Multilingual Montessori 27. Diandra Morse from Bilingual Playdate
Diandra Morse is a bilingual mom, licensed clinical social worker and child advocate living in Syracuse, New York with her husband and two bilingual sons. Diandra is Dominican American and was raised in both the Dominican Republic and New York City. You might know Diandra from Instagram as Bilingual Playdate, where she promotes positive language attitudes towards all languages, language variations, accents, dialects and reminds parents that they are the heart of their child’s bilingualism.
In this conversation, Diandra shares her experiences raising two bilingual sons, and what it has been like to watch her husband transition to speaking Spanish to their children as well. She talks about how she decided to use her Instagram platform to focus on advocating for bilingualism by dismantling myths about bilingual children, drawing attention to discriminatory and linguistically oppressive practices, connecting parents to bilingual parenting community supports and providing parents with play-based Spanish learning ideas that they can incorporate in their home to preserve their Spanish heritage language.
Diandra is so insightful and enthusiastic and I definitely left this conversation feeling inspired - I think you will too. I hope you enjoy my conversation with Diandra!
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