Category: Portuguese

October 12, 2018

Great page for reading tips in different languages

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/reading-tips-parents-multiple-languages#languages

Reading Tips for Parents (in Multiple Languages)

A child’s success as a reader begins much earlier than the first day of school. Reading, and a love for reading, begins at home. Our one-page parent tips offer easy ways for parents to help kids become successful readers. Although we’ve divided these tips by age, many of them can be used with children at various ages and stages — we encourage you to choose the ones that work best for your child.

What you’ll find here:

Reading tips in English

View these tips online or download as a PDF:

Parent tips English

Reading tips in other languages

A downloadable handout, for parents of babies, toddlers, and children in preschool to grade 3, is available in the following languages:

Parent tips Arabic

Reading tips for parents of children with disabilities

October 2, 2018

Bilingual quick tips in 18 languages

https://literacytrust.org.uk/early-years/bilingual-quick-tips/

Check out this article with free downloaded material:

We have produced a series of bilingual quick tips for parents and practitioners to help children develop good talking and listening skills. There are lots of different languages.

The following tips are available in English and space for your own translation. Copies can be downloaded and photocopied free of charge to share with families.

Quick tips – say hello to your new baby

Talking to your baby from day one will help the two of you get to know each other, and gives your child a great start in life. These quick tips will help you enjoy “conversations” with your baby right from the start.

Quick tips – dummies and talking

Babies and young children like to suck, so dummies can help soothe at bedtime or when your baby is tired or cross. But regular and extended use of a dummy can create problems with your child’s speech. For more information download a copy of our quick tips below.

Quick tips – talk to your baby and child in your own language

The best way to help your child learn to talk is to talk to him as much as possible in your own language – it doesn’t have to be English.

Quick tips – making the most of television

Like adults, young children sometimes feel tired or stressed and want to relax by watching television. Used in the right way, television can be beneficial. But too much can be harmful, so use our quick tips to help find the right balance.

Quick tips – talking with your baby

Learning to talk is one of the most important and complex skills your child will accomplish. Talking helps your baby’s brain develop and is the foundation of literacy. It seems to happen naturally, but in fact you have a very important role to play.

Quick tips – sharing songs and rhymes

Babies and young children love songs and rhymes, especially hearing the sound of your voice. And they’re a great way to help your child’s talking and listening skills. Take a look at the quick tips below.

Quick tips – sharing books with your baby

Sharing books is a wonderful way to help your child learn to talk and hear new words, and it’s the ideal opportunity to share a cuddle at the same time.

Quick tips – playing with your baby

Play is the main way that babies and toddlers learn about the world. With your help, it’s also a wonderful way to support their language development. Find out how by downloading our quick tips.

Practitioners and professionals working with learners whose first language is not English should develop a good understanding of the child’s linguistic and cultural background when they enter a nursery or school and work collaboratively with families.

July 4, 2018

Blogs as resources

Blogs:

The world of the internet offers a great variety of blogs and websites related to Bilingualism, although I have to say that one needs to be quite selective and critical when finding information:

Adam from Bilingual Monkeys
– Japanese, English

Ana from PreK12Plaza
– Spanish, Italian, English

Annabelle from The Piri-Piri Lexicon
– French, Portuguese, English, German

Audrey from Españolita …¡Sobre la Marcha !
– Spanish, English

Eowyn from On Raising Bilingual Children
– French, English, Dutch

Esther from Third Culture Mama
– French, English, (Mandarin Chinese)

Galina from Raising a Trilingual Child

– Russian, English, Italian

Ilze from Let the Journey Begin
– German, Latvian, English

Jonathan from Dad’s The Way I Like It
– Welsh, English

Leanna from All Done Monkey
– Spanish, English

Maria from Trilingual Mama
– Spanish, French, English

Marianna from Bilingual Avenue
– Spanish, English, German

Olga from The European Mama
– Polish, German, Dutch

and Rita, from Multilingual Parenting
– Swedish, Punjabi, Finnish, English

July 4, 2018

Portuguese resources for little learners

http://www.thepiripirilexicon.com/2017/04/our-favourite-portuguese-resources-for.html

Finding resources for our little (or not so little) multilinguals can be quite a challenge. It is also something a lot of parents are always on the lookout for. I have put together a little list for Portuguese hoping to make your life a little easier.

