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Wishing everyone a peaceful end to the year!
December is a month of celebration but also contemplation. As the end of the year approaches, we get together with friends and loved ones, but also go within to just be with ourselves. Everyone has a different attitude towards December, and we at Beliingual are no different. Read on to find out how families celebrate December.
December also marks the end of our first full year of Belingual Family Network activities. Thank you for being a part of our community, whether it has been as a Language Club participants, attending our workshops, or giving us a like on social media. We have volunteer training in January, if you want to start a club in your home language, register! Our language clubs will continue at the end of January and we have lots of other activities planned for you and your children, so be sure to check back here in January.
We want to make sure the Belingual Family Network serves our families. Let us know what you need from us by filling in a short survey and win access to Lukulumo Family, an online multilingual library service with books in over 60 languages, for one month! We love hearing and implementing your ideas.
Wishing you a peaceful and calm New Year with lots of happiness, health and joy.
The Belingual Team: Laura, Mohamed and Juliette
Belingual Blog: December means different things to different families
No two families are alike and the five examples we feature here, from our Belingual families, show this only too well. We wanted to know what December means to families, whether they celebrate any holiday at all, and if they do, how they celebrate
No two families are alike and the five examples we feature here, from our Belingual families, show this only too well. We wanted to know what December means to families, whether they celebrate any holiday at all, and if they do, how they celebrate?
Our family playlist includes songs such as “El burrito Sabanero”, “Last Christmas” and “Tonttujen jouluyö Tip Tap (Soihdut sammuu)”. My daughter makes her own version of the lyrics in Spanish, Finnish and English, mixing all the songs. Yes, Christmas carols are part of our repertoire and that is where things get a bit intercultural.
We love hearing and implementing your ideas!
We want to make sure the Belingual Family Network serves you! Let us know what you need from us by filling in a short survey. Enter your email address at the end and win access to Lukulumo Family for a month. Lukulumo Family is an online multilingual library service with audio and picture books for under school aged children in over 60 languages!
Training, advocacy, research....
Belingual Club Facilitator Training in January!
Sign up for training and join an existing volunteer team or let's start a new club in your home language!
Multi Mother Tongued Citizens' Initiative
Familia is pleased to announce that on 11.1.2023 we are launching the Multi Mother Tongued Citizens' Initiative which promotes multilingualism and proposes that it should be possible to register more than one mother tongue in Finland (which is not currently possible). Follow the campaign on Facebook, Instagram or by reading more about the initiative website!
How can libraries serve families?
¿Cómo las bibliotecas funcionan como espacio de inclusión para los inmigrantes en Helsinki? ¿Cuáles son los usos que se le dan y qué sentimientos emergen? Eurídice Hernández esta investigando estas cuestiones para su tesis de maestría en la Universidad de Helsinki.Su foco de estudio es la comunidad de portugues y hispano hablante, por lo que busca gente con ese perfil que acepte compartir su experiencia. Si está disponible, por favor comuníquese con euridice.hernandez@helsinki.fi.
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