multilingualism

expats, finland, multicultural families, multilingualism

How to Introduce Your Child to Finnish language – a crash guide for expat parents in Finland

January 17, 2019

Many expat parents in Finland face the struggle of introducing their children to Finnish language. While the Finnish school system is the easiest ...

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favorites, finland, multilingualism, reading challenge

The Reading Challenge 2018, part IV

December 8, 2018

We are avid users of library services. We visit the local library weekly, have materials delivered (for free!), enjoy the children-friendly ...

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finland, multicultural families, multilingualism

Kickstarting support in English language for adoptive families in Finland

November 6, 2018

Few weeks ago I was asked to speak at the brunch for waiting adoptive parents organised by Adoptioperheet ry, the association of adoptive ...

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child development, multilingualism, reviews

Book review of “Be bilingual”

September 6, 2017

As an expat family, we have to tackle the issue of bilingualism with our kids. The family language is Italian, while the community language is ...

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Paola

I was born and raised in Italy, now I live in the winter wonderland that is Finland. I worked as a mathematics researcher, an IT project manager and consultant, and now I work as product owner. I love nature, reading books, playing boardgames, cooking and eating good food. I enjoy learning languages: I speak Italian, English, Finnish, Hindi, and I understand some Spanish. I am grateful to have three wonderful kids who call me "mamma". One came from my belly, the other two from fateful encounters.