Every year, about a month before Ramadan, I sit down and make a list of activities that I would like to do with my kids. It gets a little overwhelming …
"reading"
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This month, we interviewed Liza and her family living in Norway about the challenges and successes they encounter in raising their multilingual children in Greek, Norwegian and English!
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I’ll admit, raising a bilingual child is often a difficult task, but with the right tools and resources it is possible to make language learning fun and a little bit easier. Every…
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I am sharing with you today, why parents should teach their children about salah and how to encourage them to pray. A free downloadable lesson plan is available at the end of the post to help you get started.
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I am sure you have heard of “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, what do you see” a children’s book classic, written and illustrated by Bill Martin Jr and Eric Carle, making it a perfect read-aloud for young readers on World Book Day! It is even great for young bilingual readers and learners as it reviews vocabulary words and colors. This book has probably even been translated into your target language. In this post, I am going to share a few hands-on activities that your kids can do as you read them the book or after they have read it to you!
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I have been writing a lot about books, reading and how to start a home library that I am sure you’ve asked our self how many books we have in…
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Earlier this month, I shared some tips on how to start a book collection at home and today I am going to share some popular book lists from other multilingual organized by language.
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Multilingual Family Interview for January 2019
This month, we interviewed Khadijah (@thekidspart) and her trilingual (English, Arabic, and Sindhi) family who live in Ireland.
Khadijah who has a unique background, is half English/Irish/ Singaporean and her husband is Pakistani. They have three kids that they are currently homeschooling.
One of their language challenges is the lack of reading materials available in Sindhi but a success is her son being able to read Arabic books from a young age. -
I’ll admit, raising a bilingual child is often a difficult task, but with the right tools and resources it is possible to make language learning fun and a little bit easier. Here are 5 ways to start using today!
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Starting a book collection or home library in the minority language does not have to be difficult task. Some people may say it is expensive to purchase books but with…