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Last week we launched the SpanglishBaby Forums as a place for you to connect with other parents who are also raising bilingual and/or bicultural children. There’s already been some interesting activity going on.  From local event announcements, to parents seeking others for local playgroups, to moms reaching out for advice and others who just want to share their story and make themselves available to you. We feel the beginnings of an amazing and much needed community! ...

Another week, another roundup of great stuff related to all things bilingual, including a summer reading list that you will love! 1) Census Bureau Estimates Nearly Half of Children Under Age 5 Are Minorities – The U.S. Census Bureau today released national population estimates showing that our nation is becoming older and more racially and ethnically diverse. The estimates found that nearly half (47 percent) of the nation’s children younger than five were a minority in 2008, with 25 percentRead More ...

Happy Mami’s Day to one and all! Ana and I both hope you have a wondrous day – whatever you end up doing. ¡Felicidades! Over at my house, we’re praying the weather cooperates so we can take a trip to the Rocky Mountains, but before I leave, here’s our weekly roundup… Enjoy! ...

This week marks our THREE month anniversary! We feel like we´ve known you for much longer than that. Now, we want to get to know you better. Actually, we need your help to guide SpanglishBaby in its organic growth. We need to know a little bit more about you for so many reasons, including that the more we know, the better content we can create for you. ...

It was all about the H1N1 flu (a.k.a. swine flu) this week. Everywhere I turned, that’s all everyone was talking about. So, today’s Yo Quiero Links! is kind of lean… ...

Hola! We’ve been stuck inside the house for TWO days. It started snowing Thursday night and it only stopped Saturday afternoon. Today, in typical Denver fashion, it’s supposed to be a beautiful, sunny spring day – so we’ll be leaving the house shortly before we all go locos! Before we leave, here’s our weekly roundup… Enjoy! ...

Hola and Happy Easter to all! We’ll spend the afternoon decorating eggs and helping our daughter during her first-ever egg hunt, but more than anything, we’ll be spending a lot of time en familia and we hope you will too! But first, our weekly round up of links you might be interested in checking out: 1. Raising a Child in Two Worlds – My child doesn’t look quite like me (Caucasian) or her father (Colombian); she’s something new for bothRead More ...

We hope you enjoy our weekly round up of all things bilingual and bicultural: 1) Immigrants’ Children: An NPR occasional series – Immigrants bring many things to the U.S., but their lasting contribution to the country has always been their children. NPR’s series Immigrants’ Children looks at that legacy, telling the stories of those children and examining the issues they face. I can’t wait to read or listen to more of this interesting series. The one about the Germans inRead More ...