Plaza Familia

I first came across  Plaza Familia's online magazine about a year ago and found it to be a wonderful bilingual, English/Spanish publication on parenting.  They no longer have the online magazine but instead have developed a simple to navigate blog. This great site, with a contributing writting staff of well known bloggers of the American-Latino blogersphere, provides parenting and educational tips at every step of a childs stage.  I highly recommend Plaza Famila.

Hace un año que llegué a través a la revista Plaza Familia y me pareció que era una maravillosa publicación bilingüe en inglés/español sobre crianza de los hijos.  Ya no tienen la revista en línea pero en lugar, han desarrollado un sencillo de navegar blog.  Los escritores contribuantes de esta gran página web, sonos conocidos del blogersphere América-Latina, y ofrece informacion sobre la crianza y consejos educativos en cada etapa del niño.  Creo que Plaza Famila es un buen lugar y lo recomiendo.

Spanish Language Infused Picture Books

The following is a link to a Shelfari group site that I created a few years ago that lists Spanish Language Infused Picture Books.  Many of these books are available at your library and if not, can be borrowed from a library that has them.  They are a wonderful resource for introducing Spanish terminology to children interested in the language or for bilingual (Spanish/English) children who will delight in seeing their language scattered throughout the stories.

 

Dual Language Immersion

Great Schools, a wonderful resource for parents with school aged children, posted the following video for parents who are considering dual language immersion schools for their kids.

TumbleBooks

TumbleBooks is an excellent Children's eBook site offering picture books and chapter books for early readers up until the 5th grade. This program is available for FREE if your Public Library subscribes to it.  There are books available in Spanish, French, Chinese, Russian.  They even offer Bilingual books.  It's a great resource for developing strong literacy skills that will help your child in school and beyond!

The following is a tour of what TumbleBooks offers and how to navigate the site. 

   

Go to your Public Library's website or call to see if they subscribe to TumbleBooks! 

For Suffolk County residents in N.Y., click here for a listing of all the Suffolk County Libraries, select your library and search in the Children's section of their site.

Education Week - Learning The Language Blog

Education Week features a blog entitled "Learning the Language".  It covers issues, ideas and best practices pertaining to children who are English Language Learners.  A good resource of ESL educators as well as keeping parents informed.

Another link offered through Education Week is "English-Language Learners", provides current news which pertains to ELL education throughout the country.

Multilingual Living

"Multilingual Living is a place where parents raising children in more than one language and culture can find inspiration, tools, advice, wisdom and support!  It is about living multilingually, in each and every way possible."

InCulture Parent

"InCultureParent is an online magazine for parents raising little global citizens. Centered around culture, tradition and language, we feature articles on parenting around the world and raising multicultural and multilingual (also bicultural and bilingual) children. We also spotlight different global holidays together with craft ideas for kids and recipes. We review good books for kids that have a multicultural theme or feature different cultures"