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APRIL’S READING HOLIDAYS ARE PERFECT FOR DIVERSE CHILDREN’S BOOKS

April is a great month for book lovers! Not only do we have Drop Everything And Read (D.E.A.R.) Day, there’s also National Library Week and a whole host of reading-related holidays that celebrate books, poems and libraries.   Children’s Book Day April 2nd of each year, the birthday of Hans Christian Andersen, is also Children’s Book Day. It’s a holiday that celebrates children’s book authors, promotes the importance of early literacy, and is a great chance to share your favorite book with the young readers............. CONTINUE READING
At Home, Classroom, Holidays, Lesson Plans,

CHINESE NEW YEAR – A MULTICULTURAL HOLIDAY

Chinese New Year begins on Tuesday, February 5, 2019. It’s a special time to honor ancestors and renew family bonds with traditional rituals and feasts. Also known as Spring Festival, for those who celebrate it, it’s one of the most important social and economic holidays of the year.   CHINESE NEW YEAR Chinese New Year is tied to the Chinese lunar calendar. The celebration begins on the night of a new moon, and culminates with the Lantern Festival, when families gather in the streets............. CONTINUE READING
Holidays, Multicultural,

MULTICULTURAL CHILDREN’S BOOKS #READYOURWORLD

Language Lizard is a proud sponsor of Multicultural Children’s Book Day on January 25, 2019. Children’s books that showcase diverse, multicultural characters have long been underrepresented on the shelves of libraries and bookstores. Here’s why the next time you’re book shopping, you’ll want to make multicultural children’s books a top priority.   We Need More Multicultural Children’s Books Of the 3,700 children’s books reviewed by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center in 2017, only............. CONTINUE READING
At Home, Community Support,

#COUNTALLKIDS – WHY THE UPCOMING CENSUS MATTERS

The 2020 US Census has been a hot topic in the news* because of a controversial citizenship question. The #CountAllKids campaign wants you to know why it’s absolutely essential that our nation’s children are counted.   Our Constitution mandates that the government will count its population once every decade, and our next Census will happen in 2020. Because of a controversial citizenship question announced by the US Census Bureau in March............. CONTINUE READING
Holidays, Multicultural, Schools,

CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD

guest post by Edmond Gubbins Teaching in a small, rural, primary school rooted in the Catholic ethos in Ireland, Christmas is a central tradition celebrated by the students. Each year in December, the children perform a Christmas pageant, attended by their families and fellow schoolmates. However, my colleagues and I decided that, this year, we would divert from telling the traditional story of the birth of Jesus Christ and the Nativity and move instead toward teaching a more inclusive............. CONTINUE READING
Community Support, Dual Language, ELLs / DLLs, Language Lizard Announcements,

CHARITABLE PROGRAM PROVIDES BILINGUAL BOOKS IN SPANISH, ARABIC AND KURDISH TO LANGUAGE LEARNERS

Language Lizard and our colleagues at Mantra Lingua UK were honored to support a recent charity initiative of eClinicalWorks, to provide literacy materials to thousands of dual language families in Tennessee. eClinicalWorks, a leading healthcare technology solutions company, assembled book kits for children in the Metro Nashville Public Schools.  Spanish, Arabic and Kurdish speaking families received two of our most popular bilingual books in English and their home language: The Little Red Hen and............. CONTINUE READING
At Home, Families, Holidays, Multicultural,

UNIQUE MULTICULTURAL GIFTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS

Celebrate diversity and show your support for bilingualism with these fun and unique gifts! Perfect for bilingual students and teachers in diverse classrooms. Discounts on ALL Bilingual Book Sets – Available in 40+ languages! We hand-selected our most popular titles for bilingual book sets to save you time and money. All books include English and one other language of your choice. Tailored to meet the language needs of teachers and librarians, they make ordering............. CONTINUE READING
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