SB Finds

I’m always hunting for that children’s music CD—I’d be willing to bet we all are.  The one that’s entertaining, doesn’t grate on the nerves, the one we parents can play over and over at home or in the car and not just tolerate but actually enjoy. Those albums are kind of rare, and I find that children’s music in Spanish is often especially screechy.  So I was pleased when I received two CDs by José González and Banda Criolla toRead More ...

Easter Sunday falls on April 8th this year, so it’s time to start preparing! As with any holiday the best part for us parents is to get our niños involved in all the preparations and share our traditions with them. So this year as you’re decorating eggs or cooking up some delicious treats make sure to include these super cute ¡Felices Pascuas! greeting and coloring cards! All cards come with one version for our niñas and another for our niños.Read More ...

The Chipmunks have done it again, they hit the theaters and stirred up trouble in their new movie Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, and today you can take them home with you on DVD! In their new movie Alvin, Simon, Theodore, and the Chipettes have a blast while onboard the Carnival Dream cruise ship. It all starts out when the mischievous Chipmunks start looking for a little extra fun, and end up turning the cruise liner into their own personal playground. However, disasterRead More ...

We are big fans of sensory tub experiences at our casa.  I like the combination of science, sensory, discovery, and play they provide.  We usually do a rice or fríjol tub and often a water bin.  But Saturday morning after breakfast, I decided that I needed to spice things up a bit.  Lately mi hija, Sofía, has been particularly fond of observing and discovering las lombrices, so I went with that thought in mind and created an Espaguetis Sensory Tub.  The results were fantástico!  Sofía thoroughly enjoyedRead More ...

My son loves martial arts. He can talk about Bruce Lee and Jet Li for days. When we were invited to meet the cast from Disney’s Kickin’ It, how could we say no? We got to hang out at the Bobby Wasabi Martial Arts Academy to chat with the cast  Dylan Riley Snyder, Alex Jones, Jason Earles, Mateo Arias and Olivia Holt. We even got to see a demonstration by Leo Howard! It was interesting to learn about the actorsRead More ...

On October 23rd, one of Disney’s most beloved characters, Tinker Bell, will be starring in an all new film “Secret of the Wings” along with all her fairy friends. This film will take us on a special journey with Tinker Bell who will venture out into the Winter Woods,  a place that has always been forbidden and mysterious to the warm season fairies. During her journey Tink will discover a magical secret that will change her life forever. Check outRead More ...

Immediately after my girl watched her very first episode of “Doc McStuffins,”  Disney Junior’s new animated series, she ran over to me declaring: “Mamá, ¡soy doctora y quiero curar a todos!” (“Mom, I’m a doctor and I want to cure all!”) This was definitely something I was not expecting to hear just two weeks after she got the most painful shots on her arm at her last check up. She’d been complaining about it every single day and one episodeRead More ...

Érase una vez…Once upon a time there were… three children who loved to hear stories. And so, like millions of parents around the world, I told story after story, and soon the three children began to tell stories, too. Stories are an integral part of childhood and language development. Story stones are a wonderful way to help children begin to tell stories in Spanish. The stones are colorful and fun to hold and arrange. This is important because children learnRead More ...