Super Easy Thanksgiving Side Dish: Papas a la vinagreta {Recipe}
We’re getting ready for our Latino-inspired Thanksgiving dinner later this week. I don’t really dig turkey too much (except for the one my dad used to make) and neither does my husband, so we don’t make turkey. Instead, my husband cooks a mean pernil made Puerto Rican style. ¡Delicioso! I’m in charge of making the side dishes and this year I wanted to try something new and easy to make. So for this #MizkanLatino cooking challenge, a healthy and originalRead More ...
The Muppets Are Back! Are You Ready?
It’s been 12 years since the Muppets’ last big-screen feature film “Muppets from Space” in 1999. Many of us were already convinced that was the last of the Muppets on a feature film and were somewhat satisfied with their new stints on funny viral videos. It also means most of our kids have never seen an original Muppets movie or show. That’s all changing now that the Muppets are back on the big screen in a Disney movie titled simply:Read More ...
Spanish Friday: Juguemos en Español
Editor’s note: The following is a guest post by my dear friend Marisa Rincón, a Mexican/Spanish mom of two bilingual children and and an elementary school Spanish teacher who lives in San Diego. It’s also part of Spanish Friday, a trend started by the maravillosa Latinaish. Para muchos de nuestros niños el español es el idioma de la gente grande. Es el idioma que hablan su abuelitos y que nada tiene que ver con ellos. A veces no nos damos cuenta queRead More ...
Wordless Wednesday: ¿Te acuerdas de esto?
Si eres muy joven, seguro no sabes lo que es esto. Pero si eres de mi época, entonces sí. Estoy en una conferencia de periodismo en UC Berkeley esta semana y en el aeropuerto de San Francisco tiene una exhibición relacionada a la televisión. En cuanto vi este poster, me transporté al principio de los años 80 y el día que mi papá trajo un Betamax a la casa y todas las películas que vimos en casa gracias a esa máquina.Read More ...
La Rana René or Kermit The Frog? Setting It Straight
This video made me laugh so hard because some very good friends of ours in Mexico call my husband La Rana René as a nickname. You know we Latinos LOVE to use apodos, right? Well, now it seems like Kermit has felt he needs to set the record straight and let us all know that his real name is Kermit La Rana and NOT la Rana René like most of us from Latina America know him as. Kermit just doesn´tRead More ...
¡Oye!: Read Early, Read ALOUD!
Too many people associate the phrase “early reading” with elementary school. In fact, an affinity for reading begins developing much earlier than that. Exposure to how words on the page become spoken words are valuable even in infancy. This exposure is all the more crucial for Spanish reading skills, since many of our children will have less reinforcement of Spanish literacy than of English literacy in school. In an English-majority culture, we are always fighting the proverbial uphill battle toRead More ...
