Since Artyom only speaks Russian to the girls at home and me you ask? Well, Ill be honest- it is defnitely NOT 100% and partly because Sofia always tells me, "Mama, you're speaking like Papa again- speak English!" It makes me laugh...So awhile back I tried to get a Russian Prek going since I could not find one in the Salt Lake City Valley and it just did not happen as I could not be home 3x a week to do it. Well we were in luck because our very good friend Veronika (from Russia) wanted to start one too-and our house became the place to be at 11:30 each Saturday. Until we find another spot, get more kids, etc. its a party at the Martushev's.
There are usually about 6-8 kids that come and for now, they are all in one group. Eventually we would like to split the group into beginner and advanced and yours truly will be the beginner group teacher! It will be like my mission all over again trying to learn a language with little kids (who seriously are the best teachers- they say easy words, they dont get frustrated with you, and they just giggle when you make a mistake). Except this time it will be in reverse...Ill try not to giggle though...much.
The girls LOVE it. Sofia has learned and began to be so much more comfortable with speaking and even her friends know that she says words 2 ways. Her bff Holden will "quiz" her alot asking what words are in Russian, and for the most part- she knows them! Both the Red Flame and I love to hear her embrace both cultures she was privledged to be born with and we are so thankful to Veronika for getting this off the ground. She is a natural born teacher and the kids all adore her.
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you need to move to portland and you need to start one here!! why? because, on the off chance that plaksey and i DO have children, we will need all the help that we can get with teaching our kids russian!!
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