As a former TEFL teacher, Cambridge and IELTS examiner with over 20 years of experience, as well as knowing a few bilingual families abroad, this is spot-on advice!

Kids are like little sponges when it comes to sound mimicry, they'll mimic everything from your multilingual tongue-twisters to your accidental slip-ups in traffic.

It’s wild how early this window opens and how fast it closes.

But here's the kicker: what you're saying is as much about building their language "muscle memory" as it is about planting the seeds for confidence.

Imagine them nailing those tricky tonal shifts or rolled R's before they even know what stage fright feels like. That's gold.

Thanks for sharing this Chingmay, it’s a reminder that starting early isn’t just about language, it’s about giving kids tools for life.