Marion Downs Center Research

Language & Hearing Research Projects

Information for Families/Parents who speak French

TIPS FOR PARENTS ON LANGUAGE, READING, PLAY, MUSIC, DRAMA AND ART

Color’in Colorado:  Reading tips for parents

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

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-french

LITERACY TRUST IN THE UNITED KINGDOM & WORDS FOR LIFE

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

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

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-french-bi-lingual-quick-tips/

Illinois Early Learning

Dozens of great tip sheets for parents on early intervention activities in all developmental areas: 

Languages:  English, Spanish, Polish, Korean, Chinese, Arabic and French

https://illinoisearlylearning.org/resources/tipsheets/tipsheets-graphic/

https://illinoisearlylearning.org/fr/resources/tipsheets/tipsheets-graphic/   French

MATSOL MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES:

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

Google Translate is available in many languages —  check translations

BEST START:

Best Start by Health Nexus, formerly Canada Ontario’s Maternal Newborn and Early Child Development Resource Centre, supports service providers working on preconception health, perinatal and newborn health and early child development and education.

BABY WANTS BOOKLET

https://resources.beststart.org/product/k06e-baby-wants-booklet/

Languages: English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Urdu

LIFE WITH A NEW BABY

https://resources.beststart.org/product/m03e-life-with-a-new-baby-brochure/

Languages:  English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Urdu

WHEN CHILDREN SPEAK MORE THAN ONE LANGUAGE:

https://resources.beststart.org/product/k51e-when-children-speak-booklet/

MONTREAL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL:  HELP YOUR CHILDREN LEARN TO READ: 

https://www.thechildren.com/patients-families/hospital-services/lireimagineread

FAMILIES CANADA:  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

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:  Resources for parents

http://www.resourcingparents.nsw.gov.au/Parents

Select Language: 

http://www.resourcingparents.nsw.gov.au/Resources/Cald

Love Talk Sing Read Play – select language at top of website 

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

Copy website link into Google or other search engine

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

WASHINGTON COUNT PUBLIC SCHOOLS:

http://wcpsmd.com/documents?search=Developmental+Milestones

Growth and Developmental Milestones Brochure from Washington County Public Schools

Physical, Language and Social/Emotional Development:  2, 4, 7, 10, 12, 18, 24, 36 months of age

Languages:  Amharic, Chinese, French, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Russian

http://wcpsmd.com/documents/growth-and-developmental-milestones-brochure-french

GENERAL HEALTH INFORMATION

MEDLINE:

Health Information on the Medlineplus website in multiple languages.

https://medlineplus.gov/languages/languages.html

Browse health information in multiple languages, arranged by language. You can also browse this information by health topic.

Infant and Newborn care

https://medlineplus.gov/languages/infantandnewborncare.html

Infant and newborn Care – Multiple Languages:

Hearing Disorders and deafness – multiple languages

Bilingual pdfs

Hearing problems in children – multiple languages

Information on ear infections in other languages

https://medlineplus.gov/languages/earinfections.html

https://www.kidsnewtocanada.ca/care/parent-info

Go to the top of the website to choose the language

https://www.rch.org.au/immigranthealth/translated/Translated_resources/

https://uwm.edu/nursing/wp-content/uploads/sites/287/2018/06/Tigrinya-Translated-Health-Information.pdf

Health Information Translations:

https://www.healthinfotranslations.org/

CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES:

FIRST WORDS:

https://firstwords.ca/firstwords/

Go to the top of the page and SELECT LANGUAGE for translation of the website into French

VERMONT FAMILY NETWORK:

TRACK YOUR CHILD’S DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES

https://www.vermontfamilynetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/Milestones-Brochure_French_VT-211.pdf