Build on Opportunities to Promote English Language Development Video
This 3-minute video, a part of the Multilingual Learning Toolkit from the California Department of Education with WestEd, highlights how everyday classroom routines such as circle time and clean-up time can create rich language-learning opportunities for PreK-TK multilingual learners. The video demonstrates how intentionally designed routines promote English language development by encouraging meaningful interaction, participation, and communication throughout the school day. It also emphasizes the importance of engaging children in shared activities rather than isolating them, noting that young learners acquire language most effectively through active social interactions with peers and adults. The video concludes by reinforcing the value of embedding language-rich opportunities into daily classroom routines so that early childhood programs support English language development and promote participation in the classroom community.