Words by: Micah Bellieu This is a sponsored blog post from TruFluency Kids Spanish Immersion School Online. This post also contains affiliate links. View my full affiliate disclaimer here. The decision to raise your children bilingual is huge. Even if you’re a native speaker, it’s hard. I know dozens of families whose children spoke only Spanish until kindergarten and then, by first grade, could only speak English. Raising bilingual kids...
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