Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 2/3/2007 12:40:00 PM Author: julie Subject: Thanks for all the input. Let me state ... Thanks for all the input. Let me state that I fully support the families need to speak their own language at home. This happens to be an Indian family. India has dozens of official languages and an enormous amount of dialects beyond that. By teaching only their language at home can they preserve their culture. In India, it is my understanding, that most of the formal schooling is taught in English. In fact India is the second largest English speaking country. I will learn a few new words in his language to help the transition. The father speaks English, and wants his son to learn also. In India, this is the age that he would begin learning while in preschool. I am grateful for the suggestions. We are a part-time school, with a play-based, language/literacy rich environment. I can't wait to see how we learn. Name: Email: Subject

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