It’s all about the ABC’s for my daughter these days and nothing could be more luring than a set of colorful and sturdy cards with both the English and Spanish alphabet all packed into a nifty red box that begs to be opened. Another very cool product from Bilingual Readers.
The Easy Alphabet!/¡Abecedario Fácil! is a great way for children to learn both alphabets and to enrich their vocabulary in both languages. There are 27 cards in the box and each one has a letter of the alphabet on one side and the image of something which starts with the same letter in English and Spanish on the other side. So, for example, the F has the image of a flor/flower. The P has the image of a pingüino/penguin. You get the drift.
I love that the cards are thick and have rounded corners which make them really comfortable for little fingers. The images of the objects are funky and totally original. So far, they’ve been real fun to use for both my daughter and I.
Another awesome feature is the parent guide that comes within the box and which is full of ideas for games to use the cards with kids of all ages. Here’s an example of an activity called “Letter Search: spread out all the letters on the floor, and ask your child to find the first letter of his name or any other favorite words.” This is definitely one of my daughter’s favorite game! 
Finally, for those of you who are not native speakers and might need some help with pronunciation in either language, Bilingual Readers has made available a bunch of extremely helpful – and free – audio files to make your life easier.
As we said in last month’s ReadMe installment over at SpanglishBaby, Bilingual Readers’ books are not yet available in the States – although the publishers are working on changing that – but we like their products so much that we want you to know about them. Plus, you get a chance to win one if you enter the giveaway below.
A Giveaway!!
This giveaway is now closed. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNER: DIANA #12!!!
We’re giving away one Easy Alphabet!/¡Abecedario Fácil! to one lucky winner. To enter, please visit Bilingual Readers and then come back and leave us a comment about what you learned about this innovative publishing company.
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They’re a new, innovative company for “for bilingual and multilingual families and communities.” They are based in Madrid, Spain (one of MY favorite places on Earth!!
These would be perfect for my 2nd graders at school who are currently working on el alfabeto!! Thanks for sharing it with us
I learned that their first bilingual picture book was Marina and the Little Green Boy/Marina y el niño verde. This would be so wonderful for my grandson who’s family is from Mexico. He needs to learn Spanish. Thank you!
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I follow on Twitter and tweeted
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I learned that Bilingual Readers got its start when American/Spanish couple Deanna and Íñigo began doing extensive research on bilingual language acquisition, early children’s literacy and multilingual parenting techniques in order to be as prepared as possible for raising their own bilingual children someday.
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i emailed the secret phrase, i am a RSS feed subscriber
following on twitter and tweeted @mrstls
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Me encanto el sitio de internet de Bilingual readers. Me encantaria tener cualquiera de los tres productos que muestran en su catalogo. Ojala que pronto los podamos encontrar en USA. Me intereso leer sobre los autores de los libros. Uno de ellos da clase en mi universidad (SCAD). Gracias Spanglishbaby por enseñarnos que hay estos productos.
I learned of a great new place to purchase my resources!
As a former elementary school teacher, this is my opinion: I think their products are fantastic!
Marina y el nino verde is one of their books. They really need to distribute their books in the States.
I’m a subscriber.
This is a great bilingual company created by Deanna who was born in Lynchburg, VA and Iñigo quien nació en Bilbao España, they have beautiful products and great information about bilingualism
i learned this company has a lot of things, books ,toys that will be great for grandaughter being brought up billingual
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I’m a RSS subscriber too!
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I learned that they are based in Madrid. They have great recommendations for beneficial products for the bilingual learner.
I learned that author Ana Gomez has a degree in Fine Arts and Graphic Design, and has worked in some of the most prestigious publicity agencies in Spain.
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I learned that the people that own it are a couple. I love the audio files! Thanks for pointing that out. Thanks! thebubbledies(at)gmail(dot)com
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I subscribe to your email. Thanks! thebubbledies(at)gmail(dot)com
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Thanks to everyone for your encouraging comments! We are currently negotiating with distributors in the US, so we hope you’ll be able to buy our books there soon! In the meantime, you can visit our on-line shop at: http://shop.bilingualreaders.com/epages/shop_bilingualreaders_com.sf/en_US/?ViewObjectID=3132256. Thanks so much for all your great feedback and please do keep in touch!!!
I blogged about it # 1
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I blogged about it #2
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I learned that reading a bilingual book is preferable to just translating a monolingual book so that you are using the same vocab every time you read it instead of something different and confusing your child.
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It was started by a Spanish/American couple who knew that reading was an important part of being bilingual
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I subscribe via e-mail
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Oh, I do subscribe by e-mail, too!
Here’s my blog post:
http://wannajugarwithmigo.blogspot.com/2009/11/giveaways-for-christmas.html
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That the book Marina and the Little Green Boy/Marina y el niño verde is their very first bilingual picture book, and is currently making it’s way across Spain.
I subscribed via email.
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wow! estos muchachos con base en Madrid son jovenes. Me encanto ver que sean jovenes interesados en el bilingualismo.
I learned they are a great resource
I am a subscriber…
This is SO exciting. I am a Spanish mum living in London with her English husband and two future bilingual children. Well, that’s the idea, that they feel as English and Spanish as we do, and that they can enjoy both countries and cultures. And none of this can happen without language. So now that my three year old daughter is starting to learn the alphabet I’ve been thinking of ways to make it less confusing with the English and Spanish letter sounds. And funnily enough, the other day I bought a few frames from Ikea to start doing a bilingual alphabet pretty much like the Easy Alphabet of bilingual readers. Brilliant idea.
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