Building a Multicultural Multilingual Community in Your Early Childhood Program

Early Childhood Education Resources for Teaching Dual Language Learners http://www.languagecastle.com [email protected] Twitter: KarenNemethEdM Facebook: Karen Nemeth at Language Castle LLC

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:

www.languagelizard.com www.cultureforkids.com www.creativediversity.com www.analomba.com www.kingkagames.com www.childrenslibrary.org www.reachoutandread.org www.firstbooks.org

Other helpful links:

www.wherethehellismatt.com http://cybraryman.com/multicultural.html www.everythingesl.net www.mamalisa.com