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BILINGUAL STORY WALKS

June 26, 2021

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We investigate the origin of the StoryWalk® and how libraries can take advantage of this immersive idea. Then, we offer bilingual book recommendations!.......... CONTINUE READING

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SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL LEARNING FOR DIVERSE CLASSROOMS: “HAPPY AFTER ALL”

February 20, 2021

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Language Lizard is proud to announce our new bilingual book, Happy After All, which supports social and emotional learning in diverse classrooms! Immigration Through the Eyes of a Child Migration, immigration, refugee: these words are familiar to us all. But how does it feel for a child to leave behind family, friends, and everything loved and familiar that comprise the word home? While immigrant children enjoy the many benefits of their new countries, it’s hard to forget the faces............. CONTINUE READING

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5 IDEAS FOR RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS DAY

February 17, 2021

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We are ready to pay it forward today. It’s time to spread kindness to all your neighbors! What is Random Acts of Kindness Day? On February 17th, people in the United States are given a day to encourage random acts of kindness. It all started in 1995 when a small nonprofit from Colorado, suitably named the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation, organized this celebration. Later in 2004, New Zealand took up the idea to welcome springtime on September............. CONTINUE READING

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ONE-PERSON-ONE-LANGUAGE (OPOL): RAISING BILINGUAL CHILDREN

November 28, 2016

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One of the most popular ways to raise a child bilingually is by using the OPOL approach – One Person, One Language. It seems to be one of the easiest ways for children to distinguish between languages, because they become aware that they should speak a different language with different people. Using our family as an example: I am a native English speaker and my husband is a native Italian speaker. We live in Italy and both speak each other’s language, however............. CONTINUE READING

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10 WAYS TO USE BILINGUAL BOOKS WITH CHILDREN

May 16, 2011

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Research continues to show that support for the home language is an essential element in supporting children’s academic skills. Parents who engage with their children in their home language through discussion, reading books out loud and in everyday activities help children to do better in school, even if the school language is different from the home language. This is in contrast to research many decades ago that encouraged parents to speak the community language at home with their............. CONTINUE READING

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