Children's Italian

The publishing phenomenon Harry Potter has a new competitor, a furry little creature that speaks Italian and, ironically, is named after a British blue cheese.

Illustrated Italian alphabet for children. Hear both the letter and word spoken by a native Italian speaker.

A barking dog is a barking dog—unless that cane happens to live in Italy. Then, instead of "bow-wow," he'll be yapping "bau-bau." At least that's how an Italian would describe the sound. So do Italian animals speak a different language?

Hear green, white, red, and all the other colors!

Conversazione per i bambini: an afternoon at the beach, a birthday party, and more!

Teach your child the Italian ABC's and practice counting from 1-20 with illustrations and audio.

Swimming, sole, and salame. Marshmallows, minestrone, and montagne. It may not evoke the traditional images of summer camp, but then, Lago del Bosco, the new Italian language and culture immersion camp, isn't a conventional program.

Illustrated counting exercises in Italian for children. With audio.

It's never too early to learn a foreign language, whether it's nursery rhymes, counting exercises, or children's songs. Parents can introduce their children to a whole new world and encourage their appreciation of other cultures.

Start Italian language classes in your school with the Order Sons of Italy in America Adopt-A-School program, a national initiative designed to promote the study of Italian in public and private schools throughout the U.S.

Click on a letter to hear how to pronounce it and to see how to handwrite it. Also has an introduction to Italian punctuation.

Series of podcasts with recordings featuring children's stories and fables in Italian.

Italian links for kids broken down into channels such as songs, games, nursery rhymes, cartoons, hobbies, and school.

Meet Calimero, the famous cartoon character. Children can send postcards, read stories in English and Italian, play online activities, and learn more about the pulcino nero.

Order books, courses, software, and videos to teach children Italian.

A children's version of the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera with news, games, and many other resources.

Topolino, Pippo, and all the rest are here, with interactive features such as an online coloring book, music, games, and cartoons.

Children can color these stories online as they click through the narrative.

Wonderful, robust site with many tales of "mischievous animals" plus other amusing stories.

Il grande giornale dei ragazzi! Fumetti, giochi, e-card!

The first Italian web search engine designed entirely for children.

Chapter by chapter reading notes in Italian of the latest Harry Potter book.

Homework help and scholastic material for Italian students in grade school.

Large archive of material for children with sections such as festivals and traditions, stories, music, animals, travel, and legends.

Italian poems and songs for children. Includes titles such as Avevo Un Bel Pallone, Banana Cocco BaoBab, and Il Pesciolino e La Conchiglia.

Italian language playgroup for infants and toddlers based in New York City. Playgroup includes traditional songs and activities using animals, arts & crafts, toys, music and story telling.

Library in New York City targeted to toddlers and children. Provides children, teachers, and parents with a wide range of Italian fairy tales, games, and educational toys in addition to multimedia materials on cinema, arts, opera, and theate

Information and resources for children and their families traveling to Italy with a focus on food, music, history, and popular culture. Includes a newsletter, journal, games, and cards.

Hear audio clips of children's songs and rhymes. Accompanying text lets children sing along.

Links to games, stories, and animated cartoons for youngsters.

Provides resources for raising multilingual children. Includes a playgroup database, newsletter, articles, and activity suggestions.

Games, fairy-tales, and information for new parents. A great resource for teaching children Italian.

Illustrated dictionary for children and beginners.

Terrific Flash animation site for children has games, cards, and information on the magazine. Children can also submit their artwork for inclusion on the site.

Online course for children to learn the basic words (colors, numbers, animals, foods) and phrases. Includes audio.

The stories of Sissi the cat and Topino the mouse have rich graphics and text and are geared towards the older set.

Interactive word game. Look at the word in Italian and indicate whether it's a noun, verb, adverb, adjective, or article.