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        • Language Information for Families

        • Arabic
        • Amharic
        • Bengali
        • Burmese
        • Dutch
        • Farsi/Dari/Persian
        • French
        • Gujarathi
        • Hindi
        • Hmong
        • Korean
        • Marathi
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        • Punjabi
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        • Somali
        • Spanish
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        • Turkish
        • Urdu
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        • Amharic
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        • KOREAN
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        • Punjabi
        • Russian
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        • Spanish
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        • URDU
        • Vietnamese
        • Information for Providers who work with Families/Parents who read/speak Mandarin/Cantonese
        • Information for Parents/Families who Read and Speak Mandarin/Cantonese
  • General Multicultural Info for Parents/Families
    • General Health in multiple languages
    • Developmental Milestones in Languages other than English
    • Intervention Tips: Reading, Language, Play, Music, Drama
  • General Multicultural Info for Providers
    • Developmental Milestones in Languages other than English
    • Intervention Tips: Reading, Language, Play, Music, Drama
    • Languages other than English spoken in the home
    • Deafness and Hearing Loss
    • Cultures and History

Information for Families/Parents who speak Portuguese

INFORMATION FOR FAMILIES/PARENTS ON LANGUAGE, READING, PLAY, MUSIC, DRAMA

COLOR’IN COLORADO:  READING TIPS FOR PARENTS

Tips for Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade

Languages:  English, Arabic, Chinese, Navajo, French, Haitian-Creole, Hmong, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese

https://www.colorincolorado.org/reading-tip-sheets-parents

 https://www.colorincolorado.org/sites/default/files/cc_tips_english.pdf 

https://www.colorincolorado.org/guide/parent-tip-sheets-portuguese

LITERACY TRUST IN THE UNITED KINGDOM & WORDS FOR LIFE

https://literacytrust.org.uk/resources/time-together-multilingual-families/

https://cdn.literacytrust.org.uk/media/documents/At_home_booklet_for_parents_final_portuguese.pdf

https://wordsforlife.org.uk/activities/

18 different languages:  Chinese, Albanian, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Arabic, Bengali, French, Gujarati, Kurdish, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Somali, Urdu, Yoruba

Sharing Stories Together, How to play with your child, Exploring with your child, Playing with letters and numbers, painting and  drawing together, getting ready to start school,

https://wordsforlife.org.uk/activities/sharing-stories-together/

https://wordsforlife.org.uk/activities/how-play-your-child/

https://wordsforlife.org.uk/activities/exploring-your-child/

https://wordsforlife.org.uk/activities/play-letters-and-numbers/

https://wordsforlife.org.uk/activities/painting-and-drawing-together/

https://wordsforlife.org.uk/activities/getting-ready-start-school/

Bilingual quick tips : Saying hello to your new baby, Dummies (Pacifiers) and talking, Talk to your baby in your own language, Making the most of TV, Talking with your baby, Sharing Songs and Rhymes, Sharing Books with your baby, Playing with your Baby

https://literacytrust.org.uk/resources/english-and-portuguese-bi-lingual-quick-tips/

MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF STUDENTS OF OTHER LANGUAGES:

https://matsol.memberclicks.net/multilingual-literacy-resources-for-parents

Google Translate is available in many languages —  check translations

FIRST WORDS CANADA:

Resources available in other languages First Words in Canada

https://www.firstwords.ca/translated-resources

Languages:  Arabic, Farsi, German, Inuktitut, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu, Vietnamese

Baby and toddler Speech and Language Milestones

Preschool Speech and Language Milestones

First Language Use and Bilingualism

Preparing children to Learn at School

Developing Language through Play and Music

Developing Language Through Reading and Storytelling

Developing Language Through Television and Videos

Kindergarten Expectations:  What Can You Do At Home

EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE CENTER:

https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/culture-language/article/importance-home-language-series

Families can find helpful resources available in a variety of languages, including: English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Haitian Creole, Arabic, and Russian.

FAMILIES CANADA:  WHY PLAY

Why Play pamphlets:

Why Play is a series of brochures offering information to parents and child care providers on play and child development. The brochures cover age groups 0-12 months, 12-30 months, 30-60 months. Brochures can be ordered in sets, or multiple copies of a specific age.

Languages:  English, French, Simplified Chinese, Arabic, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish

https://familiescanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Why-Play-Order-Form-English-1.pdf

PARENTS AS TEACHERS:  play is learning

https://parentsasteachers.org/play_is_learning?rq=Turkish

English, Chinese, German, Greek, Korean Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish

INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S DIGITAL LIBRARY:

http://www.childrenslibrary.org/

http://www.childrenslibrary.org/library/books_by_language.html

Books for children in 76 languages

AWESOME LIBRARY:

https://www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/English/Languages/Languages.html

GLOBAL DIGITAL LIBRARY IN 83 LANGUAGES:  6000+ BOOKS IN 83 LANGUAGES:

https://digitallibrary.io/ar?utm_source=All+Children+Reading%3A+A+Grand+Challenge+for+Development+eNewsletter&utm_campaign=fb90fb56a1-eNews+%28October+2017%29_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2411ed4691-fb90fb56a1-218460621

  • Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Awadhi, Azerbaijani, ភាសាខ្មែរ, नेपाली (Nepal), मराठी, हिंदी, বাঙালি, bahasa Indonesia, Balinese, Bhojpuri, Brahui, Bukusu, Cambodian Sign Language, Cebuano, Central Bikol, Chakma, Chinese (China), Croatian, Dangaura Tharu, Dotyali, Eastern Tamang, Enga, English, French, Fulah, Garo, German, Goan Konkani, Gusil, Hadiyya, Hausa (Nigeria), Hiri Motu, Ilokano, isiNdebele seSewula, isiZulu, Kalanguya, Kamba (Kenya), Kenyan Sign Language, Kinyarwanda, Kiswahili (Kenya), Lao (Lao), Lingala, Maithili, Malawi Lomwe, Mamara Senoufo, Marma, Newari, Northern Pashto, Norwegian, Nyanja, Oromo, Pedi, Persian (Afghanistan), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, S’gaw-Karen, Sadri, Serer, Sesotho, Setswana, Shona, Sidamo, Sign language Rwanda, Sindhi (Pakistan), Sinugbuanong Binisaya, siSwati, Somali, Soninke, Southern Balochi, Southern Pashto, Spanish (Nicaragua), Spanish (Spain), Tigrinya, Tok Pisin, Tripura (Kokborok), Tshivenda, Tumbuka, Urdu, Uzbek, Wanga, Wolaytta, Wolof, Yao

RESOURCING PARENTS:  NEW SOUTH WALES AUSTRALIA

LoveTalk Sing Read Play – select language at top of website – Go to Google Select Language – Select Portuguese

http://ltsrp.resourcingparents.nsw.gov.au/program

INFORMATION FOR PARENTS ABOUT CHILD DEVELOPMENT

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL:  LEARN THE SIGNS ACT EARLY:

https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/freematerials.html#customizematerials

Developmental milestones in the following languages for ages 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 9 months, 1 year, 18 months, 2 years, 3 years, 4 years, 5 years

In developmental areas;  Social/Emotional, Language/Communication, Cognitive ( learning, thinking, problems solving), Movement/Physical Development

Languages:  English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Haitian Creole,  Somali, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean

Some non-CDC partners have translated materials into other languages including Russian, Turkish, French, Indonesian, Bengali, Urdu, and Portuguese. To access these additional translations, please email ActEarly@cdc.gov.

ASSURE THE BEST

https://pathways.org/print/assure-brochure/

Checklists for speech, play, and physical development, from 3, 6, 9, 12, and 15 months of age

Easy-to-understand illustrations, showing typical and atypical physical development by age

Fun tips and activities that encourage baby’s development at 0-3 months, 4-6 months, 7-9 months, 10-12 months, and 13-15 months

Languages:  Arabic, Azeri, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Mandarin, Oriya, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish Ukranian

SPEECH AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES:

https://www.firstwords.ca/translated-resources

Speech and Language Developmental Milestones at ages:  6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 30 months of age, 3, 4, 5 years

Language:  Arabic, Farsi, German, Inuktitut, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu, Vietnamese

Baby and toddler Speech and Language Milestones

Preschool Speech and Language Milestones

INFORMATION ABOUT DEAFNESS AND HEARING LOSS

COCHLEAR CORPORATION:

Integrated Scales of Development

English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Simplified Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Estonian, French, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovakian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese.

This comprehensive developmental chart identifies milestones in listening, receptive (what your child understands) and expressive (what your says) language speech, cognition (thinking) and social communication. A practical and easy to use form supports you in tracking your child’s development over the long term.

MEDEL: 

https://www.medel.com/en-us/support/rehab/rehabilitation-downloads

Languages:  English, Turkish, Russian, Arabic, German, Spanish, Dutch, Polish, Czech, French, Italian, Japanese, Swedish, Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayan, Sinhala, Korean, Mandarin, Romanian, Portuguese Brazilian, Danish, Farsi, Portuguese, French Canadian, Spanish Latinoamerica, Spanish USA, English USA, Indonesian, Marathi

 

The Marion Downs Center Research team and Hands & Voices are proud to collaborate in bringing this site to you.

This web site has been developed as a partnership between the University of Colorado Boulder/Marion Downs Center and Hands & Voices. These pages contain research and information for researchers, practicing audiologists, teachers of the deaf, speech/language pathologists and early intervention providers providing services to families and children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Research information on the auditory skills, speech, language, cognitive, and social-emotional development of infants and children who are deaf or hard of hearing will be provided on this website.
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Hands & Voices and the Marion Downs Center Research team are proud to be co-partnering on this web site and working in collaboration to provide research and information that assists all those interested in assisting deaf and hard of hearing children and their families. Hands & Voices is a national non-profit parent-driven organization that provides communication-unbiased information, educational advocacy, parent-mentoring and much more to families with children who are deaf or hard of hearing, and to the professionals who serve them. www.handsandvoices.org

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