It’s Fritzi’s fifth birthday! Whistlefritz’s award winning Spanish for Kids program is at it again with their latest release, La Fiesta de Fritzi (Fritzi’s Party), and my two-year old was thrilled to be invited! With their engaging blend of animation and live-action, Alina was captivated by Maria and the Whistlefritz kids as they plan the perfect party for the fun-loving mouse, Fritzi. From learning colors with balloons to the lively family-centered music, La Fiesta de Fritzi (Fritiz’s Party) was a hit in our home!
Being that I am the primary source of Spanish exposure for Alina, I am always on the look out for tools to support our bilingualism efforts at home. This all-new Spanish DVD delivered on content (full immersion is key), education (lessons in colors, object identification were present) and entertainment. In fact, what set Whistlefritz apart for our family was the distinct cultural music that we thoroughly enjoyed while watching the half hour DVD. Every song had catchy lyrics of simple Spanish phrases and engaging beats that felt so familiar. Immersion of Spanish is more than learning a language; it’s also an appreciation of a culture. La Fiesta de Fritzi delivers on both!
Alina and I have danced salsa in our living room while listening to “No Hay Fiesta Sin Pastel” probably about 500 times… don’t be surprised if you end up doing the same!
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We watch Plaza Sesamo instead of regular Sesame Street. My daughter is familiar with the characters from exposure in English, but in our home we try to make it culturally correct by watching the Mexican version. We also have a few Elmo videos that have Spanish, and we make sure she watches them exclusively in spanish as well.
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We appreciate culture through food. If I can replicate recipes I’ve tried in foreign food restaurants, I do. But if I can’t, I try to find a class taught by a native and learn how to make dishes there. I just learned how to make “chiliquiles” and I made my kids try them and learn the actual names of the dishes.
At home to keep both cultures (Honduran-Ecuadorian) we teach our little daughter to music, Dance, traditional food and especially speaking in Spanish.
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We still have mate everyday (2 or 3 times at day) My son falls to sleep listening Rock Argentino…and he has a lot of exposure to tango(my mother in law is a professional tango dancer, and my husband is a great violinist)
We have also lots of movies from Argentina, so…many thing we do to keep our culture alive at home.
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For us culture is everything. My husband and I have taken the customs and traditions we love the most from each of our cultures and have combined them to become our own. From the Reyes Magos Celebration of my culture to his German New Year’s day dinner.
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We have several friends living in other countries, so our kids learn about other cultures through them.
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We appreciate our Peruvian culture through our love of its cuisine and traditions as well as staying in touch with other members of the family.
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I agree that learning a language is more than learning a language–it is learning a culture. Since I have had children, my Spanish (which is my second language) has completely changed because I am trying to pass it on. I have learned so much about the culture by searching for resources in the language. My children will have completely different knowledge and appreciation for cultural rimas infantiles and world view concerns. For example we have enjoyed quite a few stories from the perspective of children of migrant working families that I didn’t know anything about until well into my career of teaching bilingual children.
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We are multi cultural to start, we attempt to attend any cultural events at our local museums and libraries and work Spanish in a small way into or day
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At our house we love the El Gato y el Perro DVDs to help expose our infant to Spanish. I also try to make all my favorite Spanish dishes for my husband like tortilla espanola and empanadillas!
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Culture is a way of life in our home…we speak Spanish and french to our children, and observe and celebrate US, Mexico and Jewish holidays, customs and traditions….dia de Los muertos, Halloween, Purim, etc… to name a few!
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We appreciate culture through, la familia, la comida, musica, y libros. I am always looking for ways to show how blessed we are with our rich culture.
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We learn from our friends’ differences in religions, backgrounds and culture. We value differences and teach our daughters we are all different and have so much to learn from each other.
We celebrate here, a lot of the holidays I did growing up in Mexico, like Dia del Niño, Mothers’ Day we celebrate it the date it is celebrated in Mexico, we follow a lot of the traditions I did as a child.
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My husband and I are from different cultures. We try to expose her to my husbands culture by keeping in contact with his family who still lives in the country he was born in and by teaching her the language. I have no experience cooking food from his background, but my daughter eats it when we go to restaurants.
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I celebrate culture in my house with food! We enjoy traditional meals and I teach my children the basics of cooking it, to keep the traditions going.
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We try to celebrate papí´s holidays and listen to different music, eat ethnic food, talk about the world…
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We appreciate culture at home by eating foods from the countries of our ancestors.
We go to the museums quite a bit plus we watch movies from all over the world.