When childcare is multilingual. Isaranzeiger, 14 May 2010. When a child grows up multilingual, that’s not only early learning from an educational point of view, but also a valuable contribution to multicultural development. Grünwald – If the babysitter speaks Spanish alongside German, the childminder teaches her charge her own native language, or the homework tutor comes straight from England, parents may well be killing two birds with one stone – a consideration the Munich-based company Kids Concept has looked into more closely. ‘Children are open to new things and are, above all, generally very receptive on a linguistic level,’ explains Tobias Dreilich, managing director of Kids Concept. ‘We take our ideas from children and turn them into offers for parents, in the children’s interest. That’s why in future we will also offer multilingual childcare.’ Whether Spanish, Turkish, Italian or French – Kids Concept now promises to specifically include caregivers with multilingual skills in its extensive databases, so that professional caregivers can pass on valuable knowledge to linguistically gifted children, in a playful and child-friendly way that stays with them for life.
