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Russian homework: how much, how, and are they even necessary?
Tired parents often sigh: the day is already packed, and now there are Russian language exercises for children who are growing up abroad...
Russian Language on the Road: 15 Games for the Car and Plane
When a family travels a lot, the journey becomes a separate part of life: traffic jams on the way out on a weekend, long flights, waiting at the airport. On...
Online Russian Lessons for Kids: How to Choose a School and Not Make a Mistake
Online Russian language lessons for children seem like a simple solution: open a website, pay, and the child «attends Russian» from home. But from...
March has passed: how to realize that the child is making progress in Russian language
When a child lives abroad, the question «How is his Russian?» is asked particularly often by relatives, teachers, and even in...
Child's Accent: A Problem or a Peculiarity? An Opinion from a Speech Therapist and a Linguist
Many parents of bilingual children worry about accent: their child speaks Russian «not quite like us,» drags out intonations, «swallows» sounds, or sounds slightly foreign...
What is RKI and why isn't it «regular Russian»?»
Russian as a Foreign Language (RKI) is not about «knowing the language worse,» but about a different path to Russian for a child who...
How to explain Easter, Pancake Day and May 9 to a child abroad
For children growing up outside of Russia, their understanding of «Russian» is primarily shaped by what happens within their family.
Imposter syndrome in bilingual children: «I'm not Russian enough»
Sometimes a child understands Russian perfectly, says things, but at the same time whispers: «I'm not a real Russian,» «I have a terrible accent,» «I..."
Spring Vocabulary in Russian Poems: Learning Poems with Children Easily and Fun
Poems are not a school duty. They are one of the most natural ways for language to enter a child's memory and stay there...
How to help a child not forget Russian during summer vacation
Three months without practice and the vocabulary that was built up all year is starting to melt away. But summer can be built differently. Why summer…