SB Finds : Toys & Games

From our friends over at PBS Kids comes Curious George games en Español! Here at SpanglishBaby we have been strong advocates and a loud voice expressing to PBS Kids how eager we all are to get more of their quality educational on air and online content in Spanish. It´s great to see these companies taking strides to promote the love of español and language-learning in our kids. Last year we also announce the PBS Kids launch of the Noah ComprendeRead More ...

As my boys get older, they’re more into books, elaborate building sets and Mama’s iPad, and have outgrown the babyish Spanish-“speaking” toys of old.  That’s why I liked Ingenio’s Sounds Amazing cards.  There are fifty double-sided flashcards, grouped into categories (our favorites were Transportation and Musical Instruments), which include a picture of an object (such as an ambulance), information about the object in English and in Spanish, and a bar code.  Scan the bar code with the included wand, andRead More ...

  Once your kids start to fathom what cerca and lejos mean, your next step is to expand the concepts by helping them understand where they fit in the world (literally). The Smart Play USA Floor Map Puzzle by ingenio can help you do just that. Along with cute symbols for each state, the puzzle includes Spanish names for many states and bodies of water. It is the perfect size – big enough to read easily, but won’t cover theRead More ...

Today is the last day of giveaway-fun during this Back to {Bilingual} School special week.  No back to school season is complete without some good shopping and what best than what you need and want on top-name brands but up to 90% off  retail price? You can find that by visiting Totsy.com and signing up to receive daily offers from this online private-sale site dedicated to offering apparel, gear, accessories and more for moms, kids and families. I’ve been a memberRead More ...

To continue our Bicultural Birthdays Celebration week we have more awesome prizes to give away.  (More huge giveaways happening here and here.) Our friends at Fisher Price are really in the mood to celebrate by the looks of this huge prize pack they´ve put together for ONE of you to take. The Fisher Price Bicultural Birthdays Celebration prize includes four different toys with a total retail value of $235. These toys would make great presents for your little ones onRead More ...

Things continue to go pretty well in my journey to teach my daughter French, my and — what will hopefully one day also become — her third language. Today, I share with you another find which is helping us along the way: flashcards. I’ve always loved flashcards because they bring back a lot of memories of when I was a child and I was learning English back in Peru. Of course, the ones I used were not the sophisticated onesRead More ...

Editor’s note: The following review was done by Sisi Martinez Purfield, a bilingual teacher mom of a bilingual preschooler. When I first saw the Easy Translator by Ingenio I was excited to see if my 3.5 year old son would like it.  My son is pretty bilingual although not nearly as fluent in Spanish as he is in English.  I gave it to him and thought he might be interested in doing a few of the “theme” vocabulary cards.  WhenRead More ...

When I was a child I loved watching Sesame Street, and was quite excited when given the opportunity to review Elmo’s A to Zoo Adventure, the videogame. I loved it!  The graphics are great, and the games are fun and educational! The games are designedo be played by young children, but the difficulty level adapts to the child’s ability. The games become more challenging as the player’s skills develop. The audio and visual directions are easy for children to follow, andRead More ...