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Editor’s note: This guest post was written by Samantha R. Vamos, author of The Cazuela That The Farm Maiden Stirred. It is part of a week-long virtual book tour which ends today. For more information about the book, the author, the illustrator and more chances to enter the giveaway, please visit the rest of the blogs in the tour: Monday, February 28th – The Latin Baby Book Club Tuesday, March 1st – The Tiki Tiki Blