Raising niños in a mixed and matched world.
Julián Castro – Is He ‘Latino Enough’ Even Though He Isn’t Fluent in Spanish? The last couple of days there has been a buzz surrounding Julián Castro. The young mayor from San Antonio, Texas spoke on behalf of our President and U.S. DREAMers during this week’s Democratic National Convention and the chatter since has been [...]
Bilingual Parenting Isn’t Just About Language This is a Multicultural Mondays post! To join in, CLICK HERE for details and come back to this post to add your link! :) So many times I’ve been asked, “Why is raising bilingual kids so important?” Since the language of study is Spanish in our home, it’s usually framed with a series [...]
ATTEND ‘MY DREAM SPEAKS’ BENEFIT IN NYC! Head over to the Helen Mills Event Space & Theater in New York City this Wednesday, April 18th for a very special evening celebrating language education through fashion, art, and music! The evening, hosted by CNN’s Zoraida Sambolin features performance by internationally celebrated Les Nubians and a presentation by Mataano (who [...]
Multiculturals & Code-Switching Have you ever noticed that you have one set of verbal and non-verbal attributes in one conversation and then participate differently in the next? Our accents may change, our expressions, body language and even our whole attitudes can fluctuate between communities. Is this wrong? Does it mean we’re being “fake”? Or is [...]
Raising Bilingual Children: It’s the Little Things Not long ago we celebrated a big milestone in our home. Our daughter learned to roll her R’s. In bilingual homes this is often a big deal, because rolling r’s doesn’t come naturally to everyone and as any Spanish learner knows, it can take quite some time before [...]
Words of Affirmation for Bilingual Children Today I came across this great Spanish/English printable for parents raising bilingual children. It’s from an awesome bloguera, Unknown Mami and it’s basically a list of words and phrases for praising your kids in English and in Spanish. I love this! Mostly because I do praise my daughter in [...]
Bilingual Parenting: Journey Toward Spanish Fluency Well, it’s been a while since I blogged about my journey towards being bilingual. A while back, I wrote a post about losing my Spanish and how the criticism from family and friends about whether I should be speaking Spanish left me feeling like an outsider. I have to [...]
A special thanks to Lee & Low Books for sponsoring this giveaway! “Arrorró, mi niño” is an excellent book for any bicultural/bilingual home. It’s been a great book for cuddling up with my daughter at night and I love that she’ll bring this book up to me and say, “Mama, you teach me my [...]
Bueno, estoy un poco tarde, pero aquí está mi blog en español. Hoy, recibí varios libros de Amazon porque decidí que voy a leer de nuevo. Es algo que no he hecho mucho desde que nació mi hija, pero es tan importante para mí y lo siento que no he leído mucho desde su nacimiento. Hoy, tengo cuatros libros increíbles que he querido leer desde hace tres años! Hay “Cuando Era Puertorriqueña”, ”De Como Las Muchachas García Perdieron el Acento”, “Trece Sentidos” y “América Detrás de La Línea de [...]
Multiculturals & Code-Switching Have you ever noticed that you have one set of verbal and non-verbal attributes in one conversation and then participate differently in the next? Our accents may change, our expressions, body language and even our whole attitudes can fluctuate between communities. Is this wrong? Does it mean we’re being “fake”? Or is [...]
Bueno, hoy es el primer viernes que escribo puro en español y estoy feliz para entrar la comunidad! Tanto tiempo ha pasado desde que he escrito (o hablado) completamente en español, pero estoy lista para regresar a los estudios. Sin duda, necesito practicar y lo que es una gran oportunidad para esto. ¡Gracias a Tracy por inventarlo! ;) [...]
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