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While many people may not realize it, parents telling their own histories for language development is an important part of learning language. Along with it helping greatly in grammar, learning new words and listening aptitude, the article “Storytelling in the First Three Years” says that stories serve as a kind of passport … Read More

Over the last 50 years, the student population in America’s schools have changed significantly, says a report on the diversity of today’s schools. Socioeconomics, geography, culture and linguistics, students are more diverse in nearly every way. According to the article, a teacher in the 1980s in a classroom with 25 students might have had five … Read More

If they’ve never heard of it before, most people can’t help but ask what is the Day of the Dead when they hear this intriguing name. Though recognized throughout Latin America, the Dia de los Muertos (or Day of the Dead) is mostly celebrated in Mexico where it originated, says the National Geographic. … Read More

Some parents think the responsibility of their bilingual children learning the minority language lies with the minority language parent, says the Multilingual Parenting website about ELLs, when one parent speaks the majority language and the other, the minority language. However, that’s not the best way to look at it, the article states. Raising kids is something that parents should do … Read More

The Annie E. Casey organization, dedicated to developing a better future for millions of at-risk kids, says if policymakers and schools focus on the highest quality teaching, family support, summer programs, attendance and school readiness, then reading proficiency by third grade is an attainable goal for the American school child. As it stands now, the … Read More

The emotional connection and reading with kids can’t be denied. However, there are a number of different ways to do it. Let’s take a look at each one. The first is the connection that takes place when kids are allowed to process their emotions. In order to help prompt them, parents … Read More

Vocabulary is key for school success and, believe it or not, it starts with gesturing with kids at home. The information in the article “Children’s Early Gestures Have Important Link to School Preparedness” is quite fascinating and says that kids who convey more meanings with gestures around one year will have much larger vocabularies … Read More

Let’s take a look at 5 things parents can do to teach their kids vocabulary. 1) Use a bigger vocabulary. A recent study on the EZ School website says that children within a professional, higher income home are likely to … Read More

The Top Five Tips in Welcoming Hispanic Parents to Kindergarten Culled from a variety of terrific educational sources, let’s look at the top five tips in welcoming Hispanic parents to kindergarten. Just ask any teacher and he or she will tell you that parental involvement is critical for a child’s success. However, according to the Boston Teachers’ Union, because parents … Read More

The Shortage of Bilingual Teachers in California The shortage of bilingual teachers in California is really good news for the teaching profession and for the job market, in general. Through the passing of Prop 58 in 2016, it lifted the restrictions on bilingual education programs for the state’s English Language Learner (ELL) students, allowing school districts to develop more bilingual … Read More