Bilingualism in children | Interview to Soile Pietikainen | part 1
I am aware many of my readers are part, like myself, of multilingual families. Or, they are parents who know how a valuable asset a language can ...
pre-teen
finland, reviews, travel in finland
Fun family day at the waterpark of Serena Resort
My summer holidays are around the corner and for the first time in over 10 years I’ll take four weeks off work. Wow. I feel excited and ...
Stressed parent? You need a FamilyBoost
My blog leads me to talk to the most interesting people in my community. This was the case when I interviewed Heidi Livingston, co-founder of ...
child development, digital parenting, mindfulness, reviews, self-care
Digital detox for parents
Digital parenting is a new trending niche in the parents’ world. The key question is how to allow our children to take advantage of the power of ...
child development, multilingualism, reviews
Book review of “Be bilingual”
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 ...
The family event in Helsinki you don’t want to miss
I’ve been literally counting the days to next Sunday for at least a month. Lasten Festarit will be taking place and it’s the ...
Walking the Hannusmetsä nature trail
Our mission to explore all Espoo’s nature trails (luontopolut) continues! We headed to the South-West of Espoo last Sunday and explored a ...
expats, finland, food, sustainability, travel in finland
Strawberry season has started
Last summer was awful for Finnish standards and I was completely bummed out when I found out we were late for strawberry season. Yes, last year ...
Oittaa: nature trail, beach, and great playground
One of our favourite places in Espoo to run to when the sun shines is Oittaa. Last weekend for the first time we tried walking the nature trail ...