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Things that worked: Full English immersion - we spoke only English and they learned very quickly. I also used flashcards and phonics strategies. STRUCTURE! We had a routine that we stuck to hard core for the first 3 months, loosened a bit for the next three - but still to this day have the skeleton.
What didn't work: We did not do attachment parenting long enough. My kiddos manipulative skills worked on ME the most. I believed they were adjusted and folks kept telling me how adjusted they were and well...you want to believe it. I shouldn't have. Learn attachment parenting techniques and use them from day one.
It is great if you can cocoon - but that was not a possibility for us. They went to school after a few weeks home and we had to keep living our lives as we had another child in the home. Would I change that now? No, because it was helping me keep my sanity as well...however, had I kept up with attachment parenting for LONGER (more than the 6 months I did it)...I don't think our get out and go lifestyle would be a blame factor in this mess we have now.
ETA: Be an advocate for yourself...that is hard. If you know something is wrong - don't question yourself!
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