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.
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We apologize to those of you who follow SpanglishBaby and are already accustomed to watching our Video of the Week on Tuesdays. Starting this week we´ll be changing things around a bit to make it more exciting to all. You can still expect to get a muy cool video clip in Spanish every single week to watch with your kids. This week, Disney*Pixar´s beautiful movie UP was released for home viewing. We were lucky to get two clips in SpanishRead More ...
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We’ve been blown away by the beauty and the captivating characters of UP, Disney*Pixar’s newest movie to hit the home-entertainment stands in full force today, November 10th. When it came out in theaters, amongst critical buzz and massive audience approval, and took its righteous first place at the box office on its opening weekend, I was acting nonchalant as if I really didn’t care that I didn’t yet have an excuse to take my then toddler girl to the movies. Read More ...
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One of the biggest challenges of raising a preschooler is to get their focus and attention for at least five minutes. Well, that´s the case in my house. I mean, we´re finally getting to the stage where storytime doesn´t mean ripping and biting books! That´s why I felt we passed a milestone yesterday when my girl and I peacefully sat down to name the colorful objects in Eeboo´s Spanish Flash Cards. What I thought was going to turn into aRead More ...
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Lori Langer de Ramirez is one of the amazing experts on our Ask an Expert panel. She has a website called Mis Cositas where she has compiled tons of information regarding language learning and culture for kids. One of the pages on her site is Mis Cositas TV where she showcases a series of short videos. The videos are organized, and even color-coded, by category: travel, culture, language, illustrated folktales and educational, amongst others. Many of these videos star Lori´sRead More ...
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For weeks now, most have been getting ready for Halloween with costumes, decorations, pumpkin patches and carvings and all-around spookiness. I’ve never been a big Halloween celebrator, but I’m obviously getting into it now that my girl can have fun with it. Which is really what this holiday is for-just having fun, getting great pictures and over-dosing on all sorts of sweets. In our bicultural home we also have a fondness for Día de los Muertos, which is celebrated onRead More ...
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An interesting fact about the third installment of the popular Ice Age saga Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (or Ice Age 3) is that since its premiere in theaters worldwide this summer, it has made three times more revenue internationally than it has in the U.S. In some foreign countries it has been the biggest hit since the movie “Titanic” made impact. Such is the case in many Latin American countries where the film has been released in SpanishRead More ...
