10/15/2026
Many languages. One community. 💛
A multilingual childhood is about more than learning extra words. It is about having more ways to connect.
A friend to play with. A grandparent’s story to understand. Another way to explain an idea when someone does not quite understand the first time. 🌍
At Legacy European Academy, we value a community where children can participate and families feel their home language is welcome.
And there is meaningful research behind this approach:
💬 Learning to consider the person listening.
A study published in Psychological Science found that children with multilingual exposure were better at using a speaker’s perspective to understand a request. This included children who mainly spoke English but regularly heard another language. The finding concerned a specific communication task, not a promise of higher intelligence.
📚 Seeing everything a child knows.
Research in the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research showed why looking at only one language can miss part of a bilingual toddler’s vocabulary. Words learned at home and words used elsewhere can belong to the same growing language repertoire.
🤍 Making room for natural language mixing.
Family guidance shared by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association describes mixing languages as an expected part of multilingual development. A 2025 study in Behavioral Sciences also found little association between parents’ language mixing and their young children’s vocabulary size overall.
For us, these ideas come to life through shared play, stories, questions and everyday conversations. Children need meaningful opportunities to hear and use language, with people who are ready to listen. 🌱
More ways to communicate. More connections to family. A place for every voice.
What word, song or family expression would you love your child to carry with them? ✨
We’re welcoming new families! Call to ask about enrollment, current availability and arrange a visit.
📍 Legacy European Academy
801 S Trade Street
Matthews, NC 28105
📞 +1 (980) 808-9505