From Outreach to Translanguaging: Developing a Bilingual Storytime

Authors

  • Laura Kelly
  • Cinthya Bolanos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/cal.18.3.28

Abstract

A college student shows the illustrations of the bilingual book What Can You Do with a Rebozo? She turns to several pages that she has marked, shows the pictures to children gathered for bilingual storytime, and talks about each picture in English. The student stops on the page that describes a baile, or dance, that the child in the book does with her mamá’s rebozo, or brightly colored shawl. The student reads this page in Spanish and asks the children if they would like to dance with their own rebozos. The children excitedly say they would, and the student passes out play scarves. The children jump, clap, stomp, and sing along with their rebozos while dancing to an English song.

Author Biographies

Laura Kelly

Laura Kelly is Assistant Professor of Educational Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis. She is a former classroom teacher with National Board Certification in Reading and Language Arts for Early to Middle Childhood. Her current research explores language and literacy learning and teaching in culturally and linguistically diverse educational contexts.

Cinthya Bolanos

Cinthya Bolanos has a bachelor’s degree in Education and Latin American and Latinx Studies from Rhodes College. She plans to remain in Memphis and teach after graduation.

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Published

2020-09-25

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 3 (2020): Fall

Section

Features

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