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[quote=Anonymous]I am an English speaking nanny to a 2,5yo in Germany. I've been with them for just over a year. I speak exclusively English to her, the parents do German. She understands me perfectly though replies to me in German, and is now beginning to say things in English to me.

In her daycare are two French kids who used to live in England for two years where they had an English speaking nanny. As soon as they arrived in Germany they put the kids in an English daycare (8am to 1am) to retain English and hired a German speaking nanny for the afternoons. Now a year later (they're 3,5 and 5,5) they speak three languages absolutely fluently, and still default to their native French when playing together.

My kid goes to a mostly international daycare with stories like the above, and there's never any trouble. Provided that the child has a dedicated person speaking a foreign language (aka the nanny ALWAYS speaks Spanish to them, so the child is clear that this is a Spanish speaking environment vs. an English speaking environment) you should be fine. The first few weeks would be a bit tough, but kids have a remarkable ability to pick up languages.

I really know a ton about raising bilingual children and always think it's worth a shot to try it, so feel free to leave your email and we can talk more in depth about this.[/quote]

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