Author: I. Brownlee
NALDIC – Multilingual Language Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Resources to support learning at home
These resources are for families to use at home. One file is for nursery/primary age, with some links relevant for babies/toddlers. Another is for secondary age. The third came from Peterhead ASL team who were happy for it to be shared. These resources will be helpful for bilingual families, but most will helpful for all families.
There are a range of activities with some links to translated information and resources that can help families.
Aberdeenshire EAL – Resources to support learning while at home – Primary & Nursery
Aberdeenshire EAL – Resources to support learning while at home – Secondary
ASL Ideas (002) from Peterhead ASL
Translated Book Detectives
Book Detectives – Arabic, Bulgarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, Spanish
These are translated tasks to support reading comprehension. If children are literate in first language they could read them to support their understanding of tasks.
Tip: To help learners understand the purpose for reading, set questions before reading the text to prevent decoding skills being solely used. Introduce question words gradually – Who? What? When? Where? Why? (Use Question Master – book detectives).
Advice for parents of young children – Talking with your baby (Literacy Trust)
Bengali Talking with your baby
Chinese Talking with your baby
English Talking with your baby
English with space for translation Talking with your baby
Estonian Talking with your baby
Gujarati Talking with your baby
Norwegian Talking with your baby
Portuguese Talking with your baby
Punjabi Talking with your baby
Romanian Talking with your baby
Swedish Talking with your baby
Advice for parents of young children – Talk to your baby in your own language (Literacy Trust)
Arabic Talk to your baby in your own language
Bengali Talk to your baby in your own language
Chinese Talk to your baby in your own language
English only Talk to your baby in your own language
English with space for translation Talk to your baby in your own language
Estonian Talk to your baby in your own language
French Talk to your baby in your own language
Gujarati Talk to your baby in your own language
Norwegian Talk to your baby in your own language
Polish Talk to your baby in your own language
Portuguese Talk to your baby in your own language
Punjabi Talk to your baby in your own language
Romanian Talk to your baby in your own language
Somali Talk to your baby in your own language
Swedish Talk to your baby in your own language
Tamil Talk to your baby in your own language
Turkish Talk to your baby in your own language
Advice for parents of young children – (Literacy Trust)
Arabic Sharing songs and rhymes
Bengali Sharing songs and rhymes
Chinese Sharing songs and rhymes
English Sharing songs and rhymes
English with space for translation Sharing songs and rhymes
Estonian Sharing songs and rhymes
French Sharing songs and rhymes
Gujarati Sharing songs and rhymes
Norwegian Sharing songs and rhymes
Polish Sharing songs and rhymes
Portuguese Sharing songs and rhymes
Punjabi Sharing songs and rhymes
Romanian Sharing songs and rhymes
Somali Sharing songs and rhymes
Swedish Sharing songs and rhymes
Tamil Sharing songs and rhymes
Advice for parents of young children – Sharing books with your baby (Literacy Trust)
Arabic Sharing books with your baby
Bengali Sharing books with your baby
Chinese Sharing books with your baby
English Sharing books with your baby
English with space for translation Sharing books with your baby
Estonian Sharing books with your baby
French Sharing books with your baby
Gujarati Sharing books with your baby
Norwegian Sharing books with your baby
Polish Sharing books with your baby
Portuguese Sharing books with your baby
Punjabi Sharing books with your baby
Romanian Sharing books with your baby
Somali Sharing books with your baby
Swedish Sharing books with your baby
Tamil Sharing books with your baby
Turkish Sharing books with your baby
Translated advice for parents of young children – Say hello to your new baby (Literacy Trust)
Arabic say hello to your new baby
Bengali say hello to your new baby
Chinese say hello to your new baby
English say hello to your new baby
English with space for translation say hello to your new baby
Estonian say hello to your new baby
French say hello to your new baby
Gujarati say hello to your new baby
Norwegian say hello to your new baby
Panjabi say hello to your new baby
Polish say hello to your new baby
Portuguese say hello to your new baby
Romanian say hello to your new baby
Somali say hello to your new baby
Swedish say hello to your new baby
Tamil say hello to your new baby
Turkish say hello to your new baby
Translated advice for parents of young children – Playing with your baby (Literacy Trust)
Bengali Playing with your baby
Chinese Playing with your baby
English Playing with your baby
English with space for translation Playing with your baby
Estonian Playing with your baby
Gujarati Playing with your baby
Norwegian Playing with your baby
Portuguese Playing with your baby
Punjabi Playing with your baby
Romanian Playing with your baby
Swedish Playing with your baby
