Un dragón, un par de zapatos rojos, una manzana. We pulled these words from our story jar the other day and I ended up telling the story del dragón al que le encantaba el color rojo over and over. Not every story is the hit that el dragón was, but a story jar adds a bit of randomness and fun to storytelling. It is a jar with words on small pieces of paper, folded so you cannot see the word.Read More ...
One of my biggest tasks is to keep the kids entertained while the family is busy cooking and preparing everything during the holidays. Lately the trend has been these amazing glittered body art designs. I like to think of them as the modern face paintings. Not only are these fun and festive but the designs are endless. While my son was excited about getting fall leaves, my daughter requested a rainbow turkey. Since we didn’t use body glue (which lastsRead More ...
On December 7, Clarius will be presenting Dino Time. Dino Time is a family comedy that follows Ernie, his sister Julia, and his best friend Max. One day when they are playing in Max’s father’s lab they trip a time-machine into operation and travel 65 million years into the past! There they meet a T-Rex named Tyra and her son Dodger. The series follows this group through their prehistoric jungle adventures as they aslo face Tyra’s dinosaur rivals. We have shared threeRead More ...
Have you gone out on your Fall Nature Hike? If you haven’t I highly recommend some familia time with the kiddos and enjoying nature. If you don’t have a bosque near you then go out to a craft store and purchase some pine cones. Our boys enjoyed making this with, not me, but get this their papi. I came downstairs and I see all of my men crafting! It was simply maravilloso! This happened mostly because our 5 yearRead More ...
For many families, the coming months are filled with gatherings, family and muchísimo español. Playing question games together provides an opportunity to tell family stories, talk about our values and laugh together. Of course, you know your friends and family, but this simple question game will help you all get to know each other aun mejor. This printable board game is a fun Spanish language activity for children. Many children love to have the floor and answer questions about themselves.Read More ...
Start your Thanksgiving celebration early with this cute Día De Acción De Gracias coloring sheet by Kimberly of Bebe Bilingual! For a printable version of this coloring sheet click here. Visit Bebe Bilingual’s Etsy store for the cutest placemats, flashcards and more in English, Spanish and French. ...
When it was forecasted that Huracán Sandy, was eminently going to strike our area, the first thing we did was go out and collect the beautiful fall leaves that colored our barrio. I knew that after the storm, we would be left with few vibrant reminders of fall. Even so, I felt like we needed to add a little more color of fall into our lives. So I reverted to a favorite childhood activity that my sister and I usedRead More ...
Parents and bilingual teachers have a problem. At the beginning of a relationship, kids establish the language they want to use to communicate with an adult. Once established, it is not easy to convince the children to speak another language with them. Given this situation, what can parents and teachers who want to use two languages with the children do? One solution is to introduce the children to a puppet that only speaks the target language. Many adults remember 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.
