We are tickled pink because it's almost Idiom Week (January 14-20, 2024), and to celebrate, we are hosting a special giveaway of our Idiom books!.......... CONTINUE READING
December 18, 2023
Idioms
January 9, 2023
It's Idiom Week! Let's have some language learning fun by exploring some popular English color idioms and their origins. .......... CONTINUE READING
January 11, 2022
Idiom Week takes place this year from January 9-15. Language Lizard put together the best ways to teach idioms with multicultural resources........... CONTINUE READING
July 30, 2021
We look at challenges children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) face when learning figurative language. Our Idiom Series offers support for young learners!.......... CONTINUE READING
February 7, 2021
On Friday, January 29th, Language Lizard celebrated Multicultural Children’s Book Day as a Platinum Sponsor. The day was busy with a twitter party, book giveaways, and lots of reviews of multicultural books.
That’s a Wrap!
We are always excited to bring awareness to the need for more multicultural children’s books in classrooms and libraries. This year, participants at the MCBD Twitter Party shared the difficulties they faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. They also spoke about the multicultural and diverse books they............. CONTINUE READING
January 24, 2021
Learn food idioms, animal idioms and more during idiom week!.......... CONTINUE READING
January 13, 2021
This year, Idiom Week is January 24-30. This is a great opportunity for students to have multicultural and language learning fun with idioms. Here are some ways for students to "have a ball" during Idiom Week........... CONTINUE READING
October 19, 2020
Our new Language Lizard Idiom Books come with a variety of FREE activities to share with students and families. Take a look at some of the teaching resources that accompany Language Lizard Idiom Books (available in paperback and eBook)........... CONTINUE READING
October 15, 2020
We are excited to announce a new series of idiom books, available in many languages. With clever multicultural illustrations and bilingual example sentences, Language Lizard Idiom Books explain common idioms in a way that makes them easy to understand.
What is an Idiom?
An idiom is a phrase that says one thing, but means something different. An idiom can be a quick way of saying something complicated. It’s useful for language learners to study idioms because knowing idioms............. CONTINUE READING
A look at idioms, how they transfer across different languages and how language learners can bridge the cultural divide when studying them........... CONTINUE READING