Couldn’t agree more. In addition, the child can ask to say the word again, which can’t really be done in a cartoon. Eventualy we have switches to English at home. Every sentence is said once in English and then in Hebrew and he started to repeat and sometimes even remind us to speak English. So it looks promising. In addition we will try Gil’s approach in about half a year, to teach him to read before he fully talks. We just want to finish Hebrew writing accusation.

Wow! Very interesting and out of the box idea! @Gil BTW Gil in Hebrew is joy 🙂

Following Susan’s and Jessie’s advice in the book, I prefer not to use image based learning.

@Rosie_0801 Thank you for the advices. The thing with Hebrew literature is that it is either ancient and religious (we are atheists) or lacking as the modern language exists less then 100 years. This is why I would like to expose my children to broader resources written in English.

I am teaching him math and Hebrew and he is advancing very well. Unfortunately I can’t use most of the literature resources as they don’t exist in Hebrew, like the The adventures of Odysseus for kids. It upsets me. Thank you @Gil. I’ll give Hebrew another year to cement the reading abilities fully and switch to English next year, starting with reading, not insisting on comprehension.

First of all, I would like to thank Susan and Jessie for writing this wonderful book. I am sure it will accompany our family for many years. Our first language is Hebrew. My husband and I are willing to switch to English at home to cover the entire book program, but how do we bridge the language gap as quickly as possible? The reading and writing resources presume understanding of the speech. How can this be bridged as quickly as possible? What are the best books or courses for a 5 year old non English speaker to become an English speaker?