Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Step 1 Building the Foundation for Your Child's Bilingualism -- What does it mean to be a Bilingual Family? -- What does it mean to be Bilingual? -- 7 Common Myths about Bilingualism -- The Bilingual Advantage -- Step 2 Making it Happen: Defining your Goals -- Decide Which Languages are Important to You and Why -- Identify your Motivations for-and your Reservations about-Bilingualism -- Worksheet 1 Language Questionnaire -- Choose which Language(s) you and your Partner are Going to Speak to your Child -- Set a Start Date -- Determine how Proficient you Hope your Child will be in a Second Language -- Do a Reality Check. Are your Proficiency Goals Realistic for your Family? -- Take into Account that one Language will be Dominant -- Worksheet 2 My Bilingual Goals and Choices -- Step 3 Becoming a Bilingual Coach -- Part One: Taking Charge -- Part Two: Who Speaks which Language When? -- Step 4 Creating your Bilingual Action Plan -- Part One: Maximizing Language Input at Home -- Part Two: Making the most of Community and Family Resources -- Part Three: Finding School Support -- Part Four: How Three Families are Raising Bilingual Children -- Part Five: Create your Own Bilingual Action Plan -- Worksheet 3 What are the Key Components to My Bilingual Action Plan? -- Worksheet 4 Our Family's Weekly Bilingual Schedule -- Step 5 Leaping over Predictable Obstacles -- Predictable Obstacle 1: I'm Not Sure that I'm Speaking to My Child in a Way that will Help him Become Bilingual -- Predictable Obstacle 2: My Child does not want to Speak My Language Anymore-She Only Wants to Speak English -- Predictable Obstacle 3: My Child Keeps Mixing Languages -- Predictable Obstacle 4: I'm Self-Conscious about Speaking My Language to My Child in Public.

Predictable Obstacle 5: Because I'm the One Who Speaks a Second Language, I Feel Like I'm the One doing all the Work to Raise Our Child Bilingual -- Predictable Obstacle 6: My Work Schedule has Become Really Hectic, and there's Little Time for My Child's Bilingualism -- Step 6 The Two Rs: Reading and Writing in Two Languages -- Reading in a Second Language -- The Write Stuff -- Step 7 Adapting to School: The Bilingual Child Goes to School -- Part One: Public Bilingual Education Programs: Where we've been, Where we're at, and Where we're Going -- Part Two: Results May Vary: How to Handle Special Situations that can Affect your Child's Bilingual Academic Progress -- Conclusion -- Bilingual Resource List -- References -- Index.