You will need:
Time: 15/20 minutes a day the first month
Patience: 100%
Creativeness: if you follow this list 20%
Note: Do not laugh at your child if he/she does a mistake. Smile and let him/her see your friendliest face. Be careful with the tone of your voice, sometimes at the beginning of the exchange this may cause misunderstandings. Do not shout. There are children that learn fast and there are children that learn slower, don’t compare to your own children, the foreign child is not living a normal situation. The moment to teach your language to your foreign child should be a pleasant moment. Once you teach him/her some vocabulary, try to use it in the following hours, or begin with the vocabulary you will need him/her to learn: i.e.: breakfast, lunch, diner, meals, objects during these actions, etc.
1– Music: You can find here information about how useful music is in learning a foreign language. You can try to find music that has specific vocabulary you want 
him/her to learn.
How to do it: Think about a song in your language, try to find something that you and your foreign child will enjoy… at the beginning it could be one new song every second day. After the first week, you could think about reducing to one every three days. After two months your foreign child should be able to speak your language, so you can continue with this activity or decide to quit! Find the video clip of the song you have in mind… , you can find almost anything in Youtube (www.youtube.com) Watch the video clip with your children (it will be more fun if you can share this moment with all your children) it will not take more than 5 minutes. Then you can f
ind the lyrics also on internet. You can try to find the video clips with the subtitles in your language or a sing-along-video-clip, which will be very helpful. Then you can find the song to download and listen to it all the time, in the car, at home when is time to play or you can find the best time that suits your family routine! You will be amazed how fast the child learns it!
2– Book with images: At Aventuro.org we always recommend that every child travel with a book with images of the first 1000 words. It is important that this book
has the definite article if used in your language. If you don’t have this book you can find thousands of images with description in Internet, you can plan which subjects you will teach to your child each day: rooms in the house, things in each room, objects used at school, clothes, seasons, colors, numbers… Remember that building phrases can be more helpful than just pointing at images.
How to do it: you can share this task with the youngest in the house as they are great teachers if they know how to read or they are learning to do it. Just name the object that you see on the picture so the foreign child can listen to the sound. Repeat it. Then ask him/her to say it, repeat it. Do not be so strict at the beginning with sounds if it is not perfect. It will get better!
3– Small labels on all the objects in the house: Is a good way to start to teach your language, as soon as the child is at home. It will be a good activity if he/she doesn’t know any word of your language.
How to do it: You can go through the house, naming the objects you see and allowing your foreign child to place small labels (post it) on all the items you named… Again, remember that building phrases can be more helpful than just saying single nouns, so after writing several labels you could start adding verbs and adjectives: “door” “leave though the door”. Always encourage your child to repeat at least twice.
4– Mimic and drawing: Remember that almost all the time your foreign child will be learning, sometimes you will not be able to show a picture, then you and your family could try to mimic or draw, specially when you need to teach a verb.
How to do it: just mimic or draw what you want to say! Run! Jump! Play a train 
It will be fun for everyone.
5– Play easy board games: examples
UNO: is easy and you can repeat numbers, colors and encourage all the players (including your foreign child) after throwing a card on the table.
Bingo: Repeat the numbers
SET: game of cards to find sets of 3 similar cards.
Important: remember not to always point to your own child as an example or as a judge. Allow your foreign child to participate in equality.
6– Films with subtitles in your language (avoid subtitles in the child’s native language ) At first, you can choose films that s/he has seen before so it is easier to understand.
7– Cartoons with subtitles in your language (avoid subtitles in the child’s native language )
8– Shared leisure activities such as football, tennis, etc help children relax and reduce anxiety. Learning the rules in a new language broadens the vocabulary.
9– Once your foreign child has a knowledge of the language, you will find in Internet many funny activities for him/her to do under your supervision
Tips: Teaching your language to your foreign child!
