SB Finds : Movies, TV & Music

As a new parent I find myself always taking leaps of faith when trying something different with my baby girl. When I was asked if I would be interested in receiving a baby product and to possibly write a review about it I was definitely thrilled. When the packaged arrived I was excited to see it was a Baby Einstein product:  Wild Animal Safari Discovery Kit, which includes a DVD, CD and Discovery cards. I had heard about them beforeRead More ...

Disney has done it again! Minnie’s Masquerade, the latest Mickey Mouse Clubhouse preschool DVD which debuts today, is wildly entertaining and has quickly become my 4 1/2 year old daughter’s favorite — thanks in (a huge) part to the amazing Mickey Mote. Shaped like Mickey ears, the Mickey Mote is a kid-friendly remote control that allows children to play interactively while watching the video. The Mickey mote has to be programmed before it can be used. Even though the instructionsRead More ...

It´s finally here! The chance for your niños y niñas to see themselves in Moona Luna´s first music video for their debut album, Piñata Party. Last month Sandra Velasquez, lead vocalist, announced that Moona Luna was accepting videos of your kids eating their favorite, or not so favorite, foods and they would appear on their music video for their bilingual song Todas Las Comidas/All The Foods.  We also told you that the music video would premiere exclusively here on SpanglishBabyRead More ...

I wish I had recorded my daughter’s absolute glee when she saw herself “star” in a video next to Dora, Boots and Diego thanks to Kideo! She just couldn’t help laughing at the thought of being a part of one of their adventures. And when Dora said her name, she flipped out! ¡Le encantó! Kideo personalizes each of the video options it offers using a photo of your child so they can “star” alongside their favorite characters which, besides DiegoRead More ...

SpanglishBaby was invited to interview actor Tom Cavanagh to talk about his recent role as Ranger Smith in this season´s most-anticipated animated film in 3D, Yogi Bear. I jumped at the opportunity because I knew that Tom Cavanagh had been raised bilingual (French and English) and lived in different cultures growing up. During this interview I also found out that his two children are learning Spanish!  He was a blast to talk to and I´m happy to share it here.Read More ...

Despicable Me just hit the stores in time for the last days of Holiday shopping, which is usually when you’ll see me frantically getting it all done! My girl didn’t get to watch this one in theaters, but was definitely aware of the yellow “things,” which now we know are called Minions, that were plastered all over billboards, buses and walls in our city.  So, as soon as she saw the Blu-ray/DVD combo pack cover she wanted me to putRead More ...

The first thing Camila said when I showed her the new CD that had arrived in the mail was:  “¡Mamá! ¡El mono de los colores!”  That was a very good sign. She had immediately recognized the Descubriendo Líneas DVD we had watched and reviewed over a month ago where Bubba–the “mono”–engages with “colores.”  I guess she liked it more than I gave her credit for! This music CD, Descubriendo los Transportes, is part of the Argentinean-created Descubriendo Líneas catalog ofRead More ...

A couple of weeks ago I got the chance to sit down with one of the most prominent and active bilingual educators, singer/songwriter of our times, José Luis Orozco.  This was the second time I got to speak to him for SpanglishBaby (we featured him during Hispanic Heritage Month last year), but the first time we met in person. We share the same mission to connect our children to their heritage and culture through language.  José Luis does this throughRead More ...