Do you speak other languages at home? This will not hold your child back at school It is common for parents to worry about raising a child to be multilingual. They may wonder, am I harming my child’s English if I speak another language at home?

Do you speak other languages at home? This will not hold your child back at school

🌟 Watch our Spanish for Children Advanced student describe her muñeca in full Spanish sentences! 👏✨ ¡Increíble trabajo! 🎉 #SpanishForChildren #BilingualKids

Turkey 🦃 and gravy

Teaching a language to young children is more than just words—it’s planting seeds of curiosity, culture, and connection. Passion makes them bloom.

Sheryl Lee Ralph greets #WorldLanguage teachers at #ACTFL24 with love and grace in many languages 🌏Her joy is infectious as she shares the story of her French 🇫🇷 language journey. 🫶🏽 she reminds us to reconnect to the reason we educate ❤️ 💖✨.

おめでとうございます！ Congratulations to Yoshiko Saito-Abbott for many years of leadership in world language education! #ACTFL24 #AATJ

Photo: Marcela Summerville, Lori Langer de Ramirez,Kathy Olson, Betsy Basom, Karen Sasky Hughs, Valerie Shull

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NNELL teachers and reps

Valerie shull, Marcela summerville

#actfl24 #EarlyLang #Langchat #NNELL

Me, a white woman with shoulder length curly hair, standing along side panelists for a panel led by ACTFL president LJ Randolph (standing center). The other panelists include Junko Yamamoto (far left), Uju Anya (far right), Benjamin Tinsley (second on right)

Me smiling at the camera with scholars Tasha Austin in the center and Aris Clemens on the right

A group of language educators standing together smoking at the camera including me, Maris Hawkins, Abelardo Almazán-Vázquez, Stacy Witkowski, Cécile Lainé and Esmeralda Mora.

Me standing with a group of language educators including Nathan Lutz, Beth Patchas and Marcella Summerville

I am home from #actfl24 with a full heart and mind. It was so great learning from and being surrounded by such brilliant people.

Will be posting some takeaways soon, once I’ve had a chance to reflect a bit more. #langchat

It was very nice to see you 🥰