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Bilingual Children's Books - Preschool

Are you raising your children bilingual? If your decision is already made, you came to the right spot to find the best bilingual children's books, audio CDs and other fun bilingual stuff for your preschool children.

Although many people believe that a foreign language should be introduced to mid-level school children, modern research studies show that the age is not that important. It's never too soon or too late for your children to become bilingual.

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Bilingual Children's Books - Spanish

  • Even More/Todavia mas - A very beautiful and captivating book about the deep love between mother and daughter. The dialogs in the book help children learn to express what they feel for their mummy.
  • My First Spanish Word Book / Mi Primer Libro De Palabras En Español - Not only for children, but also recommended for Spanish learning adults. The images in this book are real photographs ordered by categories and accompanied by both the English and the Spanish word.
  • My Body / Mi cuerpo - This full illustrated book introduces your children to the names of the human body parts. You can read to your children even if you don't speak Spanish using the pronunciation guide at the end of the book.
  • Gathering the Sun: An Alphabet in Spanish and English - This is a very recommendable alphabet book where every letter is matched by a word and a poem in both English and Spanish accompanied by beautiful illustrations.
  • My Family and I / Mi familia y yo - A high quality bilingual book introducing to children all family related words in an entertaining way and by using adorable pictures. Useful pronunciation guide included at the end of the book.

Spanish Bilingual Children's Books on Amazon

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Chicco Toys Talking Farm

Chicco Toys Talking Farm

Amazon Price: $46.10 (as of 05/29/2012)Buy Now

This is a great educational toy for the little ones. The farm can teach more than 250 words and phrases in English and Spanish, helping your kids recognize the colors, numbers, animals etc. The tool received very good reviews on amazon.

Bilingual Children's Books - French

  • Animals = Les Animaux - This very well presented book introduces children to the animal world. It shows one french word on each page along with colorful images.
  • I Want My Banana! Je Veux Ma Banane! - This is a very entertaining story about a hungry monkey looking for his banana. A bilingual illustrated dictionary and pronunciation guide included.

French Bilingual Children's Books on Amazon

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Bilingual Children's Books - Chinese

  • Splash! style= - A picture book with a very simple story and writing for very young children. Written by the winner of the Mother Goose Award in 1995.
  • The Frog in the Well - This book is a perfect way to teach children about the Chinese culture and language. The Chinese characters in the story are accompanied by both Zhu Yin Fu Hao and Pinyin.
  • Chinese for Children, Traditional - A coloring book that helps children learn colors, numbers, body parts, fruits, etc. Every word is presented in English, Pinyin, and BoPoMoFo.
  • My Little Book of Chinese Words - This booklet is suitable for the first introduction to the Chinese characters. For each presented word there is a picture, its Chinese character (in ancient and modern writing), its pronunciation, and the English meaning of the word.

Chinese Bilingual Children's Books on Amazon

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Poll #1 - Your Children's First Language

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Which are the Most Helpful Children's DVDs in Foreign Languages?

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When it comes to learning a language fast, watching a movie in that language should never be underestimated. It is an incredibly useful possibility for your children and does not require any effort.

If children like a DVD, they are more than willing to watch it over and over again and you cannot imagine how fast they will learn by doing so. It should be no surprise if they will even know the entire movie by heart after a few times watching.

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Monstruos, Inc. (Monsters, Inc. - Spanish Edition)

Monstruos, Inc. (Monsters, Inc. - Spanish Edition)

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Wall-E (Spanish)

Wall-E (Spanish)

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Ratatouille (Spanish Version)

Ratatouille (Spanish Version)

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El Rey León (The Lion King) - Disney Special Platinum Edition

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La Bella y la Bestia (Beauty and the Beast - Special Edition)

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Bonjour Les Amis!, Vol. 1

Bonjour Les Amis!, Vol. 1

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Cardcaptor Sakura - The Final Judgement (Vol. 12)

Cardcaptor Sakura - The Final Judgement (Vol. 12)

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Poll #2 - Your Children's Second Language

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Best Children's Dictionaries - Part 1

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Best Children's Dictionaries - Part 2

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Best Language Learning Songs for Children

Preschool children usually show a high interest in music and they love to sing along with the songs they are repeatedly listening to. Most preschoolers are able to repeat back short rhythmic phrases which can be very useful while learning a language.

This is a short list of the most popular Children's songs in Spanish, French and Chinese.
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To find out about the benefits of raising bilingual children don't miss the Top 10 Reasons to Raise Your Kids Bilingual"
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