Goal 29

Use the home language to make connections and reinforce knowledge and skills across academic and social areas.

Resources to Help Serve Dual Language Learners (DLLs)

Resources to Help Serve Dual Language Learners (DLLs)

Blogs, Dual Language Learners
Choose Good Books That Accurately Reflect Cultures and Home Languages

Choose Good Books That Accurately Reflect Cultures and Home Languages

Blogs, Dual Language Learners
Get Ready to Read

Get Ready to Read

Graphic Tip Sheets, Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
Maintaining Home Language Is a Great Gift

Maintaining Home Language Is a Great Gift

Blogs, Dual Language Learners
Children's Play - More than Fun and Games

Children’s Play – More than Fun and Games

Resource Lists
Supporting the Literacy Development of Diverse Language Learners in Early Childhood Classrooms

Supporting the Literacy Development of Diverse Language Learners in Early Childhood Classrooms

Resource Lists
Repeated Readings Can Build Literacy Skills

Repeated Readings Can Build Literacy Skills

Blogs, Dual Language Learners
The Tamale Project

The Tamale Project

Project Approach, Project Examples
Helping Children Take Surveys

Helping Children Take Surveys

Lesson Planning in the Context of Projects, Project Approach
Helping Children Sketch and Draw from Observation

Helping Children Sketch and Draw from Observation

Lesson Planning in the Context of Projects, Project Approach
Reading Partners: Sharing the Lead in Storybook Reading

Reading Partners: Sharing the Lead in Storybook Reading

Parenting Videos, Videos
Dual Language Use During Choice Time

Dual Language Use During Choice Time

Benchmark Videos, IELDS Resources, Videos
Helping DLLs Learn in Two Languages During Early Childhood

Helping DLLs Learn in Two Languages During Early Childhood

Blogs, Dual Language Learners
“She Goes First”: Cooperative “Housekeeping” Play

“She Goes First”: Cooperative “Housekeeping” Play

Benchmark Videos, IELDS Resources, Videos
Creating a Language-Rich Classroom for Young Dual Language Learners (DLLs)

Creating a Language-Rich Classroom for Young Dual Language Learners (DLLs)

Blogs, Dual Language Learners
Creating Books With Young Dual Language Learners

Creating Books With Young Dual Language Learners

Blogs, Dual Language Learners
Learning New Words Through Read Alouds

Learning New Words Through Read Alouds

Blogs, Dual Language Learners
Keep the Conversation Going With Young Dual Language Learners

Keep the Conversation Going With Young Dual Language Learners

Blogs, Dual Language Learners
A Mother's Story: 3 to 5 years old

A Mother’s Story: 3 to 5 years old

Blogs, Dual Language Learners
group of children

Common Myths about Dual Language Learners: What the Current Research Tells Us

Blogs, Dual Language Learners
Helping Preschoolers Learn in Two Languages

Helping Preschoolers Learn in Two Languages

IELDS Resources, Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets Aligned to Benchmarks
Teachers and Families of Dual Language Learners (DLLs): Partners from the Start

Teachers and Families of Dual Language Learners (DLLs): Partners from the Start

Blogs, Dual Language Learners
What Teachers Should Know About Instruction for English Language Learners

What Teachers Should Know About Instruction for English Language Learners

Blogs, Dual Language Learners
Dual Language Learners

Dual Language Learners

Questions and Answers (Q&A)
Helping Your Child Learn in Two Languages

Helping Your Child Learn in Two Languages

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets