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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.

 

Bi Lingual Talking Farm

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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 

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.
  • Floppy's Friends - This is a book about making friends and about the tolerance of being different. the story is presented in simplified Chinese and English along with colorful, full-page images.

Bilingual Children's Books - More Languages 

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  • Alice and Marek's Christmas - This story explores the way people celebrate different festivals around the world. Beautifully illustrated with recipes and activities. Available in English with: Spanish, French, Albanian, Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Urdu, Welsh (Ages: 3-8).
  • Deepak's Diwali - This warm contemporary story is interwoven with beautifully illustrated images from Hindu mythology. The book is packed with recipes and activities. Available in English with: French, Arabic, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Panjabi, Polish, Tamil and Urdu (Ages: 3-8).
  • The Elves and the Shoemaker - Grimm's classic tale is magically retold and richly illustrated by the award winning team that made Little Red Hen and the Grains of Wheat. Available in English with: Spanish, French, Chinese, Chinese-Simplified with Pinyin, English Only, Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Farsi, Lithuanian, Panjabi, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Somali, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese (Ages: 4-8).
  • I Took the Moon for a Walk - This is a story about the magical adventure of a young boy who goes exploring with his friend, the Moon. The book combines lyrical verse with detailed illustrations. Available in English with: Spanish, French, Chinese-Simplified, Chinese-Traditional, Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Czech, Farsi, Haitian-Creole, Hindi, Irish, Lithuanian, Panjabi, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovakian, Somali, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese, Welsh (Ages: 3-8).

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.

You can rate the following DVDs up or down in the list according to the experience you've already had with your children. You can also add other items to this list.

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

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

From the Academy Award(R)-winning creators of TOY more...2 points

Wall-E (Spanish)

Wall-E (Spanish)

Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 11/18 more...1 point

Ratatouille (Spanish Version)

Ratatouille (Spanish Version)

Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 11/06 more...1 point

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

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

Disney's THE LION KING SPECIAL EDITION features an more...1 point

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

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

The film that officially signaled Disney's animati more...1 point

Bonjour Les Amis!, Vol. 1

Bonjour Les Amis!, Vol. 1

Moustache has exciting adventures with his human a more...1 point

Cardcaptor Sakura - The Final Judgement (Vol. 12)

Cardcaptor Sakura - The Final Judgement (Vol. 12)

The 12th disc in this popular series brings the se more...0 points

Poll #2 - Your Children's Second Language 

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Bilingual Stories on Audio CD 

Listening to stories has a similar effect like watching a movie in the targeted language. Children learn a lot through listening and repetition and hearing the story in two languages is even more helpful. Here are some of the most popular bilingual audio CDs for children.

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  • Buri and the Marrow - This is a famous Bengali folk tale about the adventures of an old woman who travels through the forest in search of her daughter. Available in English with Spanish, French, Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Serbo-Croat, Somali, Turkish and Urdu.
  • Flash Bang Wheee! - This is a story that talks about the fear of fireworks and how to overcome it. Available on audio CD in English with Spanish, French, Chinese (Cantonese), Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Czech, Farsi, Portuguese, Serbo-Croatian, Somali, and Urdu. All these languages are on one CD.
  • The Buskers of Bremen - The famous adaption from the Grimm's original "Bremer Stadmusikanten". Available on audio CD in English with French, Chinese (Cantonese), Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Czech, Portuguese, Serbo-Croatian, Somali and Urdu.
  • Don't Cry Sly! - This is a humorous retelling of the fable about the Sly Fox and Little Red Hen. available on audio CD in English with Chinese (Cantonese), French, Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Czech, Portuguese, Serbo-Croatian, Somali, Spanish and Urdu.
  • Not Again Red Riding Hood! - A lovely story that links with other well-known tales being first narrated in English by the author herself and then in other languages. available on audio CD in English with French, Chinese (Cantonese), Albanian, Bengali, Czech, Portuguese, Somali, Turkish and Urdu.

Best Children's Dictionaries - Part 1 

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Best Children's Dictionaries - Part 2 

The Oxford Picture Dictionary: English-Vietnamese Editon

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Let's Learn Japanese Picture Dictionary

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Milet Picture Dictionary: English-Polish

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Let's Learn German Picture Dictionary

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Let's Learn Italian Picture Dictionary

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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.

Songs in French for Children

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Chinese Lullabies

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Putumayo Presents: French Playground

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A Bailar! Let's Dance! -- Spanish Learning Songs Canciones Infantiles

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Uni Verse of Song: Spanish

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Online Shops for Bilingual and Foreign Language Children's Books 

  • WorldLanguage - This online store offers thousands of language related products (books, CD's DVD's, toys etc.).
  • Language Lizard - This shop offers dual-language books, CDs and posters in more than 40 languages.

 

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