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The days where kids just sit in from of the television and watch characters go on adventures is coming to an end, thanks to shows like Vamos con Bo. Keeping our niños active and healthy is very important to us parents and fun for our kids. What’s great about Vamos Con Bo is that it encourages a love for an active lifestyle in our kids, and it’s en Español! Bo is an young heroine who is as energetic and curious asRead More ...

  Last year we took out daughter to watch her first IMAX film at the age of three. The film was Born to be Wild, an endearing story of two women living in different countries, but both running orphanages for baby animals: one for elephants and the other for orangutans. Narrated by Morgan Freeman, “IMAX: Born to be Wild” enchanted my daughter the whole way through. What’s not to love about a bunch of baby orangutans leaping around in diapersRead More ...

Tr3s has announced Quiero Mi Baby – “a new series spotlighting bicultural parents as they tackle baby names, religion, superstitions, immigration, language & more.” Show premiers today at 9pm, April 16th and we’re excited to to glimpse into the lives of this generation of bilingual and bicultural parents! Quiero Mi Baby’s bilingual theme song is sung by a rising Latin star, Eli Jas, who we got the opportunity to interview. Check it out! I heard your song Tú Me HacesRead More ...

Earth Day/Día de la Tierra is celebrated worldwide on April 22nd. This is a perfect time to sit down with our kids and make learning about taking care of our Madre Tierra fun and entertaining en español. You can start by pointing out the fun fact that the three Rs (las tres erres) are the same in English and in Spanish! Recycle=Recicla Reduce=Reduce Reuse=Reutiliza Then, check out these fun online games, activities and videos around the web. Online Free SpanishRead More ...

My kids loved libritos when they were small. The little pages were the right size for their hands and they would color the books just the way they wanted. My students like making mini-books too, especially one I think of as the “add-a-sticker” librito. These books have an object or simple background on each page as a setting. Children use identical stickers to add a “character” and create a wordless book. Then they can tell their story. This is aRead More ...

Baby Einstein is celebrating fifteen years of making babies happy. In honor of that they are launching new toys and products that will surely have our little ones giggling and enjoying playtime. Baby Einstein’s new line of products all channel the peaceful sights and sounds of the sea. You can check out all the products here. One of the new products is the Baby Neptune Activity Saucer. I’ll confide that the only way I was able to get shower whenRead More ...

On el 19 de abril, Colombian artist, Fernando Botero cumple 80 años. I thought that this would be the perfect opportunity to incorporate a little bit of cultura into one of our almost daily activities–playing with plastilina.   Inspired by Botero’s esculturas, we set out to make our own escultura from plastilina and spring chécheres. First we talked briefly about Botero.  If Sofía were growing up in Colombia, by now she would know who Botero was because she would be surrounded by his works of art and hear his name everywhere.  So we lookedRead More ...

This week the popular online children’s game Marvel Super Hero Squad Online became available to Spanish and Portuguese speaking kids around the world. From the press release: “Created by Gazillion Entertainment, a leading developer and publisher of premium browser-based games, Marvel Super Hero Squad Online allows children to play as their favorite Marvel heroes, interact with other players, explore some of their favorite locations in the Marvel Universe like Asgard and Baxter Plaza while also pitting their super powers againstRead More ...