http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/05/explaining-culture-to-my-4-year-old/ Raising bilingual and bicultural kids Thu, 26 Jul 2018 07:12:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/05/explaining-culture-to-my-4-year-old/#comment-133545 Elizabeth Thu, 17 May 2012 19:17:30 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=23147#comment-133545 ufff Elise! I don’t know how I would explain cultura either but I now know that I have to start thinking about an explanation! It never occurred to me that I would have to “define” the word to my daughter…but I should know better, cierto!
Gracias!

]]> http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/05/explaining-culture-to-my-4-year-old/#comment-133537 Elsie Thu, 17 May 2012 18:59:15 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=23147#comment-133537 Maybe I should have explained that the Cinco de Mayo Celebration was also a Children’s Day and Spring festival–hence the maypole in the picture! Jennifer–You are so right, some of these big ideas are just so hard to communicate in words!

]]> http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/05/explaining-culture-to-my-4-year-old/#comment-133532 Jennifer Brunk Thu, 17 May 2012 18:50:14 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=23147#comment-133532 I think that was a great explanation! Culture is intangible, yet at the same time we all feel it and understand how real it is. I have the hardest time talking about values, attitudes and world view (for want of a better term) even though those are a very important part of culture for me. It goes against my nature to generalize, but there are differences that I want to share with my students and my family. The one thing I can say is that this does seem to be something that people learn – just as they learn languages, children can learn to appreciate and understand the subtleties of culture. ¡Viva the amazing human brain!

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