What others are saying about Mudworks Bilingual~`
“We learn language in much the same way that we make art - through fun and experimentation. Mudworks Bilingual makes it easy.”
“Our daughter spent a memorable afternoon with her Spanish-speaking grandmother, each of them reading the projects from Mudworks Bilingual in their own language as they successfully communicated through art.”
“Art is a language which all of us speak and its voice is heard loud and clear in this wonderful book.”
“Mudworks Bilingual is a wonderful tool for Spanish-speaking homes, providing parents with fun activities while helping them discover and enjoy the bilingual education process.”
“My customers are always excited about new qualtiy bilingual books for children. and Mudworks Bilingual promises to be a much needed addition to bookshelves and art tables everywhere.”
Support for bilingual education ~
“I’ve always been an advocate of bilingual education - knowing more than one language is an asset that should be cultivated and nourished…It’s important to value the child’s own language because it’s by language that we communicate who we are.”
“The bilingual question UCSC researchers find all students benefit from strong cognitive and academic instruction conducted in their first language.”
“Alameda County’s Multilingual /Multicultural Children’s Literature Center recommends literature and gives educators an opportunity to browse books they might want to purchase at other sites. To see the center’s materials, please contact the center: (510) 670-4519, 313 W. Winton Ave., Hayward, CA 94544. The staff can suggest appropriate books to meet your budget.”
“When children receive quality education in their primary language, they gain two things: knowledge and literacy. Because we learn to read by reading—that is, by making sense of what is on the page (Smith, 1994)—it is easier to learn to read in a language we understand. Once we can read in one language, we can read in general..“
“America’s rapidly changing demographics point to a growing need for bilingual education.”
“Research suggests that children who learn a second language are more creative and better at solving complex problems than those who do not.”
“The number of Hispanic children has increased faster than that of any other racial and ethnic group, growing from 9 percent of the child population in 1980 to 16 percent in 1999. By 2020, it is projected that more than 1 in 5 children in the United States will be of Hispanic origin.”