Bilingual and Human Diversity
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The best time to teach young readers a second language is when they're learning their first one. These books encourage other languages and teach different cultures and customs.
Author: Lucia Gonzalez
Reading Level: 4.2 ISBN: 89239223 A librarian invites immigrant children form Puerto Rico into the wonderful world of books. Inspired by a true story. -ADC Author: Norah Dooley
Reading Level: 3.5 ISBN: 0876144121 This story takes a reader on a quest with a young girl in search of a rolling pin through a multiethnic neighborhood. What the reader discovers is seven different types of bread while learning about seven different cultures. -LRC Author: Bobbi Kates
Reading Level: 2.5 ISBN: 9870679832270 The Muppets teach readers about the different shapes and sizes we all come in, while showing how truly alike we are! Young readers will learn how to celebrate our differences. -LRC |
Author: Tae-Jun Lee
Reading Level: ISBN: 978073582143 A little Korean boy waits for his mother to arrive at the bus stop. Examine the rich illustrations to find out what happened and fill in the details yourself. -ADC Author: Norma Simon
Reading Level: 2.9 ISBN: 0807502812 A child friendly read about diversity. This book describes the many differences among children, but also the similarities. Young readers will discover that even though children can be different in many ways, they all like to play and need food and clothing. -LRC |
Great links:
It would be criminal if we didn't include PBS in any of our links. Learn about different countries in this card matching game from Buster!
http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/connectworld/index.html
Chillola is where kids can learn words in other languages. There are numerous activities and foreign language tutorials here:
http://www.chillola.com/index.html/
The Scholastic website encourages kids to lead a better life through reading. This link is a virtual travel guide through the cultures of the world:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/globaltrek/
Ever wonder what other kids in the world look and sound like? Watch videos of other kids from around the world:
http://www.katw.org/index.cfm
-MEL and LRC