Introduction

How Infants and Young Children Learn

How to Support Your Child's Language Development

Getting Your Child Ready to Read

How to Keep Your Child Healthy and Safe

What You Need to Know if Your Child Has Special Needs

Federally Funded Research on Spanish-English Biliteracy

How to Support Your Child's Language Development

Additional Resources

The source information for many of the examples in this section can be found on the following Web sites:

• National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
  http://www.nidcd.nih.gov
  
  
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
  http://www.asha.org/
  
  
• Born to Learn: Language, Reading, and the Brain of the Child,
  Presentation by Dr. Patricia Kuhl at the White House Summit
  Early Childhood Cognitive Development: Ready to Read, Ready to Learn,
  July 26-27, 2001

Visit the following sites for additional information on children's language development:

• "Speech and Language: Developmental Milestones"
  Provided by the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
  http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/voice/speechandlanguage.asp
  
  
• "How Do I Know If My Child Is Reaching the Milestones?"
  Provided by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, this title provides a checklist of behaviors to help you decide if your child from birth to 5 years of age is developing speech, language and hearing on schedule.
  http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/voice/speechandlanguage.asp#mychild
  
  
• "Informacion sobre la salud"
  Informacion sobre la audicion, el equilibrio, el ofato, la voz, el habla, y el lenguaje.
  http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/spanish/index.asp
  
  
• "How Does Your Child Hear and Talk?"
  Provided by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association that gives milestones in chart form for what to expect at various ages in hearing and understanding and in talking.
  http://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/chart.htm
  

Children and Hearing

• "Kids and Teachers: Ask the Scientist/Questions and Answers about Hearing"
  Provided by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
  http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/education/index.asp
  
  
• "¿Qué tal habla y oye su niño?"
  Provided by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association; contains both speech-language and hearing milestones in Spanish.
  http://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/DevMilestonesSpanish.htm
  
  
• "Hearing Screening"
  American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, explains how infants' and young children's hearing can be tested, and when.
  http://www.asha.org/public/hearing/testing/default.htm
  

Bilingual Language Development

• "Two or More Languages in Early Childhood: Some General Points and Practical Recommendations."
  http://www.ericdigests.org/2000-2/two.htm
  
  
• "Why, How and When Should My Child Learn a Second Language," a parent brochure about raising a child bilingually.
  http://www.ericdigests.org/2000-2/two.htm