can you say swahili? all: swahili. swahili is an african language, and those are african words.anwati, are you ready? take over, let's go. one, two, three...go. ♪ kumbaya hendrick: the most important thing for children to learn about school is that it's a place where they feel warm and comfortable, a place they want to come back to. including songs and stories in the child's native language, using multiethnic pictures, and observing cultural customs not only honors the family by using the language and customs of the home at school, it also does much to foster the children's language and communication skills. ♪ kumbaya boy: hey, that's charlie's. teacher: where's charlie? this is charlie. who's charlie? that is. who's that? that's charlie. is that you? uh-huh. oh, it is? wow. find your eyes. are they the same eyes? yep. wow. it looks like this is a big kid. it looks like that's a big kid? you are a big kid. hendrick: but speaking is only one form of communicating. reading and writing are also an essential part of the language process, and the preschool years play a vital role in

i wonder if he has a multilingual family or if they decided to enroll him in swahili and mandarin andthe play toy he's sitting on. >> i'll expect we will hear a lot more about this. >> clearly he has parents that are expanding him to the world. get it, the world? >>> here's something you need to know this morning. all the world markets are down, pretrading outlooks are down. it is not expected to be a very good day on wall street. why does that matter to you? first of all why is this happening in the first place? you will know something about it. that's coming up in just a moment. use? think again. [ female announcer ] with olay regenerist wrinkle revolution, it's possible to reduce the look of wrinkles in just 10 minutes. now you've seen it. experience it for yourself. [ female announcer ] olay regenerist. like a squirrel stashes nuts, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® liquid gels. nothing starts working faster than zyrtec® at relieving your allergy symptoms for 24 hours. zyrtec®. love the air. fight both fast with new tums freshers! concentrated relief that goes to