This didn't make my daughter 100% bilingual, but she's up there.
We live in a spanish speaking country.
Netflix (where she sees all her cartoons and movies) has always been set in English. She's 7 now and has never asked for it to be switched to Spanish.
Additionally, I read to her almost every day (before bed, sometimes during the day too) and 90% of the books were in English.
It would have been tough if, for some reason, she didn't liked the English books, but since I started before she could even speak I think it came naturally to her.
I used to speak in English with her (and she would reply), but at some point gave up.
Her listening skills and reading skills are amazing (and on par with her Spanish), but her speaking ability is not quite bilingual.
This didn't make my daughter 100% bilingual, but she's up there.
We live in a spanish speaking country. Netflix (where she sees all her cartoons and movies) has always been set in English. She's 7 now and has never asked for it to be switched to Spanish.
Additionally, I read to her almost every day (before bed, sometimes during the day too) and 90% of the books were in English. It would have been tough if, for some reason, she didn't liked the English books, but since I started before she could even speak I think it came naturally to her.
I used to speak in English with her (and she would reply), but at some point gave up.
Her listening skills and reading skills are amazing (and on par with her Spanish), but her speaking ability is not quite bilingual.