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Creating a multilingual environment in kindergarten

Kindergartens shall support children's language development in all their languages and create a multilingual environment. Learn more about how to work on a multilingual environment in the kindergarten.

According to the Framework Plan for Kindergartens (Ministry of Education and Research, 2017), kindergartens shall encourage multilingual children to use their mother tongue and promote linguistic diversity for the enrichment of the entire group of children.

First and foremost, this means using more languages than Norwegian in the kindergarten, for example by counting in different languages or finding out what something is called in another language. You can also organize music and reading activities in many different languages.

Resources

There are many resources on this topic available in Norwegian. Please visit the Norwegian site to find them.

Research

More resources

  • Multilingual childhood

    An online resource inspiring kindergartens to encourage outdoor activities and language learning.