Early Childhood Education Resources for Teaching Dual Language Learners
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Many Languages, One Classroom: Teaching Dual and English Language Learners
Karen Nemeth 2009 – Gryphon House
Meeting the Home Language Mandate: Practical Strategies for All Classrooms
Karen Nemeth March 2009 Young Children
One Child, Two Languages: A Guide for Preschool Educators of Children Learning English as a Second Language, 2nd ed, One Child, Two Languages in Action training DVD PattonTabors 2008
Teaching Young Children Magazine for preschool teachers published by NAEYC – Each bimonthly issue contains strategies for supporting dual language learners (tyc.naeyc.org) by Karen Nemeth
Dual Language Learning: What Does it Take? Head Start Program Preparedness Checklist
Office of Head Start (2010) Revisiting and Updating the Multicultural Principles for Head Start Programs Serving Children Ages Birth to Five
http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov (there is a whole resource section on dual language learners)
Dual Language Learners in the Early Years: Getting Ready to Succeed in School
National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition http://www.ncela.gwu.edu
Getting it Right for Young Children from Diverse Backgrounds: Applying Research to Practice
Linda Espinosa 2009
Young English Language Learners: Current Research and Emerging Directions for Practice and Policy Eugene Garcia and Ellen Frede, Eds. 2010
Dual Language Development and Disorders: A Handbook on Bilingualism & Second Language Learning (2nd ed) by Johanne Paradis, Fred Genesee, Martha B. Crago 2010
Developing Reading and Writing in Second-Language Learners: Lessons from the Report of the National Literacy Panel on Language-Minority Children and Youth August & Shanahan Eds. 2008
www.ColorinColorado.org Free literacy resources for bilingual families and educators
50 Strategies for Communicating and Working with Diverse Famillies 2nd ed.
Janet Gonzalez-Mena 2010
Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves
Louise Derman-Sparks and Julie Olsen Edwards from NAEYC 2010
Not for ESOL Teachers: What Every Classroom Teacher Needs to Know About the Linguistically, Culturally and Ethnically Diverse Student Eileen Whelan Ariza 2010
No Limits to Literacy for Preschool English Learners Theresa A. Roberts 2009
The Young Child’s Memory for Words: Developing First and Second Language and Literacy
Daniel R. Meier 2004
New Voices ~ Nuevas Voces: A Handbook on Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Early Childhood Dina Castro, Betsy Anyakova, Christina Kasprzak 2010
Responsiveness for ALL Children, Families, and Professionals: Integrating Cultural and Linguistic Diversity into Policy and Practice (2010 position paper from Division for Early Childhood)
http://www.dec-sped.org/Store/Position_Statements_and_Concept_Papers
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Position Paper on Language and Literacy Development for Young English Language Learners (ages 3-8) 2010 www.tesol.org
Where We Stand on Responding to Linguistic and Cultural Diversity
http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/diversity.pdf 2009
What Does the Research Say About Curriculum and Assessment for Young Dual Language Learners National Center for English Language Acquisition Webinar April, 2010 (archived program and transcripts) http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/webinars/event/20/
Ready for Success: 2010 – Office of Head Start produced a year long series of webinars and webcasts on supporting dual language learners in early childhood education. The March and May installments addressed assessment questions . They are archived here in English and Spanish http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/Dual%20Language%20Learners/prof_dev/conferences/ReadyforSuccess.htm
Catalog sites with books and toys in many languages:
