Homeschool Adventures with LOM Language Learning
7:00 a.m. Our homeschool day begins. I cook oatmeal while my kids do their morning chores. My seven-year-old son puts away the clean dishes from the dishwasher, and my four-year-old daughter sorts the silverware. We listen to Adventures in Odyssey while we work. There is also Adventures in Odyssey in Spanish, but I found with […]
Free Printable Spanish Valentine’s Day Cards
Valentine’s Day is almost here! To celebrate, we have created these free printable Valentine’s Day cards in Spanish! Keep reading to learn more about these unique Valentines! And don’t forget the download at the end. At Language on Mission, we have fun learning Spanish in the context of God’s love for us. So, these aren’t […]
New Year, New Language Learning Goal
With January comes fresh hope for new year resolutions, which could mean a new language learning goal for your family. As a non-native speaker, I struggle with knowing how to support my family’s language learning at times. Discouragement dances at the edge of my mind. What do you know about Spanish? How can you help […]
What Language Should We Choose to Learn?
With so many beautiful languages in the world, which language should your family choose to learn? What should you consider? Culture? Proximity to native speakers? Opportunity to travel? Food? (Let’s be real. Although food does not equate language, food has been a great cultural bridge and encouragement in my family’s language journey!) My family fell […]
Christmas Gift Guide for Unique Kid Gifts
I get this question every year from the grandparents: “What Christmas gift should we get your kids?” Sometimes I just want to say, “Oh, you know. A couple of sticks and a box.” (Those always seem to be the “toys” that occupy my kids the longest!) However, I know my parents ask because they don’t […]
Learning loss, or summer slide, during school breaks
[Updated March 2023] Dear CBA Community, Summer break is just around the corner. Whoohoo! God has been amazingly good to us this past year. Many of us are dreaming about vacations, BBQ, and a slower pace this summer. Am I right? But the villain of the season is summer slide. Summer slide (or learning loss) […]
How to Make the Most out of an LOM Class
[Updated on January 20, 2023 to change all references from Kids on Mission (KOM) to Language on Mission (LOM). Read more about our name change here!] Whether it was because you want to keep your kids away from the summer language slide or you just recently discovered the superpower of learning a second language, you […]