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Talking about race with your kids

Posted in Biracial Children, Children's Books, Culture/Race Relations, Discrimination, Families, Multiracial familes, Race, Transracial Adoption, tagged , on October 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Natasha Sky has an interesting article on her blog, Multiracial Sky, on talking to children about race. An excerpt:
The key to talking with your child—or anyone—about race is the same key to discussing any complex subject: openness. Start an open dialog with your child about race early in their life. Make it a comfortable subject [...]

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Free Downloadable Curriculum from Wycliffe

Posted in Children's Books, lesson plans, tagged on August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

from Wycliffe:  Download these activity pages or lessons plans for use in your classroom or at home. Each lesson will keep your child engaged with a games, simulations or crafts. Because we believe kids matter, we’ve decided to offer our curriculum to you for FREE. Encourage children to make a difference for God’s kingdom right now!

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International Children’s Digital Library

Posted in Books, Children's Books, tagged , on July 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Read children’s books online at ICDL.  This site allows you to search for books by country and includes books from many cultures.  I even found about 10 books that you can read online from SRI LANKA!!! (This NEVER happens outside of Sri Lanka itself…)  Definitely a must-visit for those with children…

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Bilingual books for kids

Posted in Books, Children's Books, Publications, tagged , on February 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Catalog of Spanish/English bilingual books for kids.

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Language Land

Posted in Children's Books, Language Resources, Websites on April 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Looking for MULTILINGUAL books, CDs, DVDs, toys and much much more?    Then take a vacation to Language Land and find what you are looking for!

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International Children’s Digital Library

Posted in Children's Books, Websites on March 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

The mission of the International Children’s Digital Library Foundation is to excite and inspire the world’s children to become members of the global community – children who understand the value of tolerance and respect for diverse cultures, languages and ideas — by making the best in children’s literature available online.

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Multicultural Kids Inc.

Posted in Children's Books, Cultures, Families, Third Culture Kids, Transracial Adoption, Websites on November 1, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

Website with lots of multicultural toys, books, posters, music.

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Asia For Kids

Posted in Asian, Children's Books, Families, Transracial Adoption, Websites on November 1, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

Asian language and cultural resources including books, videos, dolls, games, etc.

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Children’s Book Lists

Posted in Books, Children's Books, Families on October 15, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

In her poignant essay Magic Carpet, Mitali Perkins imagines what life would have been had she read books as a child that reflected her own Bengali culture. Below are lists of children’s books compiled by Brenda McNellen (Indiana Department of Education) that explore the many cultures of the world:
50 multicultural books every child [...]

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