Category: Teaching

Writing a good curriculum can take many, many hours of dedication, months and even years! And we all agree the curriculum is the most important piece of a program, especially if you want to deliver quality and consistency.
All Languages4kidz materials have been written with moms, university students and new language teachers in mind. They are easy to use and provide new teachers with a variety of activities, suggestions and useful information to help them get started. For experienced teachers these resources may help them enhance their instruction.
As a former early childhood teacher I used to have a core curriculum but liked to enrich it with the best offered by other products in the market. It is OK to mix and try different ideas and different approaches to teaching. At the end the children we teach learn in different ways, at different rates and pace and our teaching must meet their needs.

Our written curriculum:
• Is easy to use
• Is flexible
• Is based on children’s stages of development
• Provides information on child development and best practices
• Fosters parents’ engagement and participation
• Provides you with a long-term plan from day 1
• Motivates children
• Helps children acquire and learn language in a fun and natural way
• Invites you to be creative, tap into your own experiences and use your knowledge to enlighten children’s minds and give them the gift of a second language early in their lives.

I invite you to try Languages4kidz curriculum resources as they will inspire you as you embark in the wonderful journey of teaching languages to young children.

I am one of those bilingual teachers that love singing. It brightens my day and brings joy to the children and parents around me.

Here is a video of some songs I demonstrated to teachers while in a training session in China.

Through songs, little ones can explore new thematic units in context, learn and practice new vocabulary, internalize grammar structures, – and singing along to a tune is a great way for them to get used to the language and practice pronunciation.

I used to teach at the pre-primary and elementary levels and of course some songs were a little difficult at the beginning for my students. However, I ensured there was a natural progression when learning a new one. First I played the song everyday at the beginning of the class as children walked into the classroom, so they would get familiar with the tune. Later during the week I started by teaching the words to the songs. I used charts with the songs written in large print and chanted the words as the children would go repeating after me. I usually added some movement to the singing and encouraged children to copy me.

Young children love songs, especially those paired with movement and this is one of the best ways for them to learn and practice a new language. You can download some of the songs I have written for my books and sung with the children HERE.

I am Growing

Miss Polly

I am proud of me