Posted in Articles, Italian culture on Jan 18th, 2012
Young Italian children play a game that is very similar to the one known as “Ring-a-Ring-o’-Roses”. It is called Girotondo. How to play: The children make a ring by holding hands and walking in a circle while chanting a short rhyme. At the end of the song they throw themselves down onto the ground and [...]
Posted in Articles on Sep 12th, 2011
Almost all human beings acquire a language (and sometimes more than one), to the level of native competency, before age 5. Most researchers agree that children acquire language through interplay of biology and environmental factors. A challenge for linguists is to figure out how nature and nurture come together to influence language learning. Language acquisition [...]
Posted in Articles, language tools on Aug 16th, 2011
The one-parent-one-language method (OPOL) is a popular method for teaching young children to speak multiple languages. With this method each parent speaks only one language with the child. The language used by the parent is usually the language that is native to that parent. Although the OPOL method is very popular and very effective, there [...]
Posted in Articles, language tools on Aug 11th, 2011
Many parents are eager to teach their children a second language, but pretty soon they feel overwhelmed by worries and concerns. Some common ones are: Will my bilingual child be a little slower learning to speak? Normally a child’s speech is not delayed because he is bilingual. Bilingual children learn at different speed, so some [...]
Posted in Articles on Jul 24th, 2011
Next time you go shopping at the grocery store, bring the kids with you and ask them to read labels and make a list of all the countries food items come from. This activity can be both fun and educational if you bring to the store more than one child and turn this into a [...]
Posted in Books, language tools on May 3rd, 2011
If your child, or a friend’s child birthday is coming up, take the opportunity to celebrate in Italian. Sing the birthday song in Italian: “Tanti Auguri a Te!” Tanti auguri a te! Tanti auguri a te! Tanti auguri a (name of the child), tanti auguri a te! Then gioca (play), read a libro (book) [...]
Posted in Organizations on Apr 30th, 2011
L’Associazione Culturale “L’Altra Italia” nasce per volontà di un gruppo di persone giunte in Canada in un passato non molto lontano. Giovani, professionisti che, seppur si siano integrati nel tessuto sociale e lavorativo canadese, hanno il desiderio di mantenere un legame forte con l’Italia. Il progetto è quello di vivere il Canada avendo la possibilità [...]
Posted in Associations, Italian culture, Organizations, Schools on Apr 26th, 2011
The Italian Cultural Center of San Diego is a non-profit organization, founded in 1981 as a meeting point for people interested in Italian culture and language. Over the years the center has grown steadily, and currently consists of more than 600 members, a mixed group of Italian Americans, Italophiles and Italians of various origins and [...]
Posted in Playgroups on Apr 24th, 2011
Do you speak Italian? Would you like your children to play while speaking Italian? JOIN THE MARIN-ITALIAN-SPEAKING-PLAYGROUP! The group meets at playgrounds in Marin and when you join, you will get to know other Italian families that love the Italian language and culture! Come join the group at an ITALIAN SPEAKING PLAYDATE & PIC-NIC and get ready to [...]
Posted in Playgroups on Apr 22nd, 2011
A playgroup in Long Island, NY, where kids can meet, play and learn/practice Italian. The perfect place for meeting other parents who are interested in teaching Italian to their children and who think they would benefit from having them in a language immersion situation. Join the group here: http://www.meetup.com/Long-Island-Italian-Playgroup/ Incontra genitori e bambini che [...]
Filastrocche Italiane - Italian Nursery Rhymes
Artemisia Vuole Dipingere - Artemisia Wants to Paint
... and many more books with parallel text in Italian and English at: www.LongBridgePublishing.com
