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In their search for high quality Spanish classes for their own children, two accomplished Latina mothers founded Isabella & Ferdinand Spanish Language Adventures. Their innovative Spanish language-learning program for children includes the exciting CD-Olé and Play! Songs from Isabella & Ferdinand Spanish Language Adventures. The music is fabulous and is a great way to introduce your child to Spanish and the cultures of Spanish speaking countries. Produced by Grammy and Multiple Latin Grammy award winner Andres Castro, and sung byRead More ...
Today is the day you get to bring the lovable Gnomeo and Juliet home on DVD and Blu-ray. Six months ago we got to live this adorable twist on the classic Shakespeare tale on the big screen and now you and your kids can live it all over again. My girl lived it so much that she got up and danced all over the living room when each one of the rocking songs came on. The movie’s soundtrack is veryRead More ...
I was that kid, the one who would disappear under the coffee table with a book for hours at a time, according to my mother. Books were my passion, my refuge. And I assumed that if I surrounded my own children with books from day one, if we read bedtime stories every night and made reading a priority, they would love books as much as I do. So I did, and so far, they do. We have books on ourRead More ...
One of the best tools in the raising-a-bilingual-kid toolbox is a good selection of music. Heritage and language has long been preserved and passed along with the aid of music. Just think about your childhood and a key songs are sure to start playing in your inner playlist. Moona Luna knows that and they´ve created a seamless bilingual CD that brings home all the vibrant sounds of our Latin culture in a way that kids are immediately responsive to. Yes,Read More ...
Established in 1993 with the intent to bring world music to the people, Putumayo World Music has become well known for their quality music compilations. Each CD’s beautiful cover art by British illustrator Nicola Heindl, is also not to be overlooked. Putumayo calls their target audience “Cultural Creatives,” – “a sociological term for [the] 50 million North Americans and millions more around the world with an interest in culture, travel and the arts.” … (I think the SpanglishBaby audience definitelyRead More ...
My tie for favorite animated movies last year was definitely between Toy Story 3 and Tangled. I knew TS 3 was going to be good, but I was so pleasantly surprised that Tangled was as good as it is, and that Disney’s version of Rapunzel is a strong, willful and beautiful princess with 70-foot hair to tout. Tangled will finally hit stores on March 29, but Disney sent us an advanced copy of the Blu-ray/DVD combo pack last week; it’sRead More ...
I am going totally retro with the Video of the Week today! In the late 70´s, early 80´s I had my very first fan-moment with the famous duo from Spain–Enrique y Ana. My mom actually took me to the hotel where they stayed when the gave a concert in El Salvador. I must have been 10 years old and I clearly remember standing in front of the lobby elevator waiting for my heroes to come out. When they finally did,Read More ...
Last week we shared with you some adorable and useful coloring and activity sheets from the classic Disney film, Bambi. We hope your kids are enjoying them and are looking forward to watching the film and joining several generations of kids that have loved Bambi and his forest friends. Bambi has been released from the Disney Vault today and can now be found completely remastered in both DVD and Blu-ray format. We received our copy last week and my girlRead More ...
