Becky Shares Her Secrets!
Let me introduce myself: My name is Becky Dolan. I am American and, sadly, not bilingual. However, I have always had a love of languages and learning. It had been my lifelong goal to become a teacher, and I proudly taught first grade until I became a mother of two wonderful kids. Now I really teach full time!
In an effort to raise my own children bilingually I had a hard time finding toys that would help with that goal. Out of frustration, I created MagellansToyShop.com, a place where families can find quality educational products to teach children about languages and cultures from around the world.
It is really an honor that the Bilingual/Bicultural Family Network has asked me to contribute to their monthly newsletter by sharing books, toys and more that I think would be of interest to you as a bilingual or bicultural family. This first month I am going to introduce you to some of my favorites. Each one touches on multiple languages or cultures and can be found at my store, other specialty toy stores or online.
Read Becky's MONTHLY recommendations:
March
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BBFN Columnists |
• Multicultural Melange - Alice grew up in a bilingual/bicultural Korean-Austrian family. In this month's column, Alice shares her thoughts on raising her child trilingually.
• The Single Language Spouse - Get to know Colleen, the "single language spouse". She is married to a Russian and in this month's column shares her thoughts on raising a child bilingually when you don't speak the "other" language.
• Eurapsody - Meet Clo, an Italian native currently based in France with her Belgian partner and raising a quadrilingual child. In this month's column she helps us with finding a name for our future multilingual child.
• One Family One Language - Lilian and her husband live in the US but both are originally from Brazil. In her column, Lilian will share with us the joys and struggles of raising two boys bilingually with the minority-language-at-home approach.
• Between Grandparent and Grandchild - Corey's mother's tough questions contributed to this group actually coming into being! In this column she introduces herself to you through her experience of becoming a mother and the hopes for global understanding that came with it. |
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Stay Informed |
• News Around the World - Check out articles, essays and opinions about language, culture and identity around the world.
• Ages & Stages - Want to know if your child is just going through a stage or maybe prepare for the next step in your child's life?
• Tips & Advice - Check out "My Kid Speaks Better Than Yours!" and questions answered by Harriet.
• Once A Day! - Rev up your grey cells with today's tip, word, quote, wisdom, Did You Know? and activity!
• Humor & Fun - Read "Oh No, My Chil Caught Bilingualism!", test your American English vowel knowledge and learn how to bark like a dog in different languges. |
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Spotlights & Info |
• Marketplace Spotlights - check out this month's book review, Sponge School and Magellan's Toy Shop.
• Website Spotlights - Have you heard of "Talkin About Talk" and read Maya Lin's essay on being bicultural.
• What's New at BBFN? - Ask Harriet, Interviews with people of influence, share postcards with other bilingual/bicultural families, and check out Corey's blog.
• Look Who's Talking - Harriet's presentation is coming up at the end of March and Corey will offer a seminar at the end of April.
• Mailbag- Carol in Spain shares her thoughts about our February newsletter and contrasts our American Between Worlds essay with her experiences in Spain. |
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