We all need a little help during this back to school season. As we try to get our kids ready and excited about leaving their lazy summer days behind for the hustle and bustle of school a lot of us also worry about how our kids will stay connected to their culture and continue to thrive bilingually.
This year Nestlé has taken note and is stepping in. Recognizing the importance of staying connected with our culture and language, Nestlé has created various contests and resources which aim to get our niños excited about school and about staying connected with their roots, something we can totally get excited about! Nestlé is inviting you to visit their El Mejor Nido’s Facebook page, “like” it and be eligible to participate in various exciting activities. Just by “liking” the page and entering the giveaway, you may be able to win one of 700 backpacks filled with school supplies, Nestlé products, and the new bilingual book Poppy’s Best Day Ever!
Another great way to participate is by taking part in the Healthy Lunch Box Contest. Simply submit your favorite lunch box menu ideas for a chance to win $1,000 for yourself and another $1,000 for your child’s school! To enter visit Nestle’s El Mejor Nido Facebook page after August 27th.
Like any bilingual parent we are always on the lookout for bilingual books. Nestlé has designed and produced a series of bilingual books, and they are offering a FREE downloadable PDF copy of “Poppy’s Best Day Ever”
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We love that Nestle is taking bilingual families into consideration during this back-to-school season. There are many great prizes and resources for us over at the El Mejor Nido site.
The Giveaway!
We are giving away one Nestlé backpack filled with $50 worth of products here!
The backpack includes: one container of Nesquick, Nestlé La Lechera Sweetened Condensed Milk Squeezable Bottle, Box of Nerds candy, can of media crema, two single packs of Nescafé Memento, coupon valid for a complimentary bag of Hot Pockets Snackers, coupon valid for a complimentary bottle of Juicy Juice, coupon valid for a complimentary pack of Nestlé Purelife Water, pencil case, pack of pencils, box of markers, box of crayons, notebook, Nestlé Coupon Booklet, a bilingual children’s book, and five recipes.
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We have our children read World Magazine and watch and talk about the news together
I have always had holiday traditions so they could pass them down to their kids!
we try to speak as much spanish as we know to them, sometimes we have spanish only days! but that gets tiring!
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I know it might sound funny but we watch novelas together. He loves trying it! I watch spanish or bilingual programming like handy manny. And he helps me cook traditional mexican dishes as well. We also try to celebrate special holidays and there meaning. or just having fun at fiesta!
we try to speak spanish when we can to keep it fresh
We sing songs and tell stories that are connected to my families history.
We did alot of reading about it
We read her books and sing songs in Spanish. Also, she spends time with her abuelos and tias.
We do geneology together & I am trying, much to my husband’s chagrin, to get the little one involved in Irish Step Dancing.
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We read books in English and Spanish. We will soon start reading Stuart Little in Spanish.
By telling family stories and reading.
Teach Them About It , Let Them Experience It !:)
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Read books, sing songs, tell stories
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We keep up with family traditions, such as baking certain foods and doing things a certain way around the holidays.
We buy bilingual book and read them, also listen to spanish nursery songs in car and sing along to them. We also have a spanish playdate 3 times a week with family, grandparents and her cousins. Where everyone only speaks spanish.
I have her in an spanish immersion school and have spanish music and books in the home.
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tell them about it
We participate in yearly cultural events that celebrate our culture
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We read books together and keep up on current events and history.
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Cultural holiday traditions
repeat every word in Spanish, count 1-10 while washing hands, count steps at stairs, singing songs
really nothing special, should do more, I know, bad daddy
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We cook together!
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i buy books, we watch tv specials and we visit museums and historical societies. it hard work to find some of the facts a learned in my youth.
I take my kids to cultural events and read them stories!
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Cooking with kids is such a great learning experience! (and i subscribe)
We talk, read books, and sing songs to connect to our culture.
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traditional cooking is one way – and it’s often quite appreciated!
I honestly don’t do much to teach them about their culture. To them their friends and classmates are their culture and I am fine with that.
I am a subscriber. We keep close to our culture by food and music.
We keep track of world events, and keep holiday traditions going…
We play Spanish music a lot and encourage our baby to move; we also show Spanish language shows and speak primarily Spanish at home .
We read every night.
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I don’t have any kids but if I did I would make them watch TV.
We don’t have kids yet, but we’re focusing on improving our Spanish so we can speak it as a family.
I read to them! I love reading books from their heritage and from other cultures!
cook foods that are tied to our culture, tell family stories, talk about our ancestors and growing up, holiday traditions.
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We have a lot of traditions around the holidays…and even just the foods we eat help keep us connected to our heritage!
We go to a local German festival every year and we also make plenty of yummy German food around our house!
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