Punjabi Hold On Brochure
Dr. Roma Chumak-Horbatsch, Associate Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University’s School of Early Childhood Studies, has created a brochure to help families understand the importance of maintaining their home language(s) for their children. This brochure has been translated into Punjabi with the help of Councillor Vicky Dhillon (City of Brampton) and Sukhminder Singh Hansra. For information about Dr. Chumak-Horbatsch and her work, please visit her website at mylanguage.ca.
ScribJab
Dr. Kelleen Toohey and Dr. Diane Dagenais, Professors in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University, have created ScribJab (www.scribjab.com) for children to create digital stories in multiple languages. Please click here to read some of the children’s stories written in English and Punjabi. You can also download the ScribJab from the App Store.
Sain Shop
Sain Shop is a Canadian distribution company that specializes in books from India with a focus on English and other Indian languages. Sain Shop also has an excellent collection of bilingual and multilingual books to support children’s literacy development in their home languages. Sain Shop is a tremendous resource for teachers.
HomeRoots Books
Rapinder Rai is a Kindergarten teacher in Abbotsford, British Columbia. She has created a series of bilingual books that focus on the experiences of Punjabi-speaking children and their families. For more information about Rapinder and her books, please visit her website.
LEAP Resources
British Columbia’s provincial literacy organization, Decoda Literacy Solutions, designed a set of teaching resources known as LEAP BC for early childhood practitioners who work with young children and their families. The LEAP BC resources have been translated into different languages, including Punjabi. You can find further information about the LEAP BC resources on their website.