Author name: Language Lizard

Anneke Forzani founded Language Lizard (www.LanguageLizard.com) to provide educators, librarians, and parents with resources that develop literacy skills among English Language Learners, build inclusive classrooms, and celebrate cultural diversity. Language Lizard offers bilingual books in over 60 languages, multilingual audio resources, multicultural posters, and free lesson plans to support multicultural classrooms. The company also runs a blog (blog.languagelizard.com) for parents and teachers working with language learners and culturally diverse students. Anneke is the author of Building Bridges with Bilingual Books and Multicultural Resources (a manual to support culturally responsive teaching) and With Flying Colors: Color Idioms (a multicultural idiom book).

MKB Idiom Week 2021, Multicultural Kid Blogs

Idiom Week is Coming – Language Learning Fun Will Have You “Over the Moon!”

Idiom Week 2021 runs from January 24-30. It’s a great chance to have multicultural and language learning fun and learn a new idiom each day of the week! Here are some of our favorite ways to “have a ball” during Idiom Week.

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Girl at beach, image from Fresh as a Daisy: Nature Idioms

Easy Multicultural & Bilingual Activities Kids Can Do at Home

This is a very different (and let’s be honest – challenging) summer for us all. Because of efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus through social distancing, your family may have missed out on your usual summer plans like travel, camps, and parties. In this post, we offer five fun multicultural bilingual activities kids

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Unique Diversity Activities: 5 Language Games to Play with Bilingual Books

With most students learning from home right now, many parents and teachers are looking for fun activities that introduce new languages and cultures. Here, we offer 5 of our favorite language games using children’s bilingual books. And check out our post for a chance to win a set of bilingual books. Language Games Using Bilingual

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Literacy Learning with Folktales and Fables (And Free Lesson Plan!)

World Folktales and Fables Week (March 15-21, 2020) is a great opportunity to use these classic stories to improve literacy skills and have fun while learning.   With simple storylines and appeal (who can resist talking animals and magic?), folktales are sure to get kids excited about reading and writing. Folktales and fables also provide

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