Tag: bilingual children

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Book review: ‘Huellas’

In Spanish, from 2yo.

Whose paw prints are those? You will find that not only detectives can follow paw prints….Inspired by Montessori resources, this game lets the child explore and match the paw print with the animal. They can then observe how different the paw of the animals are. The child can group the paw prints and the animals by animal type and see the differences. Are the paw prints of the bird different from the amphibians? Why?

For the little one who cannot read yet but the short texts and the format of the letters are perfect for letter recognition.

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Book review: ‘Kapitbahay kubo’

In Tagalog, from 0yo.

Cute board book to learn about vegetables. You will love the colourful and playful illustrations.

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Book review: ‘But that won’t make me sleep!’

Bilingual English – Tagalog, from 8yo.

It is bedtime and a little girl cannot sleep. Her mom tries everything, a story, a bath… but to no avail util dad comes back from work. He tucks his daughter in and wishes her goodnight and finally the little girl falls asleep.

Perfect for young readers, this story presents the text in both languages on the same page to make it easy for language learners to understand the structure of each language.

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Book review: ‘Artemisia vuele dipingere’

Bilingual English-Italian, from 4yo.

400 years ago, in Rome, lived a young girl, Artemisa. She is the daughter of a famous painter Orazio Gentileschi. She too loved painting, her would let her practise on canvas scarps. One day, her father received an important order. A painting which had to be ready in a very short period of time. Orazio worked day and night siding several weeks to fulfil the order. The painting was nearly finished and was due to be collected the following day. However, Artemisia’s father was so exhausted that her daughter could not wake him up. She decided to finish the painting the way her dad had shown her to preserve her father’s impeccable reputation. The client was impressed with the final painting and Orazio was very proud of his daughter. From that day onwards, Artemisa was allowed to practise on new canvas and she became the most famous female painter of her time.

Great bilingual book for Italian learners who will reinforce their language as well as culture.

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Book review: ‘La mas grande del mundo’

In Spanish, from 2yo.

Do you know who is the biggest in the world? Is it the fly? The bird? The cat? The lizard? Who is the biggest animal? Find out with this amusing picture book. The text is written with capital letters so young readers can practise reading more easily.

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Book review: ‘Oficio: Veterinaria’

In Spanish, from 0yo.

Great little sturdy picture board book, perfect for little reader’s hands. Let’s learn about the veterinarian. What does she do? What instruments does she use? What animals does she tend to?

You will love the colourful illustrations and the illustrator’s sense of humour.

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Book review: ‘Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?’

Bilingual English-Arabic/Vietnamese/Portuguese/Japanese, from 4-8

Can you guess what animal comes on the next page? Is it the blue horse, the purple cat or the yellow fish?

Great book to learn the colours and animals in both English and Arabic.

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Book review: ‘Les couleurs’

In French, from 2yo.

Cute little format, perfect for little hands, beautifully illustrated. Learn the colours while learning animals, food and objects for each colour.

Great to play yellow like a giraffe, like a pineapple, like a duck…