Roxana is a bilingual and bicultural mamá to Vanessa, an inquisitive first grader, and her always on-the-go little brother, Santiago – both of whom are growing up between two worlds and in two languages. A long-time journalist, Roxana is in charge of all editorial content on SpanglishBaby.
Twitter: @roxanaSB
Will my children be as passionate about Spanish as I am? I sure hope so… I know it’s crazy for me to even think about this right now considering my kids are only 5 and 2, but it’s something I often wonder. In fact, I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while, but then I got the February issue of Latina magazine which has an article titled Are we losing our Language? on the cover and I decidedRead More ...
Our friends from the awesome bilingual family band Moona Luna just shared with us the first episode of their brand new web show Moona In The City and we think you’re going to love it: Hosted by the talented lead singer Sandra V. and a friendly cow called – what else? – Moona, this is a food, travel and adventure show for kids. The idea is that together, Sandra and Moona will explore the diversity, both cultural and culinary, in theirRead More ...
¡Hola! Welcome to the new and improved SpanglishBaby! This has been in the works for several months now and we couldn’t be happier with the results. Hope you feel the same way! If you’re new here, this will serve as a guide of sorts to keep in mind when navigating our site. If you’re not new, we still have all the great content as before, PLUS a few surprises. One of the main things you’ll notice is that our newRead More ...
Today we honor a courageous human being who always said it like it was: Martin Luther King, Jr. I often wonder what he’d think of the current anti-immigration laws – full of the very civil right abuses he so adamantly denounced. My children are still way too little to understand any of it, but as they get a little older, I want to make sure that they know about this man and not just from what is taught to themRead More ...
Like me, Vanessa really likes magazines. I got her a subscription to National Geographic Little Kids about a year ago and she has been completely enthralled by it, so I just renewed her subscription. So when we got a sample of the brand new Disney FamilyFun Kids magazine, she was super excited. Although the magazine is obviously in English, I’m so used to translating pretty much everything that she gets her hands on that’s not in Spanish, that this was no different.Read More ...
Hay un capítulo en el libro que estamos escribiendo Ana y yo – ¡que estará a la venta en el otoño! – en el que escribo acerca de esta foto que me tomó mi papá en 1983. Tenía yo 10 años y vivíamos en Johannesburgo, Sudáfrica. Aunque no se ve muy bien, llevo un botón en la solapa de mi saco que me gané por ser la mejor alumna del mes. Mi padre estaba orgullosísimo, ya que habíamos llegado aRead More ...
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We are two Latina moms – best friends since college – who are extremely passionate about ensuring our children not only speak both our languages, English and Español, but that they also grow up proud of both their cultures, Latino and American. Over three years ago we realized there's was a lack of information available for parents raising bilingual + bicultural children, so using our background in media, we launched SpanglishBaby.
