Share ways families can help their child learn English so they are ready for school.Provide some socialization activities in the family’s home language and some in English to achieve a level of balance that supports strong bilingual skills.Build families’ confidence as they use their home language as the best way to communicate and nurture their child to strengthen parent-child relationships.Show video clips of responsive practices and bring key messages that have been translated for the family. Use hand gestures, body movements, or other visual aids to demonstrate ideas when working with a family who speaks a language you don’t understand.This helps their child learn in both their home language and in English. Make it clear to families that their child benefits most from words, stories, songs, and conversations provided in the language they are most comfortable speaking.Encourage families to honor the strength of their home language and use it to support their relationships.Support families as they learn to view their home language as a gift to pass down to their child.When working with families of children who are DLLs, home visitors might try the following strategies: Strategies to Reinforce the Value of Bilingualism In fact, supporting home language builds an important foundation for learning English and for all later learning. While English mastery is important for success in school, research shows that being fluent in more than one language contributes to academic success. This handout provides strategies and resources to support home visitors who work with families of children who are dual language learners (DLLs). Find a comprehensive list of helpful resources at the end of the handout. Discover strategies to work with infants, toddlers, and preschool children to support their learning in the Big Five for All areas of early literacy for dual language learners (DLLs). In this resource, explore how home visitors can work with families to support bilingualism. Research has shown that it is important to support children’s home languages while also helping them develop English.
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