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do Do I keep my daughter's Russian vocabulary small or not?

My husband is American, and I am Russian. We live in US in an area without a large Russian community. My relatives are in Russia. Our daughter is 9nine months old, and I have been speaking to her in Russian only since she was born.

Of late, I have begun introducing her to the Cyrillic alphabet via alphabet fridge magnets, alphabet cubes, and flash cards. I also have a small collection of Russian books.

My instinctive approach is this: to keep the rotation of Russian words in speech and written form somewhat small so as to foster familiarity with such words. So I am currently rotating reading to her from a small selection of books.

Question: isIs this approach going to help her build connection with a basic vocabulary or should I try to broaden it as much as I can and as soon as I can?

do I keep my daughter's Russian vocabulary small or not?

My husband is American, I am Russian. We live in US in an area without a large Russian community. My relatives are in Russia. Our daughter is 9 months old and I have been speaking to her in Russian only since she was born.

Of late, I have begun introducing her to Cyrillic alphabet via alphabet fridge magnets, alphabet cubes, and flash cards. I also have a small collection of Russian books.

My instinctive approach is this: to keep the rotation of Russian words in speech and written form somewhat small so as to foster familiarity with such words. So I am currently rotating reading to her from a small selection of books.

Question: is this approach going to help her build connection with a basic vocabulary or should I try to broaden it as much as I can and as soon as I can?

Do I keep my daughter's Russian vocabulary small or not?

My husband is American, and I am Russian. We live in US in an area without a large Russian community. My relatives are in Russia. Our daughter is nine months old, and I have been speaking to her in Russian only since she was born.

Of late, I have begun introducing her to the Cyrillic alphabet via alphabet fridge magnets, alphabet cubes, and flash cards. I also have a small collection of Russian books.

My instinctive approach is this: to keep the rotation of Russian words in speech and written form somewhat small so as to foster familiarity with such words. So I am currently rotating reading to her from a small selection of books.

Is this approach going to help her build connection with a basic vocabulary or should I try to broaden it as much as I can and as soon as I can?

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do I keep my daughter's Russian vocabulary small or not?

My husband is American, I am Russian. We live in US in an area without a large Russian community. My relatives are in Russia. Our daughter is 9 months old and I have been speaking to her in Russian only since she was born.

Of late, I have begun introducing her to Cyrillic alphabet via alphabet fridge magnets, alphabet cubes, and flash cards. I also have a small collection of Russian books.

My instinctive approach is this: to keep the rotation of Russian words in speech and written form somewhat small so as to foster familiarity with such words. So I am currently rotating reading to her from a small selection of books.

Question: is this approach going to help her build connection with a basic vocabulary or should I try to broaden it as much as I can and as soon as I can?