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As you might remember, my daughter and I embarked on a trilingual adventure toward the end of last year when we partnered up with Little Pim to document her progress learning French during three months. While that partnership is over, I’m making it a point to continue this journey by looking for ways to get my hands on other products, materials, books, toys, and music in French to make it more of a fun ride than a chore. One of the thingsRead More ...

I wish I had recorded my daughter’s absolute glee when she saw herself “star” in a video next to Dora, Boots and Diego thanks to Kideo! She just couldn’t help laughing at the thought of being a part of one of their adventures. And when Dora said her name, she flipped out! ¡Le encantó! Kideo personalizes each of the video options it offers using a photo of your child so they can “star” alongside their favorite characters which, besides DiegoRead More ...

SpanglishBaby was invited to interview actor Tom Cavanagh to talk about his recent role as Ranger Smith in this season´s most-anticipated animated film in 3D, Yogi Bear. I jumped at the opportunity because I knew that Tom Cavanagh had been raised bilingual (French and English) and lived in different cultures growing up. During this interview I also found out that his two children are learning Spanish!  He was a blast to talk to and I´m happy to share it here.Read More ...

Despicable Me just hit the stores in time for the last days of Holiday shopping, which is usually when you’ll see me frantically getting it all done! My girl didn’t get to watch this one in theaters, but was definitely aware of the yellow “things,” which now we know are called Minions, that were plastered all over billboards, buses and walls in our city.  So, as soon as she saw the Blu-ray/DVD combo pack cover she wanted me to putRead More ...

You’ve told us you really like the giveaways we feature on SpanglishBabyFinds.  We love doing them –even if they are an insane amount of work — because this is our small way of constantly giving back for all that you give us every single day with your presence. Finding special items that enrich the life of your bilingual/bicultural child is one of the missions we take very, very seriously. Today, we’re hosting our biggest, hugest, grandísimo, enorme giveaway ever! SoRead More ...

The first thing Camila said when I showed her the new CD that had arrived in the mail was:  “¡Mamá! ¡El mono de los colores!”  That was a very good sign. She had immediately recognized the Descubriendo Líneas DVD we had watched and reviewed over a month ago where Bubba–the “mono”–engages with “colores.”  I guess she liked it more than I gave her credit for! This music CD, Descubriendo los Transportes, is part of the Argentinean-created Descubriendo Líneas catalog ofRead More ...

A couple of weeks ago I got the chance to sit down with one of the most prominent and active bilingual educators, singer/songwriter of our times, José Luis Orozco.  This was the second time I got to speak to him for SpanglishBaby (we featured him during Hispanic Heritage Month last year), but the first time we met in person. We share the same mission to connect our children to their heritage and culture through language.  José Luis does this throughRead More ...

Editor’s note: The following review was done by Sisi Martinez Purfield, a bilingual teacher mom of a bilingual preschooler. When I first saw the Easy Translator by Ingenio I was excited to see if my 3.5 year old son would like it.  My son is pretty bilingual although not nearly as fluent in Spanish as he is in English.  I gave it to him and thought he might be interested in doing a few of the “theme” vocabulary cards.  WhenRead More ...