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As I now offer a wide range of resources designed to support parents on a bilingual or multilingual journey with their children, I thought it might be helpful to finally bring them together in a single, handy post. Most of these resources are completely free.
This page may be worth bookmarking and sharing, and as the number of resources continues to grow or change, I'll make a point of updating this information.

Bilingual Monkeys FREE
All this began with the Bilingual Monkeys blog in the fall of 2012, when I started to share my longtime experience as a teacher and parent of bilingual and multilingual children.

This blog has grown to become one of the most popular sites in the field of child bilingualism, with a wealth of content that includes (as of December 23, 2019) 434 posts, 28 pages, and 3,407 comments.

Among these pages are "resource pages" that provide lists of posts, grouped by theme, to make the large amount of content at this site more accessible. The main resource pages, which I try to update from time to time, are: New Parents; The Essentials; Creative Ideas; Deeper Inspiration; Great Resources; and .

And don't miss the many wise guest posts from experienced parents and experts in the field.

Bilingual Monkeys Newsletter FREE
I also offer a free newsletter, via email, which is not only the best way to keep up with my work, it can also serve as a regular source of encouragement for advancing your bilingual or multilingual goal.Subscribe to my newsletter.

The Bilingual Zoo FREE
I opened this forum in the summer of 2014 after the growing audience at Bilingual Monkeys began making requests for a way to interact more easily with one another. At this point, it's become such a lively worldwide community that it's hard for me to keep up with all the posts!

Currently (as of December 23, 2019), there are 1,112 registered members and many more visitors, and a total of 1,114 threads and 11,545 posts. To join our friendly community, see this page of information on how to become a member.

Some of the most popular boards include Introduce Yourself; Questions & Concerns; Strategies, Ideas, & Resources; Take a Challenge; and Track Your Progress.

At this site you'll also find my fun gallery of bilingual memes, which often appear first at my Facebook page.

Bilingual Monkeys TV FREE
My growing YouTube channel, which offers a variety of fun and useful videos. You might start with the series50 Tips for Raising Bilingual Children or check out the comical interviews of , , and my daughter.

My children and I even made a short film together called Purple Monster in the Woods.

Bilingual Adventures
This publishing imprint produces engaging nonfiction and fiction for language-loving families. These books help to sustain the many free resources I offer and your support, through your purchases and reviews, is always deeply appreciated.

The first nonfiction book, released in April 2016, is Maximize Your Child's Bilingual Ability: Ideas and inspiration for even greater success and joy raising bilingual kids. This empowering guidebook to the bilingual journey has been praised worldwide by both parents and experts in the field. Learn more about the book, read reviews, and find out how to get a copy.

The second nonfiction book, released in August 2019, is I WANT TO BE BILINGUAL! Narrated by a lively baby, this delightful "picture book for adults" emphasizes the most important information parents need for realizing joyful success on a bilingual or multilingual journey. Learn more about the book and find out how to get a copy.

The first fiction title, released in January 2018, is How I Lost My Ear. An award-winning, action-packed adventure for all ages, this laugh-out-loud novel was written by Adam Beck and illustrated by Simon Farrow. Learn more about the book, see illustrations, and find out how to get a copy.

Instant Inspiration for Parents Raising Bilingual Kids FREE
Initially released in 2014, my popular e-book Instant Inspiration for Parents Raising Bilingual Kids can now be downloaded freely (or for a modest donation to help support my work, the choice is yours). This PDF resource features quotes that I gathered over a period of 15 years and then carefully selected with parents of bilingual/multilingual children in mind. The result is a "power pack" of wisdom that runs over 17,000 words and includes 636 motivating quotes. Learn more about it and download the file.

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You'll also find me on social media, at Facebook and Twitter. If you're not already following the pages below, please do!
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For this post, I simply wanted to sum up the resources that are currently available for my work. When it comes to raising bilingual children, there are certainly many other helpful resources, too, and I regularly share such resources at Bilingual Monkeys, The Bilingual Zoo, and via social media. Please feel free to add a comment below with links to other resources you recommend!

