Raising niños in a mixed and matched world.
Parenting Bilingual Niños Being the parent of a bilingual child isn’t always easy…especially when you’re not fluent. I’ve been teaching my daughter Spanish since birth…a few words here and there, never speaking in full conversations because I have absolutely no idea what a fluent Spanish speaking mother would say to her child. I wish I was [...]
Juegos para niños Are you teaching your little ones Spanish? Here are 5 great sites for getting started that won’t make them feel like their getting a Spanish lesson. ;) They’re fun, super simple and have fewer ads than most game sites…so you won’t have to worry about your pequeñitos clicking out of their games [...]
Crédito de foto: Flickr / César Angel. Zaragoza Me encontré esta imagen mientras búsquedando fotos para el blog. La pobreza es un sistema tan horrendo. ¿Qué podemos hacer para ayudar a este niño? Para ayudar a los niños como él? Lea la historia sobre los niños trabajadores (escrito por César Angel Zaragoza) … La bicicleta se desliza velozmente por una de las principales calles de la capital [...]
Last week I wrote a review of El Perro y El Gato, a fun and spunky new bilingual program from HBO Latino. My daughter absolutely fell in love with this series, as did my husband. As a promotion for their new series of installments in this program, HBO Latino offered a four disc set of [...]
Image Credit: HBO Latino { THIS GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED } We have a new favorite at our house…El Perro y El Gato! I absolutely cannot believe that I haven’t seen this show before. All in all, it’s probably the best bilingual children’s show that I’ve ever watched…and that includes Dora and Diego (who we also [...]
{We’ve selected a winner! - Hemos seleccionado una ganadora!} Si antes no era un fan de Kmart, es posible que eres ahora! Recientemente, Kmart lanzó una nueva iniciativa que atrae a las madres latinas. Madres y Comadres es una campaña que se conecta las madres latinas en una manera más profunda. La iniciativa de Kmart en YouTube es muy divertido y tiene muchas capas de utilidad para las madres, incluyendo las conversaciones con Latinas reales acerca de los desafíos de [...]
Image Credit: Flickr / opensourceway Tantas veces, parece que estamos en una carrera para salir adelante y no nos detenemos a pensar en la gente que está a nuestro lado. Estamos tratando detener éxito, para hacer una diferencia en nuestras vidas, pero muchas veces nos olvidamos que muchas de las personas que nos rodean también están tratando de mejorar sus vidas. Ha habido muchas conversaciones recientemente sobre los latinos que actúan como los [...]
Image Credit: Flickr / gwen 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 [...]
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 [...]
{This giveaway has ended} Arrorró, mi niño is excellent book for both parents who are fluent in Spanish and those who may not be fluent. The author, Lulu Delacre, has lovingly pieced together and illustrated this book with U.S. Latina moms in mind. “I feel very strongly that as Latinas raise our children in the [...]
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