Resources for Families and Educators
We have compiled a list of useful resources for parents, caregivers and educators who would like to know more about child language and language development. Would you like to add a resource? Please e-mail our Media Coordinator!
Helping children develop language and communication
Find some tips (in English) for talking with babies and young children here.
Hier finden Sie Ratschläge (auf Deutsch) zur erfolgreichen Gesprächsführung mit Kindern.
In this video preschool teachers will find useful tips to help children expand their vocabulary and develop their communication skills.
Dans ce podcast en français s'adressant aux parents et aux éducateurs, de nombreuses questions regardant le développement du language sont répondues de manière simple et informative par la chercheuse Sophie Kern, spécialiste de l’acquisition du langage par le très jeune enfant.
In this comprehensive podcast for parents and educators, many questions about language development are answered in a straightforward and informative way by French child language researcher Sophie Kern. The podcast is in French.
La La Langue: un livre illustré pour enfants et parents qui retrace les premières étapes du développement enfantin - langagier, mais pas seulement - entre 0 et 6 ans.
La La Langue: a children's and parent's book (in French) explaining the first steps of child development (from 0 to 6 years) by Professor Dr. Aliyah Morgenstern.
Say please!
Read about the important work regarding the learning of politeness phrases by IASCL ex-President Jean Berko Gleason. Dr Gleason also is a recipient of the prestigious IASCL Roger Brown Award.
Important steps in child language development
Find a quick overview of basic milestones in early language development for English-learning monolingual children here.
Hier finden Sie eine Beschreibung (auf Deutsch) der wichtigsten Merkmale der Sprachentwicklung bei Kindern im Alter von 15 Monaten bis zum 5. Lebensjahr.
Supporting bilingual children
Bilingualism Matters
Bilingualism Matters is a network committed to making research on bilingualism available and accessible to families, communities, and professionals.
HaBilNet (Harmonious Bilingualism Network)
HaBilNet wants to help bilingual families in their road towards a bilingual experience that is positive for all family members. It offers consultations to families living in bilingual environments and many interesting articles and links to podcasts and videos.
Kletsheads Podcast (English)
Kletsheads Podcast (Dutch)
Hosted by linguist Sharon Unsworth, Kletsheads is a podcast about multilingual children aimed at caregivers, educators and speech-language therapists.The podcast is available in English and Dutch.
Q-BEx
The Q-BEx project aims to provide an optimised and customisable online tool to develop profiles of bilingual (and trilingual) children.
Using Linguistically Appropriate Practice: A Guide for Teaching in Multilingual Classrooms
This book provides a practical approach for today’s multilingual classroom that is supported by current research by using Linguistically Appropriate Practice (LAP).
Events
Kletskoppen Kindertaalfestival
Kletskoppen is a yearly child language festival in Nijmegen (Netherlands). Children aged 2 to 12 years and their (grand)parents can learn about language and linguistics by playing fun language games.