“It takes a village to raise a child and it takes a child to inspire a village”, Emma Mactaggart Today we are celebrating ‘International Read to me Day”, this is an international campaign to empower and encourage children to be more proactive in their own liter

“IMLD promotes awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism”. Australia is a multicultural society and as such understands the significance of the diversity of its population. It is celebrated on 21st February. The Australian government through his Ea

Read aloud everyday to your children, even when they are old enough to read by themselves. A young reader understands better when he is listening to a story than when he is reading. When you read aloud it is not just about the text inside a book, it is about the time you spend with yo

Savenger hunts and ‘I spy’ games are among our favourite ways to teach new words to a child while having fun. It is easy to put organise it just requires a little bit of time. For our first session of this term we went to Naturescape in Kings Park for a scavenger hunt. I w

Multicultural children’s book day became a national event in the USA on 27 January 2014 thanks to Valerie Budayr (www.jumpintoabook.com) and Mia Wenjen (www.pragmaticmom.com). They are both children’s reading and play advocates and presented this day as a way of celebratin

Children are back to school and this is a great opportunity to reinforce those language skills. Teaching children your language through themes they are interested in or expand their language skills through new topics, ideally subjects that they are studying at school. This way you get

My son is about to start kindergarten and I must admit that I am as excited as he is. He is a big boy now. However, school can be a new environment for many children and as anything new it can be scary. They will have to get use to faces, make new friends. My son goes to childcare and

There are so many ways to introduce a different culture without speaking the language: Through food, movies, music, games and my favourite ……books. Have you checked our selection of English only books lately? They are beautiful and tell stories from around the world. We ev

As a mother of toddlers we play a lot at home and I always take these opportunities to get them to practise their minority languages French and Spanish. We proudly contributed a post to the blog Bilingual Monkeys. Here is where you can read all our tips. Let us know what you think and

You can never go wrong with a book. They are always great gifts. Le toboggan is happy to offer a free shipping for all orders from $80. Simply use the voucher Xmas16. Happy reading and Merry Christmas!   *valid for deliveries within Australia only *until 20 December 2016