Are you looking for an easy and fun curriculum and activities to teach languages to young children with imagination?

The Languages for Preschoolers E-Guides series will provide you with background information and how-to knowledge that you can use to either start your own program or enhance your current one.

The Spanish for Preschoolers E-Guide contains:

• An overview of current language learning theories and methodologies in their application to young children.
• An introduction to Ana Lomba's Easy Immersion® methodology, the focus of which is to learn naturally by using easy everyday phrases, games, songs, fairy tales, and other stories.
• Explanations of how I structure my program curriculum, as well as day-to-day classes.
• Sample activities, including dramatized storytelling, songs, games, and crafts.
• A list of resources I use (online stores where I buy my storyboards, craft materials, etc)

And additional bonus material:

• Bonus 1: Business tips on how to start a language program. Learn from my experience as program owner, director, and teacher of Ana Lomba Early Languages, LLC (formerly Sueños de colores, LLC)
• Bonus 2: One 45-minute class outline.

To purchase the Spanish for Preschoolers E-Guide, click here.

My E-Guides are a great place to start young children on the road to language development!

Articles & Documents

Home/School Connection by NNELL Printable brochures for parents and world languages educators.

Parent-School Collaboration to Learn World Languages in Preschool, by Ana Lomba

Five Super-Easy and Fun Strategies to Immerse Preschoolers in Spanish

Education for Global Leadership: The Importance of International Studies and Foreign Language Education for U.S. Economic and National Security. By the Committee for Economic Development (CED)

“Current Research on Language Development.”

“Neuroscientists have discovered why children excel at learning languages.”

"Raising Bilingual Children: Common Parental Concerns and Current Research." By the Center of Applied Linguistics.

“Bilingual Kids not Slowed by Second Tongue” By The News in Science

“Brain Research: Implications for Second Language Learners.” By Fred Genesee.

“The Secret Life of the Brain.” A PBS documental on language and the brain.

"Bilingual Means Two: Assessment Issues, Early Literacy and Spanish-speaking Children.” By Kathy Escamilla. (The content is relevant for all languages, not only Spanish.)

"Two or More Languages in Early Childhood" By Annick De Houwer, University of Antwerp and Science Foundation of Flanders, Belgium

“Foreign-language experience in infancy: Effects of short-term exposure and social interaction on phonetic Learning.” By Patricia Kuhn, Feng-Ming Tsao, and Huei-Mei Liu.

“Two or More Languages in Early Childhood: Some General Points and Practical Recommendations.” By Annick De Houwer.

“Fostering Second Language Development in Young Children.” By the National Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second Language Learning.

“Foreign Language Teaching: What the United States Can Learn From Other Countries.” By Ingrid Pufahl, Nancy C. Rhodes, and Donna Christian. Center for Applied Linguistics

“Half of Europe is Already Multilingual.” By EUROPA

Websites

Ñandutí. Foreign Language Learning Grades PreK to 8. By the Center of Applied Linguistics.

My Wonderful World. By National Geographic.

Language Lizard. A wonderful collection of carefully selected bilingual books in over 40 languages.

Anacleta. By Kathy Siddons. Great links to culture and language sites for young children and their parents.

Spanish Workshop for Children. Spanish instruction for children and their parents in the Philadelphia area—with Play and Learn series co-author Marcela Summerville!

Creative Bridges for Language Learning. Very creative ideas to teach languages! By Liliana Attar.

Audio/Video Latino. Spanish and English bilingual books and software for schools and families.

Organizations

For Young Children

National Network for Early Language Learning.

Multilingual Children’s Association.

For All Ages:

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.

Barahona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents

Foreign Language Educators of New Jersey.

National Association for Bilingual Education.

National Council of State Supervisors of Foreign Languages.

National Capital Language Resource Center.

Books