If you speak two or more languages in your household and your goal is to raise multilingual children, this consultation will help you develop a strategy that matches your family’s needs. There is a lot of misinformation out there about appropriate developmental ranges or how to best structure your home environment to support multilingualism. It’s helpful to have a trusted resource you can turn to no matter where your family is in their journey.
I am an educator and translator with an academic background in language acquisition and a Ph.D. from Brown University. I’m also a mother raising three trilingual children.
I bring my 15+ years of teaching experience in higher education and as a private tutor for both children and adults as well as an extensive background studying children’s literature and development to support families like yours.
Individualized family strategy
Opportunity to book support check-ins
My work with multilingual families leans on the incorporation of children’s literature and books to support language development. In my consultations, we create a personalized program for each unique family’s needs and that includes a formative session and a personalized list of resources (books, podcasts, etc.) and education about how to use books and which books to choose to cultivate your target languages.
The consultation package includes an online intake form, a 1-hour video lesson, a 1-hour consultation session, and a personalized written recap and list of resources that you can refer to anytime after our work together.
COST
$549 for the consultation package
Option to book additional 50-minute support check-ins at $120.
Bimbi Italiani members receive a 10% discount on all consultation services.
Individualized family strategy
Opportunity to book support check-ins
My work with multilingual families leans on the incorporation of children’s literature and books to support language development. In my consultations, we create a personalized program for each unique family’s needs and that includes a formative session and a personalized list of resources (books, podcasts, etc.) and education about how to use books and which books to choose to cultivate your target languages.
The consultation package includes an online intake form, a 1-hour video lesson, a 1-hour consultation session, and a personalized written recap and list of resources that you can refer to anytime after our work together.
COST
$549 for the initial consultation package
Option to book additional 50-minute support check-ins at $120 each.
Each family situation is unique and no one method is “perfect” per se. I ask families to fill out a detailed questionnaire so that I can get a good idea of your unique family’s needs and we can devote our 1:1 time addressing your specific situation.
English and Italian
I will share everything though a Google file and it will be yours to keep and refer back to; no expiration date!
Not yet, but I am working on it!
On April 5, 2025, I led an introductory webinar for a series of workshops dedicated to multilingual families, organized in collaboration with Collina Italiana, a language school based in New York. I talked about the benefits of bilingualism and multilingualism, both for children and for society as a whole. This article offers a summary of that presentation.
Like most things in parenting, raising multilingual children does not come with a manual. Are you feeling overwhelmed and don’t know where to start?
In this series I provide seven simple do’s and don’ts when raising multilingual children, based on my academic expertise and my experience as a parent to three young multilinguals.