How This Bilingual Parent Supports Bilingualism in Early Childhood, with Diandra Morse, LCSW

How do you support a bilingual child? How can you support bilingualism from day one?On this episode of the Learn With Less® podcast, we sat down with Diandra Morse, of Bilingual Playdate and Daring Hearts Counseling. Diandra is a licensed clinical social worker in New York State and a mother of two bilingual children. She supports families exploring bilingual parenting, and shares activities, resources, fun ideas, and methods for raising a bilingual child.We discussed:* Diandra’s professional and personal background that brought her to the work she’s doing today* The values Diandra feels she is instilling when she thinks about why she’s raising her children to be bilingual* What parts of Diandra’s identity are important for her to share with her children through language* How Diandra’s work as a social worker plays a role in her ability to be culturally responsive in supporting families in multiple ways (both in Spanish and English)* What’s working well in Diandra’s own journey of raising bilingual children, and what parts are more challenging* A few of Diandra’s favorite resources for families hoping to share bilingualism or multilingualism with their familiesHelpful Resources to Acknowledge For This Episode:Rebeca Imberg of BiliKids Kayla Diaz of BilinguitosKlaudia Johnson of Laleo TherapyDiandra Morse of Bilingual PlaydateMikaela Martinez of Raising Little GooseLearn With Less® Bundle: get our favorite infant and toddler development resources (and save 70%)! Discover how to support and connect with your tiny human, without having to buy a single toy.Learn With Less® Caregiver & Me Classes in both Spanish and English – a developmentally based family enrichment curriculum for caregiver and infant/toddler learning. Classes available both virtually and in-person.Learn With Less® Stories: Testimonials from educators who’ve provided the Learn With Less® infant/toddler family enrichment curriculum and families who’ve experienced our programming.Connect With Us:Diandra Instagram Ayelet: Facebook / Instagram / PinterestText Transcript for This EpisodeAyelet:  Today I have the pleasure of sitting down with Diandra Morse. Diandra is a licensed clinical social worker in New York State. Her clinical background includes experiences in school advocacy, sexual abuse prevention, healthy relationship building, and supporting bilingual families in Spanish. She is the face behind Bilingual Playdate, which is currently a social media page dedicated to celebrate and encourage bilingualism advocate on behalf of parents for better resources, explore bilingual parenting mental health, and provide intentional target language play ideas that can be easily implemented at home.Bilingual Playdate was born in May 2020 when Diandra was 22 weeks pregnant with a 15 month old toddler at home,