Raising Bilingual Children

Education Nation: The real benefits of being bilingual
"From a very young age, children who are bilingual are using their executive control system and in a way that advances its development," says Dr. Ellen Bialystok ,a cognitive neuroscientist and Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology at York University in Toronto. The executive control system is, "the basis for every hard thing we do. It helps us pay attention to this and ignore that," says Dr. Bialystok, adding, "It's precisely the system the brain calls on to pay attention to one language over the other."

Voices en Español, a bilingual blog and Spanish podcast
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Why, How, and When Should My Child Learn a Second Language?
Marcos, Kathleen

Raising Bilingual Children
Marsha Rosenberg

Two or More Languages in Early Childhood: Some General Points and
Practical Recommendations
Annick De Houwer, University of Antwerp and Science Foundation of Flanders, Belgium

Ten Common Fallacies About Bilingual Education
James Crawford, Washington, DC

Spanish for Spanish Speakers: Developing Dual Language Proficiency
Joy Kreeft Peyton, Vickie W. Lewelling, & Paula Winke, ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics

Guidelines for Starting an Elementary School Foreign Language Program
Marcia Rosenbusch, National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center

Learning a Second Language Improves the First
A recent review of literature on second language learning conducted by the Univeristy of Calgary concludes that exposure to a second language can actually enhance a person's ability in their first language in addition to improving other skills such as attitude toward others and mathematics.