A workbook created for Kindy and early childhood educators to support young children learning more than one language, created by our children's speech pathologist, Thida Hantun.
This workbook is a practical, easy-to-use guide that helps educators turn research into real-world tips that can be used with children and their families to support learning English alongside another language at home. It provides an overview of multilingual communication development, along with practical, easy-to-use strategies and ideas for applying these approaches in your classroom. Designed and created with the Australian Early Years Learning Framework and Kindy Uplift priority areas in mind, the workbook gives you key practical information, strategies and templates to build an inclusive and culturally responsive learning environment for all children to thrive in!
Inside, you’ll find:
Activity ideas for building English understanding and vocabulary
Templates that can be used to plan and apply strategies (with examples to help spark ideas)
Optional progress charts to help you plan and track each child’s language development
(Postage included!)
The workbook links to the Australian Early Years Learning Framework and Kindy Uplift priority areas, especially around communication, inclusion, and emotional wellbeing. See below the bolded outcomes and priority areas the Growing Language for the Multilingual Child workbook specifically targets...
The Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) five learning outcomes targeted with this workbook:
Children have a strong sense of identity
Children are connected with and contribute to their world
Children have a strong sense of well-being
Children are confident and involved learners
Children are effective communicators
The Kindy Uplift key priority areas targeted with this workbook:
Culturally safe, responsive and inclusive kindergarten programs
Embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives
Equity and access for all
Social and emotional learning
Physicality
Executive function
Language and literacy
Mathematics and numeracy
Information about multilingual development...
Charts to help you understand where a child is at, and what the next step is...
Blank templates for planning strategies and activities...
Pre-filled examples to spark ideas...
Optional progress tracking charts, so you can measure the child's growth over time...
Reference pages for vocabulary ideas and further resources...
FAQ section
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This resource is ideal for early childhood educators, Kindy teachers, learning support staff, and professionals working in early years settings. It’s also helpful for anyone supporting multilingual children’s communication and language growth, and we've had other professionals find the learnings useful to their work - including Allied Health Assistants and Speech Pathologists!
The workbook is 40 pages long, and takes most readers 30 to 45 minutes to read all at once.
The workbook will be posted to you within 3 business days of purchase. You will receive an email with a tracking number when your workbook has been shipped.
Standard shipping rates are included in the cost of purchase. Delivery times vary, depending on your location and Australia Post.
Australia
In QLD: 3-6 business days (from time of postage)
Other states: 4-7 business days (from time of postage)
Regional and remote communities may experience longer shipping times.
International
5-25 business days (from time of postage), depending on the country
Refer to Australia Post's international delivery times and destination guide for specific country estimates.
During busy periods (e.g. holiday periods, end of financial year) these delivery times may be longer, due to the increased demand on Australia Post (unfortunately, this is out of our control).
There is no additional fee for postage of the workbook - it is $85 (including delivery)!
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