Websites Worth Visiting

Websites on the World Wide Web for families interested in language, culture and more!

turtles in ties

Bees Buzz & Lions Roar/Las abejas zumban y los leones rugen” is a wonderful product that engages young children (2 to 5 years old) with animated shorts and animated text stories about animals while helping them develop pre-reading skills and exposing them to Spanish if they are in an English speaking household or English if they are in a Spanish speaking household. The animated poems, animated text stories and animated alphabet run for 30 minutes in each language. We think your readers will be interested in this product. Many parents appreciate that exposure to a second language benefits cognitive development and Spanish is the language of choice for most families.
Website: www.turtlesinties.com

bilingual families perth

This sister organization to the Bilingual/Bicultural Family Network has come out with a fabulous CD to help families raising bilingual children! Their Aussie Plus CD is available via their website. The CD is focusing on a parents’ perspective and the experiences with very young, preschool and primary school children. The hard copy audio CD also includes three interviews conducted in 2004 by SBS Radio. These will be made available online soon. The participants speak Mandarin, Spanish, Italian, Farsi, Maltese, Gujarati, French and German. Enjoy!
Website: www.bilingualfamilies.net/aussieplus.html

anacleta’s spanish and world language and culture resources

Señora S.’s site is a comprehensive source of materials, activities, and ideas about the Spanish language and its many cultures, as well as other world language and cultures, especially for children under ten and their parents and FLES, dual language, immersion, and bilingual teachers. She has also gathered many sites useful for teachers in the fields of FLES (Foreign Language in the Elementary School), world language, dual language, immersion and bilingual instruction. And teachers shouldn’t miss a separate special section titled “teacher pointers” which are tips gleaned from her personal classroom experience.
Website: www.anacleta.com

help me read

There is an essential need for bilingual and multilingual families to read to their children as much as possible. Reading and talking are essential for passing on vocabulary and for providing a basis for discussing topics which otherwise may not come up in conversation. Help Me Read is a website devoted to helping children improve their reading and writing skills. This is a resource for families, tutors, teachers and community members who want to be involved in family literacy. Help Me Read is sponsored by the Family Literacy Coalition of Puget Sound. Check out their “For Parents” link for support, information, research and advice!
Website: helpmeread.org

bilingualbabies.org

What could be better than a forum for parents raising bilingual and multilingual children in YOUR language - Greek, French, German, Dutch...? Bilingualbabies.org offers not only these fabulous forums, it also includes articles, columns, support and much, much more! The categories are easy to locate and include valuable topics such as “A Parent’s Guide”, “Language Development”, “Culture Issues” and even recipes and traveling with children. Head on over - we are sure there is something there that will pique your interest!
Website: bilingualbabies.org

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