Monthly Archives: April 2009
The following is a guest post by bilingual English/Spanish speech language professional, Ellen Stubbe Kester, Ph.D., CCC-SLP. We are excited to announce that, starting next Monday, Dr. Kester joins our impressive panel of bilingual experts in our weekly series-Ask an Expert. Click here to send her your questions regarding speech development in bilingual children. We invite you to visit Dr. Kester’s website, Bilinguistics, to learn more about her and her team. Is bilingualism bad for your kids? Do bilinguals learnRead More ...
Charlie y Lola-Ese es Mi Libro 1 This week we’re joining the celebrations of Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros that are happening all around the country in libraries, bookstores, schools, and such. ...
Thanks for stopping by and being part of this special week where we gathered useful information for parents who are choosing the bilingual homeschool, or even afterschool, route. You can visit the whole series with the links below: An Introduction to Bilingual Homeschooling Ask an Expert: What is a good resource for homeschooling parents? Your Story: A Generation of Bilingual Homeschoolers A Creative Activity for Bilingual Homeschoolers Celebrating Día, Libraries and Bilingual Homeschooling Resources for Bilingual Homeschoolers We invite youRead More ...
Tomorrow, Wednesday April 22nd we’ll celebrate Earth Day around the world. There are many ways we can get involved, but most importantly I think it’s a great opportunity to talk to our kids about the environment, the world we live in and our responsibility to it. Plant some seeds, go to an Earth Day festival, start a small compost bin or clean out electric waste in your house and take it together to a recycling center. There are many waysRead More ...
Hola! We’ve been stuck inside the house for TWO days. It started snowing Thursday night and it only stopped Saturday afternoon. Today, in typical Denver fashion, it’s supposed to be a beautiful, sunny spring day – so we’ll be leaving the house shortly before we all go locos! Before we leave, here’s our weekly roundup… Enjoy! ...
I recently read something which left me livid. I posted the link on Sunday as part of our weekly Yo Quiero Links and promised I would write about it, so here we are. To truly understand what I’m talking about, however; I think you need to read it yourself. Here’s a recap, just in case… Published last week, “A Child of Two Worlds,” is a guest post on The New York Times‘ blog, Motherload: Adventures in Parenting. In it, theRead More ...
What can be more fun than Celia Cruz, the Queen of Salsa, singing and dancing with Sesame Street characters? This one is from the baúl de los recuerdos, but 23 years later is still completely relevant, useful and fun. Use this video to teach kids to count to ten in español, while you do a little salsa dancing with Celia. Why not? ...
Hola and Happy Easter to all! We’ll spend the afternoon decorating eggs and helping our daughter during her first-ever egg hunt, but more than anything, we’ll be spending a lot of time en familia and we hope you will too! But first, our weekly round up of links you might be interested in checking out: 1. Raising a Child in Two Worlds – My child doesn’t look quite like me (Caucasian) or her father (Colombian); she’s something new for bothRead More ...
