The impact of TV on toddlers

[danniellabella]

Nah she doesn't really know what she's saying at this point. And she won't be getting confused. Think about children in bilingual families they turn out to be pretty bright sparks

I actually think she does know what she's saying because she actually counts objects in spanish, not just saying things for the sake of talking.
I'm certainly not saying I don't think she'll not be smart - on the contrary, I know I'm probably a bit biased but I'm proud of the fact my DD could count to 10 at 13 months old and at 25 months old can count to 5 in spanish, I'm just not sure if she'll start thinking its normal to talk spanish instead of english.

[Rouge]

No no I don't mean she doesn't know it's counting. At that age it's mostly mimicking is what I mean. I don't think she'll get confused. DD did a similar thing where she counted in spanish and italian but sadly she forgot it eventually until she hit school and was learning languages again.

[~clover~]

Dora speaks mostly english, so I don't think you'll have that problem unless you want to follow through with it. I don't think she'll learn counting past 5 or 10 anyway, coz Dora doesn't go that far. & by the time she's in school she'll have forgotten most of it, as my girls have.

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

I think a bit of TV is good for children age 2+. I hate Dora, so it isn't on, but DS adores Thomas (I don't, but can live with it). DS can name different engines, different types of engines, talk about the difference between steam and diesel engines - and makes up stories about them. It's great for him as a base for knowledge and imagination. He recogises numbers and colours from watching Thomas too. I think he may be colour blind, so anything that can help with colours is useful.

I talk in French or Italian (or both, with English thrown in) when cooking, we count and talk in German... DS isn't confused as to the English language. Exposure to languages early is great as it primes the brain to hear sense in other languages when you hear them as adults.