Math-o-matic Puzzle Game
When the time comes I will need all-the-help-I-can-get to introduce my girl to numbers and math concepts. There´s a reason why I chose to write and communicate as a profession and why I need a calculator to figure out tips. I really don´t want to pass along that fear of numbers to her. Ingenio´s Math-o-matic manages to make learning numbers fun by disguising it as a colorful puzzle/game. You can start out using it just to teach your kid numbersRead More ...
Elmo and Sesame Street Helping our Kids through Tough Times
It´s no secret now that SpanglishBaby is a real fan of Sesame Workshop and all they do. They just seem to have it together…for real. In our case of parents raising bi-cultural and bilingual children they constantly give us tools to make the journey more fun and inclusive of our children. Especially in the case of promoting a bilingual, bi-cultural and global awareness through their shows. Remember Celia Cruz performing with a cast of muppets? Or how about Global GroverRead More ...
North America Map Puzzle
Another big hit during the playgroup I recently hosted to review Ingenio’s toys, in one word, the North American Map Puzzle, is STURDY! I know we’ve been using this word a lot these past few days when describing this bilingual toy company’s products, but it’s the truth and nothing is more important than a toy well-built when it is to be handed to little hands which like to destroy as they explore. Vanessa L-O-V-E-S puzzles, she calls them “copezas,” andRead More ...
Alphabet Learning Cards
These cards are similar to the ones Ana Lilian reviewed here, except that instead of opposites, they illustrate the English alphabet on one side and the Spanish one on the other. The Alphabet Learning Cards was the first toy we opened when we got the box from Ingenio and my daughter, Vanessa, had no problem calling out the name of whatever picture she saw on them. She did it all in Spanish and I’m happy to share she recognized mostRead More ...
Video of the Week: La Granja de mi Tío
I definitely run the risk of sounding naive, BUT I really had no idea how to sing “Old MacDonald had a Farm” in Spanish. My girl’s been singing it a lot lately and I really wanted to teach her the Spanish version (even though really the only part she sings for now is “E-I-E-I-O”). I found it on You Tube, of course. The Spanish version is callled “La Granja de mi Tío” and it´s just as catchy as the EnglishRead More ...
Smart Projector
The Smart Projector was definitely the winner during a meetup I recently hosted for some of the kids from our bilingual playgroup to check out the toys and games Ingenio sent us to review. At first, I had been a little worried about how it was going to turn out because none of the kids are older than 4 and even though this company’s toys are recommended for those 3 years and older and Vanessa had already played with someRead More ...
