Partner with families to learn about their language practices, stories, and literacy-related interactions at home, recognizing that children bring rich knowledge and skills from their first languages and cultural experiences. Dual language learners should have opportunities to demonstrate proficiency in the standard in both their first language and English, with supports such as first-language use, cross-language connections, gestures, visuals, and props. These opportunities allow young dual language learners to build on what they know and can do in their first language as they continue to develop communication, language, and literacy skills in all their languages.
Provide yellow, green and red apples. Have the children taste each apple and graph which is their favorite by standing in a line. Count the number of responses for each apple. Discuss why they like a particular apple more than another one such as, “the red ones were sweeter” or “the green ones tasted tart.” This could be done in large group.
