Claudia Schwalm

Here is a bilingual Spanish/English story that is illustrated with photographs of six different species of penguins: Adelie, Gentoo, Humboldt, King, Magellanic and Rockhopper. The beginning reader will follow these penguins as they go about their daily lives: climbing, eating, sleeping, walking, diving and doing...."most anything they try, but penguins can't fly!" Also great for developing phonemic awareness with young readers. This listing gives you both a readable/printable PDF of the book plu

A full-color photograph book describing the joys and benefits of learning more than one language. A review from "Today's Librarian" states "Overflowing with color photographs of families from around the world, the book tells of the delights and experiences that can result from knowing more than one language.The book begins with how to learn a second language, then focuses on five bilingual children n their day-to-day experiences. There is also a colorful list of more than 600 languages to emp

Here is a rhyming story that is illustrated with photographs of six different species of penguins: Adelie, Gentoo, Humboldt, King, Magellanic and Rockhopper, The beginning reader will follow these penguins as they go about their daily lives: climbing, eating, sleeping, walking, diving and doing ..."most anything they try, but penguins can't fly!" Great as a Powerpoint presentation and also as a printed book. Also perfect for developing phonemic awareness with young r

A bilingual lotto game in Spanish and English with full color photographs of 64 art objects from Mexico. May be played with 2 to 30 players. Includes an audio file for the complete vocabulary for the Folk Art of Mexico Game, spoken twice in Spanish and twice in English. To vary the vocabulary sequence, just start the audio in a different place each time the game is played. A special thanks to Carmen Martinez Aydelott for recording the Spanish vocabulary words for this audio.

This is a true story about a little rabbit in my first grade classroom, who really didn't like carrots! With full color photos, we see Zack depicted in everyday activities that he enjoys. The rhyming prose and predictable text, make this book a great read for the early childhood years. A classroom discussion about food likes and dislikes, could be a productive topic, which could also result in a creative writing prompt.

This product includes 10 reproducible mini-books in English to make for the beginning reader. Titles include: The Alphabet Books 1,2, and 3, The Opposites Books 1 and 2, The Coloring Book, The Counting Book, The Silly Vegetables and Fruits Book, and The Silly Animals Books 1 and 2. The collection corresponds with "Cut and Create Spanish Vol. 1, but may be used independently. This download will be free for the rest of July 2018.

Learn about the life cycle of the Monarch Butterfly with this printable project from the book Trees for the Monarch Butterflies/Árboles para las Mariposas Monarca. The included file is a one-page, bilingual English/Spanish mini book students can cut out and assemble.

Here are ten reproducible mini-books in Spanish. The rhyming clues and visuals make these books an instant success for your beginning readers. Translations and instructions included.

The Birds of the Americas game set includes 10 downloadable, printable concentration/matching games/flash cards and mini books plus bonus QR codes so you can play the interactive games online. Birds Included Game 1: Tufted Puffin, Hooded Merganser, Brown Pelican, White Pelican, Canada Goose, Wood Duck, Snow Goose Game 2: Great Egret, Green Heron, Great Blue Heron, Snowy Egret, Tricolored Heron, Little Blue Heron, Sandhill Crane Game 3: Greater Yellowlegs, Willet, Black-necked Stilt, Killdeer, Wh

The bilingual Spanish/English edition of "Zack the Rabbit Who Didn't Like Carrots" This printable book is a true story about a little rabbit in my first grade classroom who really didn't like carrots! With full color photos, we see Zack depicted in everyday activities that he enjoys. The rhyming prose and predictable text make this book a great read for the early childhood years. A classroom discussion about food likes and dislikes could be a productive topic, as well as a creative writing prom

Here are 10 printable posters (8 and a half by 11") that each have a nature photograph surrounded by the word "peace" in 63 languages. The languages featured are: Amharic, Arabic, Aymara, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Cherokee, Cantonese, Danish, Dari, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Farsi, Filipino, French, German, Guarani, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Inuktitut, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Kiswahili, Korean, Kurdish, Lao, Malay, Mandarin, Maori, Mic’mak, Nava

Trees for the Monarch Butterflies/Árboles para las Mariposas Monarca is a story about a farm in Michoacán, Mexico that grows trees that will be replanted in the Monarch butterfly mountain sanctuaries. Napo, a cat who lives on the farm, tells the story in English and Spanish alongside color photographs of the farm and its caretakers. Includes a reproducible template for a mini book about the Monarch butterfly life cycle. This listing gives you both a readable/printable PDF of the book plus online

Here are 12 printable posters (8 and a half by 11") that each have a nature photograph surrounded by the word "peace" in 22 languages. The languages featured are: Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hopi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lao, Navajo, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan and Vietnamese. There is also a printable page that identifies the name of each language under its script. NOTE: An expanded set of 20 printable posters with 63 la

This PDF can be printed to a 24 by 36 inches (61 by 91 cm) poster size using a wide format printer. It displays an alphabetical listing in rainbow colors of the names of almost 600 of the over 6000 languages spoken in the world today. (taken from my book "Being Bilingual is Fun!) This poster is an essential display for the inclusive classroom. Also a great starting point for researching the continental origins of the languages of the world. Note from the author: I am in the process of crea