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Raising Your Bilingual Child

Raising Your Bilingual Child
December 4, 2018 at 6:30 pm
Bretton Woods Recreational Center

15700 River Road, Germantown, Maryland 20874

Raising bilingual children is full of joys and challenges! As parents strive to provide meaningful and effective bilingual language experiences, they often wonder how best to nurture their children. In this workshop, we will discuss:

  • how bilingual children learn, organize, and process language.
  • the cognitive advantages to being bilingual.
  • how to encourage continued speaking in the native language.

Meet Dr. Parker

Michelle Parker, Head of School at Seneca Academy
Dr. Michelle Parker is the Head of School at Seneca Academy and a child psychologist. Prior to coming to Seneca, she worked as a psychologist and administrator at The Sidwell Friends School and was in private practice in Bethesda. Dr. Parker is herself bilingual and serves as Chair of the Board of the Argentine School of Washington.

Cosponsored by Bretton Woods

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Raising Your Bilingual Child is part of the Seneca Academy Parenting Series, a set of free parenting workshops presented by Dr. Michelle Parker.

More Information about the Parenting Series

Seneca Academy is an International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program (IB PYP) World School that fosters children’s natural curiosity and ignites a love of learning through a collaborative, inquiry-based program in a dynamic and welcoming community.

15601 Germantown Road, Darnestown, MD 20874
Phone: (301) 869-3728 • Fax (301) 869-3348

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Thank you so much for your sponsorship of Seneca Academy’s 2020 auction and gala, “Around the World.” Because of you and other generous supporters, we are able to continue serving the children and families in our school as well as the community at large. We appreciate your gift to help us preserve the wonder of childhood for years to come!

 

Thank you so much for your donation to Seneca Academy’s 2020 auction and gala, “Around the World.” Because of you and other generous supporters, we are able to continue serving the children and families in our school as well as the community at large. We appreciate your gift to help us preserve the wonder of childhood for years to come!