Multilingual Resources

Below are multi-lingual and multi-cultural products and services I think are well-made, thoughtfully created and worth checking out; many are invented by parents. I have also included a few sites for the parents of burgeoning travelers… Amusez-vous (have fun) and check back for updates. - Julia Pimsleur Levine

Culture For Kids Culture For Kids is a distributor of books, CDs and music for teaching kids about languages and cultures. They carry high quality language materials and are always updating their collection. Run by a multi-lingual mom in Ohio. Check it out!

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GeoPuzzle Invented by a dad from Wisconsin who created Geopuzzles to help his three children learn geography. I fell in love with the puzzle where the pieces are shaped liked countries (I was worried my one year old would swallow Andorra, but he assured me they couple countries so that no piece is smaller than one inch). This puzzle can provide a great way for you to teach your child where other countries are and what languages they speak there.

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Phonetic Mat Teaching Bilingual was invented by a schoolteacher and makes learning letters a hands-on fun activity. Each set comes with a write-on wipe off place mats with letters to trace and velcro sticky letters and rhyming images. Made for teachers, but also fun for families. My four year old is learning his letters and has little patience for workbooks or flash cards, but he loves this!

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CARES Kids Fly Safe Flying with kids? This lightweight Child Aviation Restraint System is the only FAA approved children’s safety device. No more bringing a big heavy car seat on the plane. Invented by a grandmother of nine!

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At Home In France

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Are you looking for a vacation home or apartment in France? At Home in France is at your service. Live like the French in your own country cottage or farmhouse in the most popular French provinces, or rent an apartment in Paris. All properties are personally inspected.

New York City Recommendations

Centro Raccontami This Italian Language and Cultural Arts Center is located in the heart of Manhattan andoffers a variety of workshops for children and adults every day of the week.
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Metropolitan Moms This mother’s group organizes cultural outings for parents and their kids, with a really great selection of museum excursions, cooking classes and historic tours.

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Musical Kids International MKI is an award-winning music program in New York City that features bilingual classes in eight languages.

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