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Raising Bilingual or Multilingual Kids? Don't Miss These Helpful Resources!

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As I now offer a wide range of resources designed to support parents on a bilingual or multilingual journey with their children, I thought it might be helpful to finally bring them together in a single, handy post. Most of these resources are completely free. This page may be worth bookmarking and s...

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Language Lizard Free Resources

These free lesson plans will help teachers (and parents) expose children to foreign languages and cultures.

The Language Lizard BLOG offers a large numbers of articles related to language learning, bilingualism, bringing multiculturalism to the classroom, celebrating international holidays, and much more. See the Articles List below or browse the BLOG to find lots of helpful information!

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ARTICLES LIST

Below is a partial list of articles that are on our or have appeared in our newsletter. We hope these articles will help you raise and educate language learners and promote cultural awareness. The articles are grouped into the following categories below: Bilingual Books and Resources; Bilingualism / Dual Language Children; Partnering with Parents / Strategies for Bilingual Families; Libraries / Story Times; Holidays / Celebrations; and More Articles.

Use the search tool on our BLOG to find many more articles. And if you have ideas for new articles that you'd like to see, let us know!

10 Ways to Use Bilingual Books with Children
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Top Ten Games to Play with Bilingual Children's Books
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From Hiccups to Tuk-Tuks: Our Selection of Culturally Appropriate Bilingual Children's Books (Click here for pdf version)

Using Multicultural Resources to Support Language Learners and Enhance Diversity in the Classroom (Click here for pdf version)

Grants and Funding for Bilingual Classrooms (Click here for pdf version) No Kidding! Bilingual Books Help Prepare Dual Language Learners for Kindergarten, says New CECER-DLL Report (Click here for pdf version)

A Child's Place in the World - PART I: Using dual language books as a tool for teaching social studies in elementary school

A Child's Place in the World - PART II: Using dual language books to initiate social studies learning at home and at school

Think Back to School, Think Bilingual Books

Promoting Language and Cultural Diversity with Dual Language Books

World Folktales and Fables: Effective Teaching Tools to Educate and Entertain Children The Best of Both Worlds
Reading Under the Trees

Top Bilingual Books for Summertime Reading

BILINGUALISM / DUAL-LANGUAGE CHILDREN:

Time to Celebrate your Dual Language Learners!

Building Baby Brains with Two Languages

How to help students survive culture shock

Twelve Common Myths And Misconceptions About Bilingual Children

What is Bilingualism Worth

Promoting Cultural Awareness in the Classroom

PARTNERING WITH PARENTS / STRATEGIES FOR BILINGUAL FAMILIES

Partnering with Families Equals Success

Parents Partnering With Teachers to Bring Up Multilingual Children

Supporting Bilingualism: 4 Reasons Parents Should Speak Heritage Languages at Home

Expand a Child's World: Involving bilingual families and English language learners in the classroom and at home.

5 Ideas to Incorporate Language and Cultural Learning Into Your Family's Plans This Summer

LIBRARIES / STORY TIMES The Multicultural Library: How Librarians are Responding to the Needs of Ethnically Diverse Communities Bilingual Story Time at Your School Library

International Education Week - An International Celebration in and out of the Classroom

10 Tips on Celebrating Cultural Diversity in the Classroom this Winter Season

- Language Profiles
- Fun explanations about international folktale characters including: The Monkey King, Anansi, Curupira, Finn McCool, Mamy Wata, Nasredin Hodja and Baba Yaga
- Book Reviews

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR PARENTS & TEACHERS

Below are some sites, books and organizations that support parents interested in language learning and introducing their children to other cultures and traditions.

MultilingualLiving.com www.MultilingualLiving.com is a great place to find information about raising children in more than one language and culture. You can post comments and find inspiration and encouragement from other families raising bilingual/multicultural children.

