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You guessed it -- the Brooklyn Library offers multilingual storytimes! They are a great way to introduce your young child to new languages, or enforce languages already spoken at home. Beyond that, multilingualism in young children has shown to be positive for brain plasticity and executive function.
Click here for a list of our multilingual storytimes! Our multilingual storytimes are generously supported by the City's First Readers, an initiative of the New York City Council.
Interested in some multilingual books for young children? Try checking these out from your local library:
Say Hello written by Rachel Isadora
A little girl greets people in her neighborhood in many different languages.
Check the CatalogEverywhere the Cow Says Moo! written by Ellen Weinstein
Easy-to-read text reveals the different words for animal sounds in four languages--English, Spanish, French, and Japanese--and the one that remains the same.
Check the CatalogIf you like music, mamalisa.com is a fantastic website for finding children's songs in other languages. The songs are sorted by continent and then by country. Here are a few noteworthy examples:
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Aserrín, aserrán (Spanish - Mexico) |
Sansa Kroma (Akan - Ghana) |
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Moe Moe Pepe (Samoa - Somoan) |
Sapo Jururu (Brazil - Portugese) |
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En elefant kom marcherende |
Ай бөпем (Kazakhstan - Kazakh) |
See you at the next storytime! Ciao for now!
This blog post reflects the opinions of the author and does not necessarily represent the views of Brooklyn Public Library.
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