by DHales | Oct 7, 2010 | Education, Italy, Language, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
Buon Giorno, Bambini! by Carolina Gengo Di Domenico I wish I could have learned Italian when I was a little girl growing up in New York City. But in the 1960’s, English was the most important language, and creative education for children was in its...
by DHales | Oct 4, 2010 | Education, Italy, Language, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
L’italiano per i ragazziItalian for Children “Mi chiamo Abigail,” the blonde, pig-tailed girl at the Girotondo Italian Academy in San Rafael, Ca., replies when asked her name. Holding up four fingers, she announces “quattro” as her age. When I compliment her...