3 Important Factors to Consider When Raising a Bilingual Child
In the lasts months I´ve been buried in all types of research and studies regarding bilinguals because of all the material I needed for the book we´re writing. Not that I need to be any more convinced about raising my daughter bilingually, it´s just fascinating to read about studies that basically take pictures of the brain, called neuroimaging, to clearly map out how the brains of bilinguals are different from monolinguals. They say a picture tells a thousand words, andRead More ...
Celebrating Haitian Women on International Women´s Day
Today I join the International Women´s Day festivities to celebrate and honor the courageous, relentless, inspiring, talented and beautiful women and girls I met when I visited Haiti in January with a group of bloggers (#Bloggers4Haiti) and Heart of Haiti. Aside from the empowered women I had the honor to travel with, every single day we´d encounter in Haiti a group of women who would just inspire us with their presence. These women have been through or been witness toRead More ...
Más Canciones en Español From Music With Sara {Giveaway}
We first told you about Music With Sara back in December of 2010 when she released her debut album. Now I´m so proud and happy for her to be able to share with you her second albúm-Más Canciones en Español. I first found out about Sara thanks to my daughter and her then family daycare. Sara used to visit the daycare once per week to play and sing canciones en español with the kids. That was hands-down Camila´s favorite dayRead More ...
March Scholastic Parent Circle: Salsa for Kittens & Puppies {Giveaway}
As soon as I put the Salsa para gatitos y perritos CD in our car’s CD player, my kids started swaying to the music. And who wouldn’t? This magical CD contains 15 songs that are alternatively sung in English and Spanish. The rhythms are catchy and the lyrics easy to memorize so that even little children like my 2-year-old can sing-along. I was so enthralled by the quality of the music of my pick for this month’s Scholastic Parent CircleRead More ...
Inside the Bilingual Mind
I think I have discovered the one disadvantage of bilingualism. Because I often tutor in public places (bookstore, Starbucks), I have a lot of people-watching opportunities. What I am never prepared for, though, is the amount of people-listening that my brain wants to do. I can be teaching in English – usually describing how to approach an SAT problem – and also paying attention to the Spanish conversation at the next table. It is to be expected that you wouldRead More ...
Danny DeVito Speaks In Four Languages (including Spanish!) as The Lorax
A couple of weeks ago I was invited to be part of a group of bloggers who got the change to screen Dr Seuss’ The Lorax and then sit in roundtable interviews with several cast members and crew. Meaning, I got to meet icons like Betty White and Danny DeVito, who plays the Lorax and, as such, “speaks for the trees.” Danny DeVito was dead on as the Lorax. So much so, that the producers at Universal couldn´t imagine anyoneRead More ...
