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Before I share “Facundo the Great” with you, let me tell you a little about StoryCorps – because what they do is pretty amazing. StoryCorps is an independent non-profit and since 2003 they have been collecting true stories, oral histories, from Americans of all backgrounds. The stories are recorded during interviews, and each participant (80,000 so far!) receives a free CD to keep and pass down to future generations. Each of these stories is also preserved at the American FolklifeRead More ...

We’re back with Season 2 of MTV Tr3s’s show, Quiero Mi Baby – a new series that reveals the realities of cross-cultural parenting, including language, religion and tradition clashes, in addition to many other issues unique to bi/multicultural families. This season has some new, unique couples we’re going to introduce you to! Check out this exclusive preview (meaning YOU WILL ONLY SEE IT HERE!) of tonight’s episode and then see our interview with the couple, Heather and Alex, below. EpisodeRead More ...

My son Santiago turned three years old last Friday, but we celebrated the weekend before that with a double birthday party for him and his sister Vanessa who turned six in late July. It was the first time I ventured into something like this, but I’m actually glad I did because I only had to worry about one party. Although the tricky part was decorating for two parties with completely different themes (Santiago wanted trucks/tractors and Vanessa wanted unicorns), IRead More ...

Not only is it Hispanic Heritage Month in September, but we also celebrate Mexico’s Independence Day!  Have you ever seen the Mexican Metal Tooling Art technique?  The process of working a rounded tool on the back side of soft metal to create a beautiful piece of raised art is called Repujado. Here is a simple form of this technique that your little ones can have fun with and then wear. What you will need to make a repujado Mexican cuffRead More ...

This month our nation will be celebrating Hispanic Heritage month. This is a great time for us to show our niños how important our history and cultures are to this country. As we all know a great way to encourage our bilingual kids is by sharing with them fun resources, like music, that they can relate to as bilinguals. Chocolalala is Mister G’s first bilingual album. We shared Mister G’s first album Bugs with you a while back. Now MisterRead More ...

We’re back with Season 2 of MTV Tr3s’s show, Quiero Mi Baby – a new series that reveals the realities of cross-cultural parenting, including language, religion and tradition clashes, in addition to many other issues unique to bi/multicultural families. This season has some new, unique couples we’re going to introduce you to! Check out this exclusive preview (meaning YOU WILL ONLY SEE IT HERE!) of tonight’s episode and then see our interview with the couple, Tarsha and Iris, below. EpisodeRead More ...

We may have a bookshelf full of bilingual books in our house, but sometimes it’s fun to mix it up. The world of apps makes it easy to do just that. Instead of simply reading a story and maybe talking about it for a few minutes, we can extend the benefit of Spanish stories by letting our kids explore apps like Learn Spanish: Little Blue Jackal by Niyaa. This iPad app is a high-quality learning tool that can be usedRead More ...

Like me, my daughter Vanessa is fascinated by maps, atlases and geography in general. And like most first-graders, she’s addicted to the iPad and it’s endless apps. So I was intrigued when I was approached by Barefoot Books — one of my favorite multicultural children’s book publishers — regarding a new app they recently launched together with Touch Press – the creators of some of the best apps out there. I knew the Barefoot World Atlas app would be well done,Read More ...