http://www.rodandstaffbooks.com/list/Libros_en_Espanol/

We are nearing the end of first grade and you would never have guessed my son ever had a speech delay. His Spanish is still a work in progress. while I use a phonics approach to teach him to read English, I use Nacho Dominicano, the Spanish sillabary I learned to read with when I was 6 like him. And when doing Math (Saxon 1, which in my humble opinion is the best math curriculum) I alternate between English and Spanish, translatating what I can as much as possible until I stumble upon something my vocabulary cannot explain. We also do frequent trips to our library which is well stocked with a Spanish selection my kids enjoy- Arthur (from PBS), Maisy, for my little one, and lots of classics like Dr. Seuss, and Eric Carle are also available in Spanish, as well as some Caldecott honored books like “porque zumban Los Mosquitos en Los oidos de la gente”. Nick Jr. has Dora and Diego books in Spanish. We have lots of those since my kids love them. One resource I came across since sometimes I use the “What your __th grader needs to know” by Core Knowledge is the series has been translated to Spanish and are available for free on their website! You can check out coreknowledge.org. They also have free lesson plans. Ideally you should have the English version since the translated version does not come with the illustrations.

We also love Spanish children’s music like Baby Loves Salsa (we’ve seen the band live twice and my kids loved it), and Los solecitos as well as those timeless ones passed down through generations like “Los pollitos”. And we listen to the “Los Tesoros de Mama Lila” podcast by Univision radio sometimes. It’s awesome.

Now one thing I must admit I do tend to default to English a lot when teaching something my older son might not understand. I guess no one said it would be easy. And some subjects, like history, are hard to find in Spanish in a book that won’t be hard to swallow for my son and I so we do Story of The World in English (we agree that we think history is boring, lol, though I’ve never told him). And everything science related is what we live for so now I’m trying to find simple books about astronomy, animals, and plants and more complex ones in English.

Besides all that, we do one parent (me) three languages since my husband works long hours and doesn’t get to spend much time with the kids. We just started French so it’s still minimal but the kids love singing Alouette and watching Professor Toto, which I have yet to try in Spanish. And, of course, we worship in Spanish. Two great Christian books we have in both English and Spanish are “Mi libro de historias biblicas” and “Que ensena el gran Maestro” both published by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society.

That’s the bilingual side of our homeschooling. We join lots of group field trips and my son used to take a group mad science class which were great, but not in Spanish and there are lots of playgroups around so it’s so not true kids need to be in a regular school to be “socialized” and that’s pretty much it. One thought on Jana’s post: part time homeschooling is not allowed in New York so if someone likes the idea of doing both homeschooling and having your kids attend school part-time, research your state’s homeschooling laws first since they are different from state to state.

Thank you for dedicating a week to bilingual homeschooling.

Gracias!
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I completely get what you’re saying, but I do have to point out, as @Monica mentioned in the first comment, there are myriad ways to go about this homeschooling method, some of them could even be considered “chaotic” when compared to what is so ingrained in our brains as “formal schooling”… Just putting it out there…

I think the whole point is to do what you feel is best for your children and not be too hard on your decisions… While researching this topic, I found this article about a book that was recently written describing the story of one mother who opted to homeschool one of her daughters for just one year. I’m know really interested in reading it because I think another myth is that once you start homeschooling, you have to stick to it throughout your children’s schooling years….