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Speech development DLD support can use caregiver coaching, grammar targets, and classroom routines grounded in recent research.
Sound Walks for Preschoolers: Turn Everyday Noises Into Language Play
A bird chirping outside the window, footsteps on the sidewalk, or rain tapping against a roof can become the beginning of a meaningful conversation with a preschooler. A sound walk is a simple activity in which children and caregivers pay attention to everyday noises, notice where they come from, and talk about what they hear.…
Community Engagement for Bilingual Development
See how community programs, Head Start findings, and family routines can support bilingual development with practical, evidence-based steps.
Family Literacy Programs for Bilingual Families
Family Literacy Programs can help bilingual Arizona families connect home reading, oral language, and school expectations under literacy rules.
Recruit Bilingual Staff: Puerto Rico Lessons
How districts can recruit bilingual staff using Puerto Rico data, policy priorities, mentoring, and cautious licensing lessons for schools.
Show and Tell for Preschoolers: Helping Every Child Share a Story
Show and tell can offer preschoolers an opportunity to describe something meaningful, share an experience, and connect with other children. But standing in front of a group and explaining an unfamiliar object is not easy for every three- or four-year-old. Some children speak comfortably at home but become quiet in a classroom. Others know exactly…
Bilingual DLD Skills: What New Research Shows
Bilingual DLD skills research shows why both languages matter in assessment, word learning, and daily support for children with DLD.
Arizona English Learners: Practical Supports
Arizona English Learners need clear school support, home-language respect, and bilingual growth strategies grounded in current state data.
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A practical overview of the SPELL Act, proposed loan forgiveness for bilingual teacher training, and what families and educators can track.
A preschooler may know exactly how to put on their shoes and wash their hands but still become confused when an adult says, “Before you put on your shoes, wash your hands.” The difficulty may not be with either activity. It may be with understanding the order in which the two actions should happen. Words…
Project TRANSFORM offers a research-based look at teacher training, translanguaging, and family language in bilingual classrooms.
A preschooler may easily recognize two red blocks as matching but struggle when asked whether two different animals belong to the same group. That difference reveals something important about early language development. Understanding the words “same” and “different” involves more than noticing colors, shapes, or sizes. Children must learn which features matter in a particular…
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Barriers in Secondary Bilingual Education
Secondary Bilingual Education barriers include staffing, policy, materials, and scheduling gaps. See practical ways schools can respond.
Puerto Rico Speech Therapy and English-only Rules
Puerto Rico Speech Therapy faces questions under proposed English-only Head Start rules, especially for bilingual milestones and family support.
English-only Head Start and Family Engagement
English-only Head Start could weaken family engagement for bilingual children by limiting home-language communication and classroom trust.
Should You Make a Preschooler Say Sorry? Teach Repair Instead
When a preschooler knocks down another child’s block tower, adults often respond with a familiar instruction: “Say you’re sorry.” But an immediate apology does not necessarily mean the child understands what happened, recognizes the other child’s feelings, or knows how to make things better. Teaching children to repair a conflict is more useful than treating…
Why Preschoolers Keep Asking “Why?”—and How Parents Can Respond
A preschooler who asks “Why?” five times in a row may be doing more than repeating themselves. They may be trying to understand how something works, why an event happened, or why an adult made a particular decision. Research suggests that young children often repeat questions when the answer they receive does not provide the…
Home Language Skills for Early Social Growth
Home Language Skills can support early relationships, behavior regulation, and classroom belonging when families and educators work together.
Bilingual Speech Milestones: Recent Research
Bilingual Speech Milestones can be read across both languages. See what recent studies suggest about first words, vocabulary, and support.
Head Start Multilingual Supports: NPRM Facts
Head Start Multilingual Supports face proposed English-only changes. See dated facts, limits, and practical questions for families.
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