Baby

Activity

Baby's book

 Babies love pictures of their family and favorite things. Make a personalized book to read to your child.
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Activity

Get to the point

 Play the “Where’s that?” game once your baby learns to point.
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Tip

The dance

 You smile, he smiles. He coos, you coo back. These early interactions between parents and babies have been described by psychologists as a "dance."
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New Toddler

Activity

Touch your nose

 Play this little game to help your toddler learn new words, and have some silly fun!
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Article

The sounds of language

 Becoming a lifelong reader involves far more than knowing the ABCs. It begins with children becoming sensitized to the sounds of language. The more sounds a child hears, the more words, with all their sounds, he’ll learn to say and eventually read.
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Activity

Five little ducks

 Get counting and motor skills "quacking" with this popular finger play!
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Toddler

Article

The sounds of language

 Becoming a lifelong reader involves far more than knowing the ABCs. It begins with children becoming sensitized to the sounds of language. The more sounds a child hears, the more words, with all their sounds, he’ll learn to say and eventually read.
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Article

Bilingual baby!

 Speaking more than one language brings a host of benefits and is fun way to explore language with your child.
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Tip

It's a wide, wide world

 Expand your child's horizons by giving him a taste of other cultures and languages.
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Curious Twos

Article

10 benefits of teaching your child Spanish

 Here are ten ways that teaching your children Spanish will expand their minds and enrich their lives.
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Activity

Five little ducks

 Get counting and motor skills "quacking" with this popular finger play!
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Activity

Touch your nose

 Play this little game to help your toddler learn new words, and have some silly fun!
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Preschool

Printable

Numbers & colors Bingo - Spanish

 Play this Spanish version of our printable bingo game to practice the Spanish words for numbers and color names.
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Pre-K

Activity

Spanish beach ball toss

 This game is sure to catch on as a playful way to learn color words in Spanish.
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Printable

Pinata party

 Get some Spanish numbers learning in with this fun printable.
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Activity

Mapping my neighborhood in German

 Go on a neighborhood adventure to identify everyday words in German.
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