"Translanguaging in ECE, a project designed to create safe environments where children can feel proud of their identity, express their ideas in multilingual and multimodal ways while making meaning of their world.”
Resources
Multicultural celebrations, events and more...
International Mother Language Day - Explore ways to celebrate and honor heritage languages.
Holi, Festival of Colors - Learn how family and friends from India gather together to celebrate!
Nowruz - Explore how the Persian New Year is celebrated every year with the arrival of spring.
Easter - Everything you need to know about how is Easter celebrated around the world!
Mother's Day- Do you know how to say mom in multiple languages? Check this link!
Diwali - Get to know more about India's biggest and most popular celebration.
Printables
- Questionnaire to know more about your students' languages and cultural background: Click here for PDF.
- Montessori Bilingual Assessment: Click here for PDF.
Other resources to support multilingual children
MULTILINGUAL BOOKS:
Books in English or Spanish, but narrated in multiple languages. Best of all, they are illustrated with real-life images!
UNITED STATES
It provides several stories written and read in several languages.
CANADA
It provides the same book written in different languages but without audio.
UK
Books in English read by celebrities.
https://childrensbooksforever.com/index.html
Books are written in several languages, but no audio.
http://multilingualbooks.com/bilingual-all.html
Tons of great books but you have to pay for them.
Translanguaging books for an extra cost.
Personalized books for kids in 2 different languages!
https://timtimtom.com/free-book-readings-in-many-languages-perfect-for-bilingual-kids/
Free Books Read Aloud in several languages. (It links you to youtube videos)
MULTILINGUAL SONGS:
https://multiculturalkidblogs.com/2018/07/23/world-music-for-kids-multilingual/
World Music for Kids: A Multilingual Round-Up of Song Lists
RESEARCH PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES:
https://www.cuny-nysieb.org/translanguaging-resources/
A site created by researchers, such as Ofelia Garcia, from CUNY (The City University of New York).
Little Sponges: project born in the United States to support emergent multilingual children. Check their amazing resources to promote translanguaging.
Previous Research
During the last decade research in regards to the pluralistic approaches and translanguaging has been increasing. For a full list of references feeding this web site please go to the section of :