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Improve academic performance
 Higher academic standardized testing.
 Improves children understanding of native language.
 Children show greater cognitive development than many of their peers.

Ease of learning
 Children are more receptive and more able to learn a language before the age of ten.
 They are willing to imitate to new sounds in a foreign language, to sing and play with it.
 Starting foreign language learning in the early grades enables children to achieve speaking , reading and writing fluency.

 Learning a second language fosters tolerance a appreciation of different cultures.
 Businesses in the U.S. are now involved in increased competition with foreign companies.
 The ability to speak the language of these representatives gives those workers both a personal an economic advantage.

 Visit public libraries with your child and look for books, videos, magazines in Spanish.
Make this visit to libraries entertaining and fun.
 Watch educative programs in Spanish with your child.
Establish limits. One or two hours a day.
 Read books and magazines related to TV. Programs.
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Example: Plaza Sesamo in Spanish.
Make time to go on a field trip related to
Spanish culture or event.
 Have handy books in Spanish at home.

CHILD-SAFE WEB SEARCHING http://www.safekids.com/child_safety.htm
Safe searching resources provide specifics about available defense methods, i.e. tools, kids' browsers, and specialized and filtered search engines. Internet rules for safe surfing are spelled out here, promising to make your "trips" productive and fun. Take a safety quiz to gauge your online safety knowledge
MOST COMMON SPANISH WORDS IN SPANISH http://www.spanishpronto.com/spanishglossary.html
listed alphabetically/175 high frequency words.
SPANISH DICTIONARIES http://www.rae.es/ http://dicespanol.com
http://diccionarios.com/
READING INSTRUCTION IN SPANISH http://www.coloringcolorado.org
Pre-reading and reading instruction

READING INSTRUCTION IN SPANISH http://www.coloricolorado.org
Pre-reading and reading instruction
MI PEQUENO DIA http://especiales.endi.com/mipequenodia/
Spanish children magazine from Puerto Rico available free online for heritage speakers in FLES classes.
COMPUTER TERMS IN SPANISH http://www.telefonica.es/fat/lex.html
http://myotherlanguage.com/SW/vocabulary/categories/technology-computing.htm
PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS http://anacleta.homestead.com/parentsonly.html
http://www.anacleta.com/ celebrations.html
Personal website from a Spanish Teacher sites to learn more about Spanish and its many cultures, as well as other world languages and cultures. All sites are appropriate and appealing to children ten years old and younger.
BBC PRIMARY SCHOOL SPANISH http://www.bbc.co.uk/school/primaryspanish/
Interactive websites for children to age eleven with appealing characters. Worksheets, games and exercises.

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LANGUAGE LIZARD http://www.languagelizard.com/
Language Lizard, LLC offers award-winning bilingual children's products in over
40 languages. Products include books, audio CDs, picture dictionaries, colorful and unique multilingual posters, world maps, and teacher resources. Parents and teachers can also sign up for free e-newsletter with information on raising bilingual and multicultural children. Why the lizard logo? "Lizards are found all over the world; they comprise more than 3,000 species; they have the ability to learn, and they demonstrate their awareness with excitement ... Sound like any children you know?" proclaims founder Anneke Vanmarcke Forzani.

CELEBRATING CULTURAL DIVERSITY THROUGH CHILDREN'S LITERATURE http://www.csusm.edu/Quiocho/mcbib.html
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/MBD/Culture_index.html
PRO LINGUA PRESS http://www.prolinguapress.com/about.htm

CHILDREN'S BOOK PRESS http://www.childrensbookpress.org/
This publisher is an outstanding source of bilingual, superbly illustrated multicultural literature.
JOSÉ-LUIS OROZCO http://www.joseluisorozco.com
Here is an outstanding source of traditional and new songs in Spanish appealing to children.
All of the songs are muy pegajosas (very catchy) and so are easy to learn because Señor
Orozco has a clear singing voice. There are songbooks with lyrics and music available to accompany each CD or tape.

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PUTUMAYO KIDS http://www.putumayo.com/playground.html
Explore and celebrate the cultures of the world through music. An excellent company which provides culturally authentic collections of child-appealing music.
MULTICULTURAL KIDS http://www.multiculturalkids.com/shop/home.php
This site offers quality multicultural materials that are fun and informative to preschool and elementary schoolage children in home and classroom. Increase a child's knowledge of her/himself and others, thereby enhancing self-esteem while fostering tolerance and an appreciation of differences. Products offered include books, video, arts and crafts, puzzles, music, dolls, and other ethnic gifts.

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CAMBIOS: MULTICULTURAL CHILDREN'S BOOKS http://www.cambios.org/Bibliographies.asp
View a selection of bibliographies of African - American, Asian - American, Hispanic/Latino
Children's, and Jewish Children's Holocaust Literature. There are recommended books for teachers and parents also as well as books relating to confronting issues of adversity and discrimination.
BILINGUAL BOOKS FOR KIDS http://www.bilingualbooks.com/
Written with Spanish and English appearing side-by-side which is the best way to present bilingual texts, these books introduce bilingual skills, increase language and learning abilities and positively heighten awareness of many cultures.

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