Studies

♦ Ellen Bialystock, PhD, et al. “Bilingualism: Consequences for Mind and Brain”: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3322418/

♦ Viorica Marian, PhD, “The Cognitive Benefits of Being Bilingual”: Bilingualism

♦ National Education Association (NEA), “The Benefits of Second Language Study”: http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/lib/sde/PDF/Curriculum/Curriculum_Root_Web_Folder/BenefitsofSecondLanguage.pdf

♦ Developmental Science, “Attention and inhibition in bilingual children: evidence from the dimensional change card sort task”: http://psychology.illinoisstate.edu/cbs/readings/BialystokMartin.pdf

♦ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), “Cognitive gains in 7-month-old bilingual infants”: http://www.pnas.org/content/106/16/6556.full.pdf+html

♦ Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, “The effects of bilingualism on toddlers’ executive functioning”: http://gsite.univ-provence.fr/gsite/Local/lpc/dir/blaye/pdf/Poulin-Dubois%20et%20al.2010.pdf

♦ Making Summer Count: How Summer Programs Can Boost Children’s Learning: http://www.rand.org/content/dam/ rand/pubs/monographs/2011/RAND_MG1120.pdf

♦ Johns Hopkins University, Why Summer Learning Deserves a Front-Row Seat in the Education Reform Arena: http://education.jhu.edu/PD/newhorizons/Journals/spring2010/why-summer-learning/

♦ Scholastic, Three Ways to Prevent Summer Slide: http://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/article/developing-reading-skills/three-ways-to-prevent-summer-slide