Are you new to the United States? Have you only been in the United States for a couple of years?
Are you having a difficult time finding resources and navigating the linguistic, social, and cultural landscape?
Explore the resources available to you for free to enhance your language development and sociocultural understanding, and other opportunities to get to know what's around you.
These are some free tools you and your child can use to support continuous English language learning outside of school.
This is an educational platform designed for children, offering a variety of interactive games and activities that aim to make learning engaging and fun. It provides age-appropriate content across various subjects, fostering academic skills and creativity in a playful digital environment.
Duolingo is a language learning platform that offers a gamified approach to acquiring new languages. It provides users with interactive lessons, quizzes, and speaking exercises to enhance their language proficiency. Duolingo ABC, on the other hand, is tailored for younger learners, focusing on early literacy skills such as reading and writing through a similar gamified format.
This is an online educational platform provided by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). It offers a wide range of resources, including audio and video lessons, quizzes, and language learning tools, to help individuals improve their English language skills. The platform covers various proficiency levels and language aspects, making it a comprehensive resource for learners of all backgrounds.
The move to a new country can be difficult for one's mental, social, and emotional health, impacting one's sense of identity and security. Mental and emotional health is incredibly important to social and physical health, which can also impact academics and beyond. We have resources available to help your student work through navigating these things with some home language support.
This provides students with accses to virtual health services, including telehealth consultations. It offers language-sensitive support, connecting you to healthcare professionals proficient in various languages.
This is a mental health care concierge service that can assist you and your child in finding culturally senesitive mental health resources. It connects individuals with therapists proficient in multiple languages, offering support tailored to your unique needs.
Though they may not readily have home language support, your child's school counselors are committed to providing your child with socioemotional support and learning opportunities to ensure their development as a holistically successful student.