General Web Sites

Web Sites For and About Bilingual Parents

Articles About Bilingualism

• Children and Bilingualism An article by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association giving an overview of childhood bilingualism.
• Bilingual Acquisition in Preschool Children An essay written primarily for early childhood educators, summarizing current research on bilingualism in young children.
• The Language Legacy A positive, pleasant article on bilingualism in the family, as told by parents "in the trenches".

Other Sites About Bilingualism and Biculturalism

• The International Couples Homepage A growing, non-commercial Web page for couples of different nationalities.
• Bilingual Parenting in a Foreign Language A non-commercial site for parents raising their children in a language that is foreign to one or both parents.
  
• Bilingual Upbringing of Children Another perspective on bringing children up bilingually.

Parents Helping Parents

• Kids Bilingual Network Seeks to help parents of bilingual or multilingual children get in touch with others in similar situations. In English, French, German and Italian. Check out the freeware children's games!
• Multilingual Fleamarket Buy, sell, or trade minority language resources at this site maintained by BF List member Silvia Tolisano.

Songs and Games

• Kids Bilingual Network Seeks to help parents of bilingual or multilingual children get in touch with others in similar situations. In English, French, German and Italian. Check out the freeware children's games!
• Infanaj Kantoj Children's songs and rhymes in many languages, maintained by list member Ken Caviness
• Folksongs from Germany and many other countries, some with melodies.
• Non Nova Sed Nove Children's songs and games in Latin, German and Spanish.

Language Clubs, Camps, and Schools

• Early language learning A non-commercial site listing resources, including many Saturday schools, clubs and associations in the UK, related to language learning in children, including bilingual kids.
  
• Concordia Language Villages Immersion programs in 10 languages for children (7+), teens and adults, in Minnesota, USA. Other cultural and language programs as well.
• Kansas Wesleyan Language Camps Camps which teach intensive programs in Spanish, French, German or Japanese to 9-14 year olds, in Kansas, USA.
• Kids' Camps - Language Camps A searchable directory of language camps for children, mostly in the US and Canada.

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