Resources/Recursos

This flyer provides educators with information on how home languages play an important role in maintaining communication and relationships with family.​

Released April 2020

Activities to start conversations with children about their family, what they like to play, how they feel, what sounds they hear in their home or community, and the weather.

Released April 2020

Activities to start conversations with children about their family, what they like to play, how they feel, what sounds they hear in their home or community, and the weather.

Released April 2020

Download "WIDA Wallpaper" to brighten your day! Six fun graphic designs are available for your desktop, laptop, tablet or smartphone. Share them with fellow educators and students to enjoy as they engage in virtual teaching and learning.

Released April 2020

Activities to start conversations with children about their family, what they like to play, how they feel, what sounds they hear in their home or community, and the weather.

Released March 2020

Activities to start conversations with children about their family, what they like to play, how they feel, what sounds they hear in their home or community, and the weather.

Released January 2020

This chapter presents an overview of recent research into the assessment of young second or foreign language learners and reviews relevant theoretical perspectives and empirical studies. It describes the unique characteristics of young learners and discusses the challenges presented when testing these learners whose first language literacy and cognition are still developing.

Released January 2020

This study explores how preschool educators could assess dual language learners’ (DLLs) English language abilities using formative tools in school settings. It specifically examines DLLs’ receptive and expressive language proficiencies and educators’ perceived usefulness of them for informing instruction. Results provide implications for assessing DLLs' English language ability using age-appropriate instruments.

Released January 2020

This WIDA Focus Bulletin introduces readers to the four pillars of Language-Focused Family Engagement and provides tools to help educators examine their local family engagement practices.​

Published September 2018
Author: Delis Cuéllar, Alissa Blair, Lorena Mancilla

Released April 2019

How can PreK educators get started planning equitable learning opportunities for multilingual children? Use this language-focused planning tool to embed a language-focused approach to your planning.

Released April 2019

This article advocates for language-focused family engagement in schools serving multilingual students, emphasizing the importance of honoring home languages as critical to students’ cognitive and academic growth. The text highlights that schools still discourage the use of home languages, sending harmful messages that devalue students’ identities and limit the inclusion of their familial language practices in curriculum.

Released August 2018

WIDA builds the foundations of success one classroom at a time. We know what multilingual students and their educators can do! We continually establish the industry’s best practices, support student advocacy and offer second to none professional development opportunities for teachers. Watch how we work!

Released August 2018

This research examines the educational practices and perceptions of two working-class Mexican transnational families currently living in a midwestern city in the United States. Findings indicate that for transnational families and their children, educational inclusion is about successfully developing the languages and language repertoires that children will need in their translocal educational institutions “here” and “there.”

Released January 2017

The Early Years Can Do Descriptors provide examples of what dual-language learners (DLLs) can do at various stages of language development from 2 to 5 years old.

Released August 2016