Tag Archives: dual language

Educator Resources, Interviews with Authors and Illustrators

Watch Now: Foster Multilingual Learners Through Story: In Conversation with Lee & Low Authors

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Thank you to all who joined the “Foster Multilingual Learners Through Story: In Conversation with Lee & Low Authors” panel on November 8, 2022. The NYC Department of Education hosted this panel as part of their Beyond Access Forum.

Click here to register and watch on demand! It’s FREE and open to everyone.

In this webinar, the panelists discussed how high-quality bilingual and dual language picture books celebrate the voices and cultures of young readers’ lived experiences and affirm and validate a child’s identity. Hear from Ying-Hwa Hu (Ten Blocks to the Big Wok); Claudia Guadalupe Martínez (Still Dreaming / Seguimos soñando); and Xelena González (Where Wonder Grows and Donde las maravillas crecen) as they discuss their books, their role as storytellers, and their hope for the future of bilingual and dual language children’s literature.

Purchase the books from the webinar here:

Ten Blocks to the Big Wok
Still Dreaming / Seguimos soñando
Where Wonder Grows and Donde las maravillas crecen

Additional recommended resources:

Recursos en español para educadores y familias
Authentic Spanish Books List
10 Reasons To Celebrate Bilingual Books
Dual Language Learners Deserve Research-Backed Resources

Educator Resources

Dual Language Learners Deserve Research-Backed Resources

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With more districts and states requiring equity in quality of materials and many are making more funding available, educators serving Dual Language Learners and English Language Learners have incredible opportunities this school year to get students back on track or help students build on the progress they have made.

For a school year like no other, educators, librarians, and caregivers are looking to research findings to find the best strategies in meeting the needs of their incoming Dual Language Learners.

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Activities and Events, Educator Resources

Free Upcoming Webinar: AIR’s New Language and Literacy Program for Preschoolers (COLLTS)

Join the Center for English Learners at the American Institutes for Research® for a webinar on Cultivating Oral Language and Literacy Talent in Students (COLLTS), an evidence-based, research-backed, and classroom-tested language and literacy program for preschoolers. The event will be held on Thursday, September 16th at 4:00 PM ET.

Cultivating Oral Language and Literacy Talent in Students (COLLTS) is designed to help teachers support language and literacy development for young dual language learners. An intervention study found that children who participated in COLLTS showed significantly larger gains in oral language than children who did not participate in the program.

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Educator Resources

Watch the Webinar: Best Practices for English Learners in PreK

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Thank you to everyone who joined us for last week’s webinar, “Best Practices for English Learners in Prekindergarten” with experts Dr. Patricia Garcia-Arena, Principal Researcher, and Dr. Rebecca Bergey, Senior Researcher, at the Center for English Learners at the American Institutes for Research. You can access the webinar below, or here on Youtube.

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Diversity, Race, and Representation, Educator Resources, General, Guest Blogger Post

Más Piñata and the Story Behind Culturally Authentic Leveled Reading

In the first post of our new blog series, Dr. Barbara Flores shares the history and philosophy behind the beloved dual language leveled reading series, Más Piñata.

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Educator Resources

Más Piñata: Dual Language Leveled Reading

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Mas Pinata announcement

We are proud to announce the return of Más Piñata, now part of our Bebop Books imprint! Más Piñata is a series of leveled books for Emerging and Beginning Readers, available in both Spanish and English. Más Piñata offers rich, culturally-relevant stories that support meaningful literacy development in guided reading and biliteracy settings. Continue reading →

Activities and Events, Educator Resources

Free Webinar: Dual Language Leveled Reading

Mas Pinata Dual Language Leveled Reading

Calling all ELL and dual language educators! Join us for a FREE webinar next week launching our Más Piñata line of leveled readers and exploring the benefits of dual language leveled reading.

Más Piñata was the first authentic early literacy program for Spanish-speaking students in the United States. Now Más Piñata is available for the first time in both English and Spanish as part of our beloved Bebop Books imprint, with updated texts aligned to current educational standards.

In this discussion and presentation, learn how to use these dual language Spanish-English texts to promote early literacy skills in the classroom. Attendees will come away with ready-to-implement strategies for guided reading and shared reading, bilingual and dual language programs, and reluctant or struggling readers. All advocates of students welcome! Continue reading →

Book Lists by Topic, Educator Resources

Dual Language Book Sets for the Classroom

Many people know Lee & Low Books for our wide selection of diverse and multicultural children’s books. But did you also know we’re a great source for Spanish books and dual language collections?

We offer hundreds of titles in Spanish at all reading levels. Our original, authentic stories will help you teach in a bilingual or dual language program, deepen a student’s engagement to Spanish, scaffold a student into English, and bridge classroom read-alouds with non-English-speaking parents at home. Our text sets include original titles, translations of Lee & Low Books’ classics, and bilingual books for English Language Learners (ELLs), English as a Second Language Learners (ESL), and English as a New Language Learners (ENLs).

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Educator Resources

Bebop Books: Guided Reading Book Sets for the Classroom

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Bebop Books is an exclusive imprint of LEE & LOW BOOKS that offers leveled books for guided reading and assessment in the classroom—all with the same commitment to diversity and cultural authenticity that sets all LEE & LOW books apart. In this blog post, we want to spotlight this special imprint and all it offers.

In 2014, children of color became the new majority in America’s public schools, so now more than ever, it’s important that classroom books and materials reflect today’s students.   Our Bebop Books resources are used in classrooms across the country to support literacy learning content for beginning readers, with multicultural content that affirms identity for all students. Continue reading →