About: Ana Flores

Recently, I realized that we haven’t updated our list of recommended reference books for parents raising bilingual children in more than two years. Unlike other parenting topics, books on bilingualism do not abound. So, whenever a book in this subject comes out, we try to get our hands on it both for our own research and to share it with all of you. Last time we wrote about this subject matter, I gave you a list of 10 books IRead More ...

Thanks to the people at Hewlett-Packard and Intel, I am typing this on a brand new HP Pavilion dv6 with 2nd generation Intel Core i3 Processor. This is actually my second HP laptop. My first one served me very well for many years, but the technology of these newer generation computers is incomparable! The 2nd generation Intel Core i3 Processor keeps this laptop running smoothly no matter what I’m doing, which is typically a dozen things at once. You see,Read More ...

Where does everything we consume, all those packages all our stuff is so dearly wrapped in and we carelessly dispose of? At least some of it is making its way across various oceans and ending up in the once-pristine shores of the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve in Mexico, as documented in these photos by Mexican-born artist Alejandro Durán. Through his Washed Up project, Durán aims to raise awareness to how consumerism and its product of waste is affecting more thanRead More ...

One of the best parts of living close to my familia is that I have several loving people who help me take care of my niños. The only bad thing is that this means everyone has to have two cars seats in their car so they can help with school pickup and drop-off when necessary. So, between my car, my husband’s, our nanny’s, my mom’s and my sister’s, all in all we need 10 car seats! Well, you can imagineRead More ...

Open publication – Free publishing – More california Yesterday´s news about the quakes in the Washington area (the strongest one ever recorded in D.C.!) me hizo ponerme las pilas and I remembered this coloring book that Ashley Alvarado, from California Watch, had sent me some months ago and I never got the chance to share with you. It´s time. Growing up in a land like El Salvador where Earth always rumbles doesn´t quite mean you´re always prepared for an earthquake emergency.Read More ...

I can’t believe I had never seen El Perro y El Gato, the original animated specials shown on HBO Family and HBO Latino, before now (I somehow missed this Video of the Week right here!). Ever since these DVDs arrived in the mail, my son has been watching them on repeat. The catchy music, cute animation, and hilarious scenes make these appealing to bilingual and monolingual kids alike. What the little ones don’t know is that they are improving their languageRead More ...