A woman helping a boy with his school work.

In this article written for Colorín Colorado, Dr. Fred Genesee reviews what we know about the benefits of bilingualism, as well as the research about children with developmental disabilities who grow up bilingually and may be educated bilingually.

A teenager, a boy, and a baby sitting in the backseat of a car and smiling.

Turn travel time during a family trip into a great bonding and learning adventure with activities that build language for literacy and boost kids’ brain development.

Girl in a classroom

Learn how to get started when teaching English language learners (ELLs) in these tips compiled from veteran educators.

Coming soon!

These tips will also be available in a PDF format and slide deck that you are welcome to share.

Young boy in the snow in New York City
By: Richard Simon Tanya Simon
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A refugee seeking sanctuary from the horrors of Kristallnacht, Oskar arrives by ship in New York City with only a photograph and an address for an aunt he has never met. It is both the seventh day of Hanukkah and Christmas Eve, 1938.

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