To teach bi-lingualism to infants and small children, concentrate on
having one person speak a single,seperate language to the child during
each interaction.  For example, sugest to mom that she speak only in
English to the baby and dad (or whoever)can speak only in Danish to the
baby.

This way, the baby can depend on some sort of consistency with each
parent.  I have read that some babies who are exposed to this sort of
bilingualism in their families will ocassionally have delayed speech,
but when the child does speak, he will speak fluently in both or all the
languages taught to him.

Our kids have been exposed to English, Spanish, German, Keres (Acoma
Pueblo Native American Language) and American Sign Language (ASL) and
while they are not fluent, the know bits and phrases in each language.

Good luck to this gifted family!

Heidi S. Roibal Child Development Specialist
Albuquerque, NM

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