The local public library has been a gold-mine of language resources for us here in France. We go about once or twice a week and march right up to the third floor which is dedicated to children's materials. When we first arrived we focused only on audio resources and now we have graduated to reading more. As we try to focus on materials within our ZPD (we know ~80% or more of the vocabulary), children's materials have given us plenty to work with. Children's materials also provide a lot of foundational vocabulary that may be missing from an adult focused language program.
Types of materials we have found helpful:
- CDs of children's songs
- Children's non-fiction DVDs covering topics such as history, science, music, cooking, etc.
- Children's magazines
- Children's audio books
- Busy books (books with pictures that portray a lot of actions) - for pictures to describe and discuss with language helpers
- Children's encyclopedias
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