Printable materials

As a mum, I love printables. You just look something up, download and can start using it straight away. Great for road trips to keep kids entertained too.

IDEAIS E PALAVRAS sells simple printables to learn to read in (Brazilian) Portuguese. I like the fact that the words are written in cursive as well as printed characters.

Multicultural Kid Blogs also has a bunch of FREE PRINTABLES (often these include Portuguese).

Teachers pay Teachers also has some PORTUGUESE PRINTABLES. These tend to be for older kids but can be adapted for little ones. We like those in particular to LEARN THE COLOURS.

And I have more PORTUGUESE PRINTABLES listed.

Online resources

The Instituto Camões has a selection of CHILDREN’S BOOKS available to read online for free. These are mostly about the history of Portugal but the lovely and clear accent of the Portuguese reader is ideal for young learners.

PORTUGUÊS MAIS PERTO is an initiative from the Portuguese government to allow young Portuguese chidlren living abroad to stay in touch with their culture and language. You have to pay to access the lessons but there are all kinds of levels and tons of resources.

Online bookstores

There are so many places to buy books. I have focused here on a small selection that specialise in Portuguese-language books for children. Those I have selected also offer, for the most part, high quality authentic books and not just translations of English bestsellers.

My favourite online bookstore for Portuguese books for kids is MIÚDA BOOKS. They are based in the UK but ship worldwide and the selection of books is the best. They have many authentic books from small publishers and not just translations of English books. Highly recommended.

If you live in Germany, like us, OLA LIVRO is a great online store too. There are only Portuguese books but they only ship to Germany.

PLANETA TANGERINA is a Portuguese publisher with an online store. The selection of books is also of great quality.

KALANDRAKA is a multilingual project publishing books in Castilian Spanish, Galician, Catalan, Basque, Portuguese, Italian and English. Their Portuguese selection is definitely worth a look.

Small selection from ABC MULTICULTURAL in (Brazilian) Portuguese on AMAZON. Most are picture books for little ones.

Brasil em Mente is an association based in the USA promoting Portuguese as a heritage language. Their store has a decent selection of BOOKS IN PORTUGUESE as well as other very useful resources.

Finally, if you are looking for the usual bestsellers in Portuguese, WOOK is a good place to look as Amazon.pt does not exist.

You can find many other worldwide online bookstores in this past article of mine. Click on the image below.

Learning to read

Kit Papagaois for teaching to read in Portuguese. You can also buy the kit on AMAZON.

ROSA ESTEVENS method. Downloadable PDFs (mostly free) for teaching to read and write (European) Portuguese.

Radio for kids

I discovered this by chance last year. A Portuguese radio just for kids! You can listen for free live or listen to recorded podcasts. The site also has lots of free and fun resources. RÁDIO MIÚDOS: A primeira rádio para crianças em português.

Book recommendations

Our favourite books for under 6 year olds include:

Ser Português: a really cute book about what it means to be Portuguese with beautiful illustrations. More info HERE.

We also like the bilingual books by Sheila Margaret Ward. A glimpse of Portuguese culture in English and Portuguese. You can find THE REVIEW HERE.

Here is our current selection:

Finally, AMAZON has a decent selection of bilingual books (which include Portuguese).

Music for Kids

Here are some of our favourite PORTUGUESE ALBUMS FOR KIDS.

Portuguese resources for little language learners

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Bonus resource
And, as always, I have to mention Love Your Lingo, whose LITTLE ALPHABET works so well in Portuguese and is such a unique product for little bilinguals. We love our new cursive poster.

I hope these have given you a few ideas or resources for little Portuguese learners in your life. I would love other suggestions. feel free to leave comments.

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This article was written as part of Bilingual Kidspot’s amazing round-up for 15+ LANGUAGE-SPECIFIC RESOURCE GUIDES FOR LITTLE BILINGUAL LEARNERS.