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Jul 15, 2015 14:18:23 GMT 9
Post by Adam Beck on Jul 15, 2015 14:18:23 GMT 9
Hi! I'm Adam Beck, the founder of Bilingual Monkeys and The Bilingual Zoo and the author of Maximize Your Child's Bilingual Ability and Bilingual Success Stories Around the World. You're invited to join me and hundreds of other parents, from all over the world, in this warm, lively community for "keepers" of bilingual and multilingual kids. 
What are the benefits of membership?
You don’t have to become a member to access The Bilingual Zoo and read the content on the forum boards. The intent of the site is to be helpful to all, whether members or guests.
However, registering for an account, and becoming an active member, offers a number of important benefits.
You will no longer be alone on your journey. You can be part of a helpful worldwide community of parents raising bilingual and multilingual children.
As a member, you will be able to make posts to the forum. (Guests can read posts, but cannot make posts.)
- You can ask questions and receive support from others.
- You can exchange useful strategies, ideas, and resources.
- You can find friends, near or far, who share your same circumstances or difficulties.
- You can respond to others with advice and encouragement.
- You can fortify your efforts and fuel your progress by using the empowering Track Your Progress board to share your experience and gain feedback and encouragement.
- You can take part in "challenges," at the Take a Challenge board, that will strengthen your knowledge, skills, and actions.
- You can grow more mindful and proactive by writing regularly about your bilingual journey (as I explain in Do This One Simple Thing and I Guarantee You Greater Success On Your Bilingual Journey).
In addition to making posts on the forum boards, members of the Bilingual Zoo community are able to send “private messages” to each other, a powerful feature for networking and support.
Sounds good, Adam, but what does it cost?
Membership in this community—and all the benefits it brings—is free. All I ask is that you consider lending your support in this way...
Please get copies of my books, whether for you or for a friend (or school or library). And please share your impressions of these books through online reviews, social networking, and word-of-mouth. Again, your kind support will not only help sustain this site, it will help advance the rest of my work, too.
A real-life roadmap to greater success and joy for any parent raising bilingual or multilingual children. This practical, worldly-wise guide features the success stories of a wide range of families and details the kinds of attitudes and actions that can enable your family to enjoy the same sort of rewarding success.
"The engaging book you're about to read focuses on parents who are successfully raising children who are fluent in a minority language spoken at home. The book tells the stories of 26 families from across the globe, from China through Poland to California, representing scores of minority languages, from Mongolian in Denmark to Hindi in the United States. The stories tell of dedication, effort, perseverance, and love—love for minority languages, and, above all, for the children who speak them."
—From the Foreword by Dr. Annick De Houwer, Director of HaBilNet
—From the Foreword by Dr. Annick De Houwer, Director of HaBilNet
The uniquely empowering guidebook for raising bilingual and multilingual children, praised worldwide by parents, teachers, and leaders in the field. Read by thousands and ranked #1 at Amazon on the subject of raising bilingual kids.
“Who but Adam Beck can tie together the complexities of raising a bilingual child with such wisdom, warmth, and wit?"
—Christine Jernigan, PhD in foreign language education and author of Family Language Learning
“A pure gem! Adam Beck has created a truly wonderful and easily readable book that parents everywhere will enjoy and that bilingual families and children will benefit from.”
—Dr. Annick De Houwer, leading researcher of child bilingualism and author of Bilingual First Language Acquisition
"I have recommended it often to parents raising bilingual children. Without fail, their reaction is ‘Thank you. This is exactly what I need.’”
—Jennifer Brunk, longtime educator and founder of the popular site Spanish Playground
The perfect book for parents—especially new parents and parents of younger kids—who dream of raising bilingual or multilingual children! This playful book is a unique “picture book for adults” with delightful illustrations by Pavel Goldaev. Narrated by a lively baby, the book emphasizes the most important information parents need for realizing joyful success on a bilingual or multilingual journey.
Thank you for your support! 
Adam, okay, I'm ready to join!
Great! Just register for an account, read the Forum Goals & Guidelines, and complete your Profile by following the instructions in the "welcome message" you’ll receive here. Once your Profile is ready, you can begin posting to the forum boards. (NOTE: Please read the "welcome message" and complete your Profile before you make your first post.)
Thanks again! See you inside the gates!
