Welcome to WFBG !
Summer PICNIC 2010
Our annual Summer picnic will be on 18th July 2010 from 1pm at Ridgeway Park, Chingford Mount.
We hope that you will all join us !

Usually, we bring our own lunch but, if you like, bring extra quantities of one dish to share with others.  There is a mini-railway in this park and the children can ride on the trains  - you may also want to bring ball games.
Please check your emails in the morning in case the weather does not look good.
 
You can get to the park on the 158 from Blackhorse Road or the 97, 357 or 215 from Walthamstow Central.
 
Bilingual Babies: The Roots of Bilingualism in Newborns

This is an interesting and new story about piece of research demonstrating that babies that heard two languages spoken regularly during pregancy (i.e. spoken by their bilingual mothers) listened with more interest to both languages than those that heard only one of the languages. The babies were also able to tell the difference between the two languages very soon after birth.

Science Daily article about bilingual babies published on February 10th 2010
 
Annual General Meeting
Our next AGM will be held 27th March 2010 at the Limes. It will last about 30 minutes and will be held during the monthly Limes session.
 
March is Multilingual Month

What is Multilingual Month?

Multilingual Month was first proposed in 1998 as a national annual event to be celebrated in schools on a par with the already established Black History Month in October.  It aims to promote a range of activities across the curriculum in schools which explicitly value the cultural and linguistic heritage of their pupils and which promote language learning and anti-racist and anti discriminatory attitudes.

Read more...
 
Workshops

We run regular workshop for parents using discussions and question & answer sessions to give a basic introduction to what our members have experienced to demonstrate what works for different bilingual families.

more details about workshops
 
Calendar

Drop-in and play sessions

Once a month we hold a 2 hours drop-in and play session for families at our local children community center in Walthamstow. An opportunity to talk to other bilingual parents while the children play.
check out venue and dates
 
About us

Our group is open to anyone who wishes to discuss issues around bilingualism, acquisition of languages, preservation of minority languages and related topics. Organised and set up by parents who want to share experiences of raising children bilingually, we are based in East London (Waltham Forest - UK) and we aim to promote and encourage multilingualism.
read more about us