Ana L. Flores is co-founder of SpanglishBaby and co-author of the book, "Bilingual is Better." A bicultural and bilingual mom who is committed to holding on to her heritage, for over 15 years she's been dedicated to creating content by and for Latinos in the U.S. and in Latin America. Now, through SpanglishBaby.com and LatinaBloggersConnect.com, her boutique agency connecting brands to Latina bloggers, she is living her dream of being a self-motivated entrepreneur and sharing the stories and resources which matter the most to her. Su casa is now in L.A. where family traditions from Mexico, El Salvador, the Netherlands and the U.S. are dearly embraced...en español.
http://spanglishbaby.com
Twitter: @laflowers
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Music is one of the most effective ways to learn and/or maintain a language, especially at the critical age of 2 to 6. The husband and wife team that created the Sing-A-Lingo music program understand that very well and are making life a musical in Spanish for many children with their CDs, books and other original learning tools. We received their multiple award-winning En Mi Casa CD, a singable book, stickers, and lyric and vocabulary cards all to accompany theRead More ...
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I really thought my daughter was too young to watch this Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel movie, and she probably really is. However, we received a screening copy of the movie to review exactly on a day I was getting tired of the princess movies she favors these days. So, I convinced her she wanted to watch singing ardillas and help me do my blogging homework. Of course, she was trapped by the chipmunks, the squeaking, the silly pranks,Read More ...
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We really do. The proof is that, over a year ago, we chose a Pocoyó video in Spanish, El Baile de Pocoyó, as our very first Video of the Week. I can still remember the dancing parties my girl, husband and I would have in the living room when Pocoyó came on (We record it from Discovery Familia. You can also watch him on YouTube.) That´s why I accepted the offer to receive a collection of Pocoyó books to reviewRead More ...
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Songs in Spanish and English, playful puppets, colorful toys, and dancing children are all in the educational and entertaining Cantarima videos. These videos are not only fun, but also they teach a variety of different concepts as well. The use of Spanish throughout the videos is a great way to further your child’s language development. There are two different videos produced by Cantarima-Cantos y Rimas (nursery songs and rhymes) and Números y Figuras (numbers and shapes). The Nursery Songs andRead More ...
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No other TV station in the US can compete with V-me for quality educational programming for kids en español. We have always gladly written about their programming because we truly are fans and we´re always excited when they add a new show to their line-up. This time, we want to introduce you to PEEP and the Big Wide World. Peep is a little chicken, or a “Pio”, as he’s called by our girl, who hangs out with his buddies-Chirp andRead More ...
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Parents’ names: Kathy and Zane City: Chicago Age: 3 years Languages spoken at home: Spanish & English He is able to communicate with a wider community of people and has already begun making connections between words in English and Spanish that will help his reading comprehension as a whole. ———— Send us a picture of Your SpanglishBaby and we´ll feature him/her right here. We’ll feature one SpanglishBaby per week. Email your good quality picture to madre@SpanglishBaby.com with the following info:Read More ...
