Raising niños in a mixed and matched world.
Confessions of a Bicultural Mom This past year has been busier than ever and I’ve felt guilty too many times about living in the Midwest and about not immersing our daughter enough into Mexican culture. It’s been hard. We’re far away from our family and friends who influence our Latino roots most and we haven’t [...]
La Semana de la Seguridad del Niño Pasajero: 16 al 22 de septiembre de 2012 De acuerdo con la Administración Nacional de la Seguridad del Tráfico en las Carreteras (NHTSA, por sus siglas en inglés) del Departamento de Transporte de los Estados Unidos, la mayoría de los asientos de seguridad para niños se no se [...]
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 [...]
Multicultural Mondays Topic for August 6 – Bilingualism! So, you may have noticed that I didn’t post anything for Multicultural Mondays the last two weeks. Well, I had to take a little break to catch up on a few things and help hubby shift into a new job, but I’m still here and Multicultural Mondays [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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