I am always delighted to help find books for kids. I received an email asking for book recommendations for Japanese themed and Japanese/English bi-lingual books and this is what I came up with.
Category: Teaching Kids Foreign Languages at Home
Teaching kids Spanish and Mandarin Chinese at home using fun apps, games, song, picture books and board games.
How To: Pronounce Mandarin Chinese Pinyin (cheat sheet)
Cheat sheet to learn how to pronounce Mandarin Chinese pinyin.
Learn Chinese Words with Bingo Game
The nice people at Kingka gave me their game to try out. I have a lovely Chinese tutor who my kids like a lot. She keeps them motivated by sticker charts that earn small prizes plus stickers for each lesson well done. She also gives them homework. I don’t speak Chinese (1 year Chinese school flunk out), so I had my tutor play Kingka with the kids. She really likes this game.
How To: Learn Two or More Languages at Home
In today’s increasingly multicultural world, many children hear two or more languages being spoken on a daily basis. Studies have shown that children that grow up with more than one language outperform their peers in verbal and non-verbal skills, and perform better on standardized tests.
DVD of Spanish Children’s Songs
So Smart! Baby’s Begninngs Spanish is a great introduction for infants and toddlers. Simplistic, shape oriented animation is combined with catchy children’s songs from Latin America in a country-neutral accent. Thumbs Up!
Website That Teaches Kids Spanish: Muy Fabuloso!
Kulcutural Kids has a Foreign Langauge and Friends website to teach children vocabulary through a themed web games for Spanish but other languages coming soon. They offered me a code to check it out and I have to say that it took me a long time to get around to it, but when I finally took a look I was really impressed.
Chinese for Munchkins App for Kids
iPhone app: Chinese for Munchkins