their Chinese gets. [/quote]

Another K parent and I agree with pp.  The full immersion seems much easier just b/c it has less transitions.  In K, my kid likes English and Chinese equally and no complaints on either day which I attribute to preK being 100% Mandarin in preK.  The kids are comfortable in BOTH languages.  I actually wish K was 100% Mandarin also with 50/50 in 1st.

YY is collecting data on how the kids who had a full yr of immersion do in Mandarin vs those who had 50/50.  Should be interesting.[/quote]

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