Kite Flying Review by Fishpond.com.au: "The family from Dim Sum for Everyone! is back for a new outing- building and flying their own kite! The wind is blowing. It is a good day for kites! The whole family makes a trip to the local craft store for paper, glue, and paint. Everyone has a job: Ma-Ma joins sticks together. Ba-Ba glues paper. Mei-Mei cuts whiskers while Jie-Jie paints a laughing mouth. Dragon eyes are added and then everyone attaches the final touch . . . a noisemaker! Now their dragon kite is ready to fly. "Kite Flying celebrates the Chinese tradition of kite making and kite flying and lovingly depicts a family bonded by this ancient and modern pleasure. To buy this book, simply click on the book below and you will be directed to Fishpond.com.au 
The Ugly Vegetables Review by Fishpond.com.au: A little girl wonders why she and her Mom are growing plants in their garden that are so different from their neighbors'. Recipe for Ugly Vegetable Soup included! To buy this book, simply click on the book below and you will be directed to Fishpond.com.au 
Bringing in the New Year! Review by Fishpond.com.au: This exuberant story follows an Anglo/ Chinese family as they prepare for the Lunar New Year. Each member of the family lends a hand as they sweep out the dust of the old year, hang decorations, and make dumplings. Then it's time to put on new clothes and celebrate with family and friends. There will be fireworks and lion dancers, shining lanterns, and a great, long dragon parade to help bring in the Lunar New Year. And the dragon parade in our book is extra long-on a surprise fold-out page at the end of the story. Grace Lin's artwork is a bright and gloriously patterned celebration in itself! And her story is tailor-made for reading aloud. To buy this book, simply click on the book below and you will be directed to Fishpond.com.au 
Fortune Cookie Fortunes Review by Fishpond.com.au: Crack, crack, crack! The cookies snap open and the family's fortunes are revealed. Mei Mei wants to know how hers will come true. Jie Jie scoffs-- they never come true. But Pacy isn't so sure. As she waits and watches, she notices magical things happening in her family. Could the fortunes really be right? And what about Pacy's fortune: " You will see the world in a new way" ? Well, yes, it's true! Pacy has been seeing the world through fortune cookies! This exhuberantly illustrated story about every kid's favorite part of a Chinese meal also includes a brief history of the fortune cookie.What will your fortune be? "Crack!" Open up a cookie and find out! To buy this book, simply click on the book below and you will be directed to Fishpond.com.au 
For Parents: 7 Steps to Raising a Bilingual Child "Steiner's passion for languages is obvious on every page and instills inspiration in both parents who've always planned to raise their children to be bilingual and in those who never considered bilingualism to be an important possibility. Perhaps, with Steiner's help, the people of the global village will raise the level of discourse and not only will countries be able to speak to each other, they'll also be able to understand each other." --"ForeWord Magazine" 
The Bilingual Family – A Handbook for Parents Review by Fishpond.com.au: First published in 1986, The Bilingual Family has provided thousands of parents with the information and advice they need to make informed decisions about what language policy to adopt with their children. This second edition contains updated references and new entries to the alphabetical reference guide. 
Growing up with two languages – A Practical Guide Review by Fishpond.com.au: This best-selling guide is illustrated by glimpses of bilingual life through interviews with fifty families from around the world. The trials and rewards of life with two languages and cultures are discussed in detail, followed by practical advice on how to support the child's linguistic development. Features of this second edition include: new and updated Internet resources information on the specific problems facing teenagers, and guidance on how to resolve them new research into language acquisition new and updated first-hand advice and examples throughout. 
News & Information Australians must abandon monolingual mindset and adopt Asian languages (June 2009) http://tinyurl.com/ledgrn The Australian: Australia's future depends on Asian languages (June 2009) http://tinyurl.com/lodjdo Science Daily: "Native Language Governs the way Toddlers interpret speech sounds" (October 2007)
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071001172817.htm Science Daily: "Multilingualism brings communities closer together' (Feb 2009) http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210092721.htm Modern Language Teachers' Association of VictoriaPublic Forum - "Languages for Australia's Future" (September 2007)
www.mltav.asn.au/content/view/154/ Group of Eight - Australia’s Leading UniversitiesGo8 “Languages in Crisis” Discussion Paper (June 2007)
www.go8.edu.au/policy/current.htm Monash University"Raising Children Bilingually"
www.arts.monash.edu.au/language-and-society/past-projects/bilingual.php Journals Academic journals that parents might wish to review on particular topics include: - Bilingualism: Language and Cognition - Language Acquisition: A Journal of developmental Linguistics - Papers and Reports on Child Language Development - The Bilingual Review/ La Revista BilingÜe - International Journal of Bilingual Educationand Bilingualism - The international Journal of Bilingualism Internet Sites Bamboo Learning- Global specialists in teaching about China and Mandarin Chinese to children www.bamboolearning.com Mandarama- A practice playground for children to learn Chinese www.mandarama.com Languages Education in Australia www.languageseducation.com The Bilingual Families Webpage http://www.nethelp.no/cindy/biling-fam.html National Association for Bilingual Education http://www.nabe.org/about.html The Bilingual Family Newsletter www.bilingualfamilynewsletter.com Educational Resources LOTE@Home LOTE@HOME packs are about unconscious visual learning and allow you to build the foundations of your Language Other Than English (LOTE) during your every day family life. They have been developed to be easily integrated into the home and everyday family environment to assist in learning a second anguage.To find out more about these fantastic packs, visit www.lote@home.com.au Gr8 Toys Gr8 Toys is an online TOY and GIFT store that specialises in quality developmental and educational toys for children 0-14 years. All our toys are selected by a professional and will encourage your child to play, learn, create, imagine and grow, while having fun! The HUGE range includes doll houses, castles, baby toys, wooden toys, science kits, craft sets, books, puzzles, doll furniture…..Our brands include BOIKIDO, WHEELY BUG, LE TOY VAN, LITTLE TIKES, BLACK&DECKER, PETER RABBIT, PINTOY…Check us out at www.gr8toys.com.au 
Online resource for educational toys, learning and literacy information. Australian directory for children’s education, sports and play activities. www.learningchild.com.au Global Language Books http://www.globallanguage.com.au/ Popping Pandas http://www.poppingpandas.com/index.html ChildBook.com http://www.childbook.com/ Little Linguist http://www.little-linguist.co.uk/category-144.html © 2008 Mandarin Stars Pty Ltd (ACN 131 157 670). All rights reserved. | 
