Moomin Language School Blog

Digitalization Requires a Language Leap

In 2015, the Finnish government launched the term ”digital leap” (digiloikka in Finnish) to denote the efforts to...

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Moomin Language School – Tips for Preschool

Milja Näsi used Moomin Language School with her group during her teacher training. In this blog post, she gives her...

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Why Is Mother Tongue So Important for Language Learning?

Professor Jim Cummins from the University of Toronto has written about the importance of mother tongue. Why is it so...

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Children’s Screen Time – How Harmful Is It?

Simon Jary (February 8, 2017) has written an article about screen time and the possible harms that come with it. Jary...

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Neuropsychologists Speak out on Language Education

Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat (17.2.2017) published an article where neuropsychologists speak out on language...

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“Vocabulary Has Increased Surprisingly Fast”

Today, parents think a lot about multilingualism and the future of their children as a part of the global society. Many...

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Language Skills Are Important for Successful Integration

The youth's lack of language skills and immigrants' language competence are not a challenge only in Finland. It is a...

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Language Education Should Start Earlier in Schools

Children have a great ability to learn new skills, they are curious and they have a natural desire to learn new things....

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Game-Based Language Learning in Kindergartens

Bent Meyer from the University of Aalborg in Copenhagen specializes in game-based learning. In 2013 Meyer published a...

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Tablets Are Important for Kindergarten Education

Susanne Kjällander is a Ph.D in didactics at the University of Stockholm in Sweden. She was a part of the project...

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