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Research has unambiguously shown that multi-lingual children have an edge throughout their life.  But for parents, it requires much planning, effort and dedication while juggling many other priorities.  Please stay a while, pick up some useful tips and share with us your practical, real World experiences.

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 The BLINGuals Daily Planner is a neat and free tool for parents who would like to be a bit more methodical when allocating language hours for children.

Click to download the BLINGuals Daily Planner Click to download the BLINGuals Daily Planner Excel spreadsheet.  You'll need Excel installed on your PC.  If prompted, be sure to enable the macros in Excel (the macro is responsible for automatically updating the graphical charts based on your input.)

 The BLINGuals Daily Planner Excel worksheet is based on several concepts outlined in the Bilingual Edge, by Kendall King and Alison Mackey.  The worksheet carves the workdays and weekend days into ½ hour segments, where you can track what kind of activity, language and interactivity... Read More »

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Daily Planner

The BLINGuals Daily Planner is a neat and free Excel tool for parents who would like to be a bit more methodical when allocating language hours for children.  Learn More...