Early Years TV Blog Post
Karen Nemethby Karen Nemeth I was honored to have a conversation with Kathy Brodie on Early Years TV. We talked about Strategies to Engage Multilingual Learners in All Areas of the Classroom. Would you like to...
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Karen NemethMultilingual Learners Need Materials with Intrinsic Meaning
Karen NemethMultilingual learners need materials with intrinsic meaning When young children are new to the language spoken by their teacher, they depend on useful materials to provide content and comprehension for their learning. That’s why I...
A Very Angry Preschool Song… Will it Work for Multiple Languages?
Karen NemethWhy is this child stomping his feet? He’s doing the actions to “This is an Angry Song”. It’s a popular early years song in England. When I first heard it from my 3-year-old grandson, I...
Teachers of Young Children Need More than Translanguaging Theory
Karen NemethBy Karen Nemeth A friend recently shared this article with me: Misunderstanding Translanguaging in Preschoolers from Good Men Project website. It discusses a study by Dr. Gabrijela Aleksić. The author describes preschool children as having...
Does it Work? 4 Key Questions About DLLs/MLLs
Karen NemethLanguage Castle Cognate Guide: How to Use Spanish/English Cognates to Support Dual Language Learners in Preschool and Kindergarten by Karen Nemeth 2016 Spotlight on Young Children: Supporting Dual Language Learners Meghan Dombrink-Green and Holly Bohart, Editors with...