Back To School With Crayola
I can barely believe that in less than a month my girl will no longer be a preschooler! School in my district starts in August, so just days after her 5th birthday, my girl will be starting a whole new and exciting stage in her life: Kindergarten in a dual immersion program! To tell you she’s excited, barely does it justice. She just can’t stop talking about all the new friends she’ll make, about how she’ll learn to read inRead More ...
Week in Links for #BilingualKids — July 22
Why English Is No Longer Enough from The Huffington Post — Not that we need to be convinced, but it’s always nice to hear others saying it. Interesting read! Bilingual Fluency & Disparities in Fluency from Latinaish.com — Our friend Tracy López writes about the differences in her children’s levels of fluency in Spanish. I’ve always found this topic super interesting because in my own household growing up my siblings and I all had different levels of fluency in SpanishRead More ...
Do You Shield Your Kids From Tragedies Like The Aurora Shootings?
I know it’s a tough question to answer and it’s even tougher when we’re confronted by the type of news we all woke up to this morning: the tragic death of 12 people and over 50 more injured at the hands of a lone shooter in Aurora, Colorado. As parents, we immediately think about how that could have been you in that theater or, even worse, your child. Tragedies can strike to any of us at any moment and thatRead More ...
Fearless and Easy-to-Use Photo-Sharing App: outmywindow
This is sponsored content by BlogHer and outmywindow. Before you tell me you don´t really need another photo sharing app, because who can really handle one more (yes, my thoughts exactly!), I´ve got to let you in on a worthwhile discovery: outmywindow. Although in the surface it may seem like one more in the bunch of photo apps, it’s actually quite special because it offers something most, if not all, photo sharing and saving apps are missing: easy-to-use, out-of-the-box privacyRead More ...
Why Being Bilingual is Better For Children {Infographic}
A huge ¡Gracias! to Lovereading for creating this amazing infographic for us and for you to share, print, pin, email and love! Of course, we can’t agree more that “Bilingual is Better” for all! ...
Wordless Wednesday: ¡Hermanitos!
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