Isn't it odd how the English word ‘two’ has a silent ‘W’ in it? Especially when all the other numbers that start with...

Whether you’re homeschooling a toddler or a six-year-old, languages could be a really valuable part of their day.

Here are our top tips to...

Translanguaging is an increasingly popular buzzword in education, but what does it really entail? How can monolingual teachers make use of their...

You've been speaking your home language (e.g. Lithuanian) together since they were born. Your little one is about to start school. Should you...

By 12 months, babies understand about 50 words (Fenson et al., 1994) and by age 6 a typically developing child knows between 9,000 and 14,000...

Ever wondered why we can identify our own baby's cry amongst others? Some fascinating research I've been reading about at uni this month has a...

Far from being confounded by the slew of sounds they hear from birth (and even before), babies are slowly and carefully piecing together evidence...

Let's talk about the damaging and redundant term 'semilingualism' that has cropped up around social media recently.

You might have heard it? Sounds...

Yes, Babel Babies is a multilingual programme, but that's not to say that children can learn infinite languages simultaneously, or that a...

There is so much confusion around mixing languages, and it worries me that parents and children are often left feeling ashamed of this very...

Who doesn’t love a pancake? Whether you’re a savoury or sweet pancake-lover, ‘Pancake Day’ is celebrated around the world...

Over my 20 years as a languages teacher, and the last ten years running Babel Babies, I've heard countless adults tell me they are 'rubbish at...