Bilingual Monkeys The Bilingual Zoo
Bilingual Kidspot
Bilingual Kidspot is an informative blog offering practical advice for parents seeking to raise bilingual or multilingual children. Created by an educator, and mother, it is a place offering inspiration, tools, and support; with strategies based on experience as a parent, and as a teacher of foreign language to children.

Jolly Baby Club
Jolly Baby Club is a new YouTube channel offering fun videos of children's songs from all around the world. Currently all videos are in English, but they are planning to upload videos in German, Spanish, Portuguese and other languages as well. Great to engage young children during a long car or plane trip!

The Bilngual Zoo is a forum for parents and teachers of bilingual (and multilingual) children. Here you will find ideas and inspiration for even greater success and joy raising bilingual kids (without going bananas).

Bilingual Monkeys provides ideas and inspiration on raising blilingual kids, information on bilingualism in children, and resources to promote bilingual development.

National Network for Early Language Learning (www.nnell.org)

The Center for Applied Linguistics (www.cal.org) CAL also runs the CAL also runs the web site for foreign language learning in Grades pre-K to 8 at http://www.cal.org/earlylang/index.html.

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (www.actfl.org)

The National Association for Bilingual Education (www.nabe.org)

Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (www.tesol.org)
ESL / DUAL-LANGUAGE RESOURCES www.LanguageCastle.comprovides teaching tips and techniques as well as great resources for preschool teachers working with English Language Learners and teaching in diverse classrooms. www.AnaLomba.com is an award-winning author, leading language educator, and a tireless advocate of early language learning. Her blog provides valuable information on early language learning, and she offers consulting and feedback on curriculum as well as teacher training. www.eslteachersboard.com is a great resource for ESL teachers, providing free teaching materials, jobs and resumes.

EverythingESL ( www.EverythingESL.net): Run by ESL teacher, author and speaker Judie Haynes, this site includes lesson plans, teaching tips and more.

iTeachBilinguals.com is a site that aims to support teachers of bilingual students with resources they can use in their classrooms.

Learn English ( www.learnenglishguide.com): A site with information about learning and speaking English.

"I Teach Dual Language" blog ( www.iteachduallanguage.blogspot.com). Managed by a former district elementary Bilingual Facilitator, this blog provides teachers in dual-language classrooms information and inspiration to help them succeed.

ESL Teacher Resources compiled by Perdue University's Online Writing Lab can be found at https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/586/1/

Many Languages, One Classroom: Teaching Dual and English Language Learners
Even the most experienced teacher can feel a bit unsure about meeting the unique needs of children from different language backgrounds. In Many Languages, One Classroom, education specialist Karen Nemeth applies the latest information about best practices to all aspects of a preschool program. From using lists of key words and visual aids to using body language and gestures, the strategies you will find in this book are adaptable and easy to put into practice. Designed to fit any preschool curriculum, Many Languages, One Classroom addresses state standards and benchmarks of standard quality programming. To purchase this book through Amazon.com, click here.

Spanish for Preschoolers E-Guide
This is a great guide to help teachers who want to start their own language program or enhance their current one. Written by NNELL-NJ Representative Ana Lomba, this guide provides an overview of current language learning theories and methodologies in their application to young children; an introduction to Ana's methodology focused on learning naturally using everyday phrases, games, songs, fairy tales and other stories; as well as explanations of program curriculum, day-to-day classes and sample activities. You can learn more about and purchase this e-guide at http://www.analomba.com.

Languages and Children: Making the Match, Third Edition
With a focus on communicative language teaching as it reflects cognitive and second language acquisition theory, this classic in the field provides a wealth of strategies and activities ready to use in the K-8 classroom. Languages and Children: Making the Match, Third Edition, has been thoroughly revised and updated. Standards-based planning and instruction are the guiding principles throughout the book. This long-awaited third edition provides extensive new information that is not easily accessible to the field. Publishing this information in one source provides a tremendous service to methods instructors and teachers, as well as to students. To purchase this book through Amazon.com, click here.

