Professional Development Secret Weapons – Early Childhood Language and Cultural Diversity
Karen NemethProfessional Development Secret Weapons – Early Childhood Language and Cultural Diversity By Karen Nemeth, Ed.M. These professional development resources are so useful – I’m starting to feel a little guilty about keeping them to myself! ...
Who is on your diversity team?
Karen NemethWho is on your diversity team? By Karen Nemeth, Ed.M. I think every preschool program should have a diversity team. Bring together staff, parents, and members of your community that speak the languages of the...
Sources of Help for Pre-K Dual Language Learners
Karen Nemeth10. Start by getting to know the language environment of the family. Who speaks which language? What is their country of origin? What are some of their holidays and cultural traditions? Be responsive in your...
Parents Partnering with Teachers to Bring Up Multilingual Children
Karen Nemeth“Parents Partnering with Teachers to Bring Up Multilingual Children” is Karen’s guest post on the Multilingual Living website. Check it out. Parents Partnering with Teachers to Bring Up Multilingual Children Be sure to spend time...
Settling The Great Bilingual Education Debate on BAm! Radio
Karen NemethHear Karen’s guest appearance on BAM! Radio from June 2010 here: Settling The Great Bilingual Education Debate Click the download button and an .mp3 file that can be played in most any media players, including iTunes,...
“Rules for Teaching English/Dual Language Learners in Preschool?? A Conversation Starter
Karen Nemeth“Rules” for Teaching English/Dual Language Learners in Preschool?? A Conversation Starter by Karen Nemeth People are often asking me to just tell them the “rules” for teaching dual language learners in preschool. They seem disappointed...
The Preschool Language Blender
Karen NemethBy Karen Nemeth, Ed.M. I recently visited a childcare center that had five preschool classrooms. There were children who spoke eight different languages and adults who spoke only three of those languages. The director had...
Meeting the Early Learning Needs of ALL Children – Not Just the Ones Who Show Up
Karen NemethBy Karen Nemeth, Ed.M. If you are reading this, you must be interested in early childhood education. Now, here’s the question at the core of this post: “Have you given any thought to the children...
High Quality Preschool – Outside School Walls
Karen NemethBy Karen Nemeth, Ed.M. My last blog, “Meeting the Early Learning Needs of ALL Children – Not Just the Ones Who Show Up”, generated some important questions from readers, and I promised some answers. How...
Home Visiting Can Bolster High Quality Preschool Efforts
Karen NemethBy Karen Nemeth I blogged about my concern that high quality preschool is failing to reach some of the neediest children who can’t make it to a program every day. My main emphasis is always...
Bringing Education to the Homes of Young Children – Blog Part 4
Karen NemethBy Karen Nemeth Ed.M. In 2010 I attended a leadership symposium presented by the Pew Center on the States. John Schlitt, director of the new Pew Home Visiting Campaign, hosted informative presentations and fielded important...
Message for Parents of DLLs: Success in English Starts with Supporting the Home Language!
Karen NemethTime after time teachers ask, “we believe in supporting the home language, but what should we do when parents ask us NOT to use anything other than English?” Parents who speak another language often enroll...