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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 ...

Hola! We are back and this week we have a very special review and giveaway for you. We were sent the new POCOYO DVD Fun and Games to watch and my little man and I thought it would be fun to introduce POCOYO and his friends Pato, Elly, Loula and Sleepy Bird by doing a VIDEO! So sorry about being cut off there – arrrrggg technology! But as you saw, kids love POCOYO which you can watch on Nick Jr.Read More ...

Cascarones have always been a big tradition and staple of fun when it came to celebrating Easter as a child in my Mexican family. When a confetti egg is broken over your head it is a sign of good luck. While cascarones are normally filled with confetti, flour, and other messy ingredients, I decided this year the kids could make them a little different. We created  little bunny eggs  for each of us. This will take cracking them open to another level. Instead of just confetti,Read More ...

   Like our  niños many of us are fans of Elmo, the not-so-monstrous Sesame Street monster. He’s definitely won us over with his friendly voice, and a laugh that we could recognize anywhere. But how many of us know who is behind the voice? Some of you might recall when Elmo spoke to SpanglishBaby en Español… un poquito; well, now we will get to meet Elmo’s puppeteer and creator, Kevin Clash.  The award-winning documentary,  Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey is premieringRead More ...