Blogs
BabelKid - Three girls growing up in England with English, French, Arabic and German.
Bilingual Families - Raising two girls with French and English in a linguistic minority setting in Canada.
Bilingual for Fun - A boy growing up with Italian and non-native English. (More active in Italian.)
Bilingual Mom Blog - A self-professed “research junkie” who will answer your bilingualism-related questions – see mine here - and who raises her daughters with English and French.
Blogging on Bilingualism - “Practical approaches and tips for parents who would like to raise their kids bilingually or with exposure to two or more languages.” Includes a list on things you can do to help your kids become bilingual.
Bringing Up Baby Bilingual - "An exploration of raising children with more than one language", including stories about Griffin growing up with English and non-native French, profiles of bi- or multilingual families (here’s us!), book reviews and language learning activities.
German in the Afternoon - A boy learning English and non-native German in the US.
Life as a Bilingual - Renowned linguist Francois Grosjean on living with more than one language.
Mummy Do That! - Two girls growing up with English and German in Scotland.
Non-native Bilingualism - Kaya growing up with English and non-native German in the US.
Not So Spanish - Two boys growing up with Spanish and English in Spain.
Transcultural Thoughts - Thoughts on/experiences with bilingualism and biculturalism by a German mother and an American father, raising their kids to be bilingual in England.
Trilingual Trio - Three kids growing up with English, French and German.
Verbosity - Kids learning English and Russian in England.
Where going havo? - K and baby brother M growing up with English, Slovak and Czech in the Czech Republic.
Bilingualism Blogging Carnival
This is a (more or less) monthly round-up of articles related, in one way or another, to raising kids to be bi- or multilingual. You will find anything from language updates, curious developments, dilemmas & joys associated with raising kids with more than one language to strategies and link collections on this topic. Frequently there are also articles on bicultural identity and issues related to biliteracy - really anything that touches you as you raise your kid(s) with more than one language.
If you are interested in participating, we are always open to new contributors and/or host blogs - simply head on over the the Carnival's info page to get hooked up.
Below is a listing of previous editions you can check out.
January 2011 - Multilingual Mama
December 2011 - Tales from Windmill Fields
October 2011 - Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.
September 2011 - Babelkid - Raising Multilingual Children
August 2011 - Tonge Tales
July 2011 - Busy as a Bee in Paris
June 2011 - Bilingual Russian
May/June 2011- Mummy Do That!
May 2011 - Multilingual Mania
April 2011 - Multilingual Mama
February (March) 2011 - Verbosity
January 2011 - Speaking in Tongues
November 2010 - Where going havo?
October 2010 - Multilingual Living
September 2010 - Fab Mums
July 2010 - Bringing Up Baby Bilingual
June 2010 - Mummy Do That!
April 2010 - Bilingual For Fun
April 2010 - Multi Tongue Kids
February 2010 - SpanglishBaby
January 2010 - Bilingual Readers
November 2009 - Babelkid
October 2009 - Bilingual For Fun
September 2009 - Blogging On Bilingualism
August 2009 - Mummy Do That!
Bilingualism
Bilingual Erziehen
Dies ist "eine Webseite für alle, die Fragen haben rund um das Thema der mehrsprachigen Erziehung und der zweisprachigen Kinder. Wir wollen Anregungen geben für Eltern in gemischten Ehen, oder Eltern, die im Ausland leben." Mit Blog, und auch auf Englisch - Artikel sind zumindest teilweise unterschiedlich in den verschiedenen Sprachen.
Classification of Bilingualism/Multilingualism
A few basic terms used in discussing bilingualism.
Life as a Bilingual: the reality of living with two (or more) languages
Linguist Francois Grosjean's blog.
Multilingual Children's Association
"An entire site dedicated to kids growing up with multiple languages -- expert advice and real world wisdom, parent discussions, tips, resource directory, articles and more."
Multilingual Living
"A place where parents raising children in more than one language and culture can find inspiration, tools, advice, wisdom and support."
Multilingual Mania
An administrator of bilingual education programs discusses "cutting-edge research, resources, and information that will meet the needs of parents who are raising bilingual children, bilingual teachers, administrators of bilingual programs, and other stakeholders interested in multilingualism, bilingualism, and multiculturalism."
"Promotion of Child Bilingualism in a Monolingual Society" (research article)
Discussion of phases of childhood bilingualism, including many case studies. Excellent backgrounder on the topic that really helped me when we got going a bit more seriously!
Raising Bilingual Children
A "web page for parents seeking information related to questions about raising children in a bilingual environment", with a blog and also available in German (note that posts may be different in each language).
Raising Bilingual Children (article)
Backgrounder on childhood bilingualism from the Internet TESL Journal.
Biculturalism
Biculturalism - An Interview with Professor François Grosjean
Professor Grosjean on bicultural identity and how it intersects with bilingualism.
Biliteracy
Das Schreiblernbuch und Das Schreiblernbuch fuer Fortgeschrittene
"Dies[e] Schreibkurs[e] wurde[n] speziell fuer deutschsprachige Familien geschaffen, die im Ausland leben und darauf angewiesen sind, ihren Kindern das deutsche Lesen und Schreiben im Hausunterricht zu vermitteln."

