Use metacognitive scaffolding to help multilingual children monitor meaning, talk through texts, and build reading routines at school and home.
Family Engagement Practices for Bilingual Pre-K
See how family engagement practices support bilingual preschoolers through home language, shared reading, and Head Start research.
Why Pairing Gestures With Words May Help Children Understand More
A parent says, “Put this piece over there,” while pointing to the correct spot. Another says the same sentence without moving. The words match, but the child is not receiving the same information. New research is adding another layer to what we know about gestures and language development: meaningful movements Continue Reading
Teacher Language Switching and DLL Skills
Teacher Language Switching can support DLL communication when it is purposeful, consistent, and paired with clear classroom interaction.
Same Home, Different Languages: Why Bilingual Siblings Do Not Always Develop Alike
Two children can grow up under the same roof, hear the same parents, and still choose different languages when they talk. Bilingual siblings language use is shaped by much more than the language rules a family sets: age, school, friends, birth order, confidence, routines, and each child’s history with both Continue Reading
Bilingual Storytelling: Digital or Traditional?
Bilingual Storytelling can use screens or spoken retell. Learn what research supports, what remains uncertain, and how adults can help.
Houston Questionnaire for Bilingual Children
Use the Houston Questionnaire to understand bilingual child self-report, language exposure, and limits in Spanish-English proficiency checks.
When Do Children Understand Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow?
A preschooler may announce, “Tomorrow we went to Grandma’s,” even though the visit happened yesterday. That does not necessarily mean the child has forgotten the event. Understanding time words requires children to do something unusually abstract: locate an experience in relation to a present moment that keeps changing. For parents Continue Reading
What to Do When a Child Is Misunderstood: Teaching Communication Repair
A child says something, the listener looks confused, and the conversation stalls. Communication repair in children is the skill of noticing that a message did not land and trying another way to make it understood—not simply saying the same thing louder or being corrected until every sound is perfect. Breakdowns Continue Reading
Bilingual Narrative Growth and Listening Skills
How bilingual narrative growth relates to listening comprehension, vocabulary, morphology, and practical speech-milestone support.