The Alphabet / El alfabeto

English and Spanish Foundations #1

by Gladys Rosa-Mendoza, Michele Noiset (Illustrator), Carolina Cifuentes (Editor)

Teach children letter recognition and the alphabet with the use of cognates (words that look similar across languages). Research has proven that cognates are among the best tools for introducing two languages simultaneously to children. The pages are bursting with delightful illustrations of toys and musical instruments, as well as ñandús, queztals, and other exotic creatures native to South and Central America-all in bright and cheerful colors. Learning the alphabet has never been this fun! Written by Gladys Rosa-Mendoza, edited by Carolina Cifuentes, and illustrated by Michele Noiset. Winner of the Chicago Book Clinic Book and Media Show Award of Excellence.
This small book is durable and easy for young children to handle.


Book Details: Format: Board Book Publication Date: 10/1/2000 Pages: 32 Reading Level: Age 2 and Up

Genres: Picture Books, Spanish Literature, Childrens

32 pages, Board Book

First published October 1, 2000

Reviews

[Christina Mallory]

Text-To-Teaching Connection
This book is a good teaching source for children to learn alphabets in English and in Spanish. This book provides pictures to associate with the alphabets as well. I would read the book to the students and allow them to make their own flashcards with a picture to associate with the letter and the English word on one side and place the Spanish word on the reverse side. This would help them learn more of their letters in English as well as Spanish. This would also be a good activity for the Spanish speaking students in my class to learn English words and pictures.

[Nilima · Rating 5 out of 5]

Learned a lot of words, a must read.

[Alejandra RL · Rating 3 out of 5]

No hay mucho que decir, el libro cumple su función y me parece que es un buen inicio para las lecturas bilingües.

Siento nostalgia porque antes era mío y ahora es de mi pequeña.

[Elizabeth Sherry · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a great book to effectively teach young children their alphabet. Each page is dedicated to a letter of the alphabet. Each one has a letter and a word that begins with that letter written on the page. What makes this book special is that the word is also written in spanish. This is a great way to teach children a second language at a young age. The book is very small but it is sturdy and provides the perfect amount of information for a young child. The pages are simple with a white background and a picture of only that particular word on the page. Since there are no other distractions on each individual page, children will be more likely to connect that letter with that object in real life. The pictures are bright and colorful and most of them are all very familiar objects to young children such as airplane, ball, crayon, juice, lamp, sun, train, and zoo. These are words used quite often in a toddler to preschoolers daily life so connections will be easily made between the object and letter. I highly recommend this book!

[Marlene · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book to learn the alphabet in English and Spanish. The pictures help associate with the words too.