If your child want to get into language learning, but haven’t managed it on his/her own yet, learning with the family might be just the extra motivation he/she needs. (And merging bonding time with learning time is a great recipe for more quality time!)
So try out the eight easy tips below to start learning a language as a family tonight!
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There are tons of awesome ways to learn a foreign language using media such as watching movies, listening to music or even reading foreign magazines. However, most people can agree that playing games is definitely by far one of the best ways to learn a new language.
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Playing games is a great way to provide additional practice with early reading skills. Here are six games parents or tutors can use to help young readers practice word recognition, spelling patterns, and letter-sound knowledge.
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These language games are fun family games to make you laugh and help you bond. They’re a chance to step away from your phone and enjoy spending time engaging in non-screen activities together.
They can all be played indoors, so if the weather is keeping you out of your garden, or you’re cooped up together in a flat, pick something from our indoor family activity list. These language games will distract you from the outside world for a short while and create a safe space where a kid can be a kid. Plus they’ll help your little ones keep their language skills fresh!
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I CAN’s speech and language advisors have suggested some activities below that you can try at home to support your child’s speech, language and communication development.
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Read Along helps kids independently learn and build their reading skills with the help of an in-app reading buddy named Diya. As kids read out loud, Diya uses Google’s text-to-speech and speech recognition technology to detect if a student is struggling or successfully reading the passage.
Available only on Android.
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Toontastic 3D is a wonderful creative outlet for all budding storytellers, young scientists, or those who increasingly blur the lines between the two - perhaps this is where the next documentary makers and Pixar artists will get their start.
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When it comes to children in the kitchen, we are encouraged to invite them in and get them involved in order to expose them to fresh, healthy food and interesting ways of cooking it. The goal being to establish healthy eating habits and develop their language skills.
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In view of embracing the global new norm for home learning due to the pandemic, Scholastic continues to support your child by providing free access to our educational resources in order to keep them engaged in meaningful reading and learning.
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From practicing sight words to simple coding activities, these projects cover literacy, STEM, and social studies, among others, so you can focus on your kids' particular area of interest (or subject where they need the most additional practice).
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The LearnEnglish Kids team want to support parents at this challenging time. Many parents around the world are spending a lot of time at home with their young children.
If you're in this situation, our website can help you support your child's English learning at home.
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Dr. Goh shares 5 tips on teaching your child to enjoy reading.
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Combining art with other subjects helps children develop a creative understanding of the world around them. Here are some easy ways to incorporate art and early literacy into your child’s day-to-day life.
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You are your child's first and most important educator and children need to be able to speak, read and write the home language of their parents or main carer. Not only is it important for their sense of identity and belonging, it will help them to succeed at school.
Bilingual and multilingual children develop faster than children who speak just one language.
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Raising multilingual children is not easy, and many parents aren’t sure when or how to begin. To make matters more challenging, kids tend to favor whatever language his or her friends are speaking. Therefore, if you want your child to learn a second language, daily support is necessary at home.
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Here are 43 fun activities, which are indoor and social distancing friendly, to help teach your kids Chinese.
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With Farmees Malaysia's creative animated characters and popular nursery rhymes, kids will now enjoy learning Malay at home!
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This site explains the importance of music to help children in learning language.
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This article explains exactly how linguistic intelligence works and offer four strategies to help you grow your linguistic intelligence to epic proportions.
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Speed up and improve your child's language skills.
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This article explains why should parents let their children to learn a foreign language.
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This article offers some advice for parents that seek to raise bilingual or multilingual children and answer some common questions on raising them in bilingual or multilingual way.
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Play is one way that you can use to encourage children in learning languages. There are many benefits to learning a language using apps used on smartphones such as iPhone, Android, etc.
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This YouTube channel shares cultural videos, product demos, as well as motivational talks and interviews with their founder ShaoLan.
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This ted talk tells us the beautiful of language and some reasons on why we struggle learning language. 'If you want to learn an language efficiently, then you need to give the language life' is one of the sentence said by this speaker which I think is inspiring
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This video tells us what are the keys point that helps us in learning a new language.
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This online video provides a series of videos that are suitable for children to learn languages.
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