Maximize Your Child's Bilingual Ability: Ideas and inspiration for even great success and joy raising bilingual kids
This book provides a roadmap to greater success and joy raising bilingual kids in this practical and comprehensive guide for parents and teachers. A longtime practitioner of bilingual development in children, author Adam Beck shares the best of his personal experience as an educator and parent, offering a wealth of actionable advice for parents. This book is available at Amazon.com.

Teach Your Child Spanish Through Play
This book is a valuable resource for parents, home educators and teachers. It includes tips for parents who don't already speak Spanish, creative games and activities that cater to each learning style. Also contains a guide to teaching culture, ideas for building and maintaining bilingual communities and a useful resource directory. To purchase this book through Amazon.com, click here.

OTHER LANGUAGE / CULTURE RESOURCES

Creative Bridges for Language Learning Institute : For teachers who want to soak up language, music and culture in person, Creative Bridges for Language Learning Institute has received much praise about its summer immersion program in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The program offers a unique, fun-filled hands-on/theory immersion program for Spanish, Bilingual and ESL educators. To find out more about this program, visit www.SpanishImmersionArgentina.org or contact founder Liliana Attar at CreativeBridgesInstitute@Yahoo.com.

Spanish for Families: Based in Granada, Spain, Spanish for Families offers active language programs designed for families with children that combine culture and nature tourism and have a focus on intercultural discovery.

Blog to encourage parents to read in Portuguese with their children: ICSportugues.blogspot.com

Learn German Learn German guide, all about how to learn German and how to speak German.

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Bilingual Children's Products in Over 50 Languages

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Language Lizard Free Resources These free lesson plans will help teachers (and parents) expose children to foreign languages and cultures. The Language Lizard BLOG offers a large numbers of articles related to language learning, bilingualism, bringing multiculturalism to the classroom, celebrating international holidays, and much more.

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This website/app offers online language courses for English, as well as many other languages. It focuses on reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills. Learners can learn the foundation of a language, as well as learn new vocabulary.

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Students can use this website at home to learn both English, and their L1. This will motivate the child to use their L1 at home, and will assist parents who might not know how to teach their children both languages. The integration of this resource will allow students and their families to feel more connected to their heritage. Students can learn their L1, while learning English. Their parents can also use this resource to develop their English skills as well.

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This website provides an ample amount of rich resources for parents who want to raise their kids as bilingual. It has a variety of tools and resources, including: books, activities, forums, blogs, videos, etc.

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This website is for families and educators who have students being raised in multicultural environments. There is a large selection of bilingual learning materials, such as: lesson plans, activities, and other resources.

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This website will encourage families to look into all the helpful resources of why it's good to engage their kids in their L1 from a young. There are weekly magazines that outline how parents can support their children at home, when learning two or more languages.

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As this website promotes multiculturalism, students and their families can celebrate their identities and use it as a way to talk about their backgrounds and cultural experiences. This is a great way for parents to talk to their children about their culture and encourage them to learn their first language. Educators can also use this website as a way to introduce multicultural lesson plans into the classroom. This acts a way to promote cultures and create an inclusive classroom setting.

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Parental involvement in their child's learning

Easily accessible websites at home

Easy activities, videos, and tutorials to follow along to (also includes user-friendly audio and help for ELL parents)

Great way for parents to learn English as well

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Supports their English learning, as well as their L1 learning

fun games, activities, spelling, vocabulary, etc. for students to learn language

Can use these resources at school, as well as at home

Provides additional support for students to learn English and their L1 from a young age, which will help them become more adaptive and bilingual

Promotes student identity as there are various cultural and traditional resources which helps student feel a sense of belonging

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Supports duo- learning opportunities

Builds confidence

Develops oral skills

Develops reading skills

Develops listening skills

Develops writing skills

Encourages students to participate in conversation/dialogue

Creates inclusive classes

Promotes student identity, celebrations, and differences