Bilingual Kids App: Sock n Boots Supports Reading Month With Free Multilingual Downloads!
We’re delighted to have found out about the Socks n Boots series of digital stories to teach kids valuable life lessons. This month of March, in support of National Reading Month, the eBook and iPad App of “Socks n Boots Adventures” can be downloaded for free in over 100 countries. We applaud the app developers for making their other three digital stories–”Share,” “Afraid of the Dark,” and “Play it Safe” available in eight languages, including Spanish. You can download themRead More ...
Reading in English and Translating into Spanish… at 5 years old!
Something truly amazing happened yesterday! As I’ve mentioned before, Vanessa has been learning to read in school and I’m quite impressed by how well she’s doing and how quickly she’s perfecting her skills. Not to mention the truly incredible thing she’s doing by transferring those reading skills into Spanish all by herself. Vanessa likes to read to her little brother, but last night, he chose a book in English and asked her to read it. She knows perfectly well that SantiagoRead More ...
Muppets DVD/Blu-Ray Combo Pack {Giveaway}
There are certain guilty pleasures that linger from childhood. For many of us born in the ‘70s and ‘80s, one of those childhood attachments is “The Muppets!” That’s why it’s exciting that our kids get to share in the adventures with Kermit, Miss Piggy, and all the other characters we used to love. If you missed the latest version of The Muppets in theaters, don’t worry: it’s being released as a DVD/Blu-Ray combo pack on March 20th! The movie itselfRead More ...
Children Inspire Design: Globally Inspired Art for Children {Giveaway}
A couple of weeks ago I discovered Children’s Inspire Design thanks to a giveaway going on at Design Mom. I instantly fell in love with the colors, the designs, the textures, the quirkiness and sensibility, but most of all with the fact that creator Rebecca Peragine made a collection inspired by kids around the globe. Rebecca went through the trouble of making versions of many of her prints, posters and wall cards–all perfect to decorate any nursery or kids room–inRead More ...
Join Our Talk on Tips and Tricks for Raising Bilingual Kids!
This Wednesday we´ll be hosting our very first Talk at The Motherhood.com and we know you will love it! The topic is near and dear to our hearts: Tips and Tricks for Raising Bilingual Kids. We´d love for you to stop by this Wednesday, March 14 at 1:00pm EST for a 30 minute chat to share any questions you have and also jump in with any of your tips and tricks for raising your kids bilingually. We all have them! JoiningRead More ...
Want to Host A Healthy Child Party? {Giveaway}
For over a year now both Roxana and I have been advocating for clean air and creating awareness about the toxic chemicals which taint our air as part of the Moms Clean Air Force. We are now taking that a step further and have volunteered our time to be active with another non-profit we feel aligned with: Healthy Child Healthy World. For the past two decades, Healthy Child has been on a mission-and very successful at it- to “ignite a movementRead More ...