Hooray OlHooray Olé!é!Bilingual Storytime Bilingual Storytime

for Beginnersfor Beginners

Presented by:Presented by:

Breanne Zipko and Karen Breanne Zipko and Karen PayonkPayonk

Importance of Importance of BilingualismBilingualism

““The Spanish-speaking population is The Spanish-speaking population is young, with more preschool-aged young, with more preschool-aged Hispanic children than children of any Hispanic children than children of any other ethnic group”other ethnic group”11

““Multilingualism [can be] a national Multilingualism [can be] a national economic and trade asset, and a symbol economic and trade asset, and a symbol of group identification in a multicultural of group identification in a multicultural society”society”22

““The international norm in child The international norm in child development”development”33

Why Start So Young?Why Start So Young?

By listening to stories read aloud or By listening to stories read aloud or songs sung in another language, songs sung in another language, children will internalize more than what children will internalize more than what they can vocalize properly.they can vocalize properly.44

““Literacy is often spoken of as if it is Literacy is often spoken of as if it is something that begins in a school something that begins in a school classroom, with little appreciation of classroom, with little appreciation of how a preschool or child care centre can how a preschool or child care centre can provide context for both first and second provide context for both first and second language development”language development”55

Advantages of Advantages of BilingualismBilingualism

Verbal Verbal MemoryMemory66

Ethnic PrideEthnic Pride77

Less Less EgocentricEgocentric88

Cognitive Cognitive FlexibilityFlexibility99

Establishing a Bilingual Establishing a Bilingual StorytimeStorytime

The success of any bilingual educational The success of any bilingual educational setting depends on “the warmth and skill setting depends on “the warmth and skill of the teacher, and the overall cultural of the teacher, and the overall cultural context. Any method [of teaching] tends context. Any method [of teaching] tends to fail if children feel shy, stupid, or lonely to fail if children feel shy, stupid, or lonely because of their language.”because of their language.”1010

One of the key components of a successful One of the key components of a successful bilingual storytime is consistency. bilingual storytime is consistency.

Provide caregivers with lyrics to songs Provide caregivers with lyrics to songs and fingerplays. and fingerplays.

Communicative approach to second Communicative approach to second language acquisitionlanguage acquisition1111

Methods of Reading Methods of Reading BilinguallyBilingually

One-Voice-One-One-Voice-One-LanguageLanguage

Word RepetitionWord Repetition Word SubstitutionWord Substitution

Bilingual Kids From Parents

CitationsCitations1. Gildersleeve-Neumann, Christina E., Ellen S. Kester, Barbara L. 1. Gildersleeve-Neumann, Christina E., Ellen S. Kester, Barbara L.

Davis, and Elizabeth D. Peña. “English Speech Sound Davis, and Elizabeth D. Peña. “English Speech Sound Development in Preschool-Aged Children From Bilingual English-Development in Preschool-Aged Children From Bilingual English-Spanish Environments.” Spanish Environments.” Language, Speech, and Hearing Services Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools in Schools 39 (2008): 314.39 (2008): 314.

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