Posted: Mon Sep 2, 2019 12:41am
Hello:
I am Spanish with a son (13 years) and daughter (11 years). Since they are in the school I dont know how many children arrived knowing nothing about Spanish (an error because teacher could spend some time in their country to help about with some private teacher). Anyway, every children learned very quickly Spanish.
My recommendations: put them in a Spanish school, contract an Spanish teacher for a little while but the most important, dont contract English TV for a while, force them to see Spanish channels, also Youtube videos, etc. I know a lot of English people that live here for 15 years and they can not comunicate good with the doctors, children's teachers, waiters. It is little hard in the begining but Spanish will open them, and you, to a bigger world.
Of course you will speak with them in English and they will see TV on English in the future but push them a little.
Regards