Karen Nemethby Karen N. Nemeth, Ed.M., Pam Brillante, Ed.D., and Leah J. Mullen, M.A. What do we need to see in early childhood education now and in the future? The days of fragmented programs where children...
Karen NemethThe big question about expensive professional development for early childhood educators is: Will it stick? Will the time and expense result in lasting, meaningful change? Five quick questions can make all the difference. Don’t pay anyone...
Karen NemethLanguage Castle is giving you this infographic so you can use it for advocacy, reports, grants and policy development in support of dual language learners.
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Karen Nemethby Karen Nemeth Have you seen the articles focusing on language quality this week? In the New York Times on October 16, 2014 we read about Kathy Hirsh-Pasek’s research in Quality of Words, Not Quantity, Is...
Karen NemethHow New Words, New Friends was Born! by Karen N. Nemeth “Why don’t you play much with the other kids, Vivi?” “Most of the kids speak Spanish and they just talk to each other. If...
Karen Nemethby Karen Nemeth It’s 2014 – so you shouldn’t be surprised that every education conference is asking you to follow proceedings on Twitter. Don’t be afraid. When you try it, you’ll really like what this...
Karen NemethBy Karen Nemeth Reports about the damaging effects of poor school attendance in early childhood education, particularly kindergarten, have been in the news lately. Whenever that happens, lists of solutions soon follow. I am concerned...
Karen NemethKaren was interviewed for this blog post by Diane Staehr-Fenner in her Colorin Colorado column on ELLs and the Common Core State Standards: Meeting the CCSS Needs of Young Dual Language Learners
Karen NemethEvents in the news have many schools and programs taking a second look at their emergency plans. Let’s think what an emergency – or even a simple fire drill – must be like for a...
Karen Nemethby Karen Nemeth Language is like a cake. We love cake because of the way the ingredients are combined – not because of the separate ingredients. The more we learn about first and second language...
Karen NemethBy Karen Nemeth This post is meant for teachers of all grades who will greet children who speak languages other than English into class this year. I usually focus on preschool, but we gathered a...
Karen Nemethby Karen Nemeth 10. Find out the languages you will have in your class and if you can’t find out for sure – make a good guess based on last year, languages in community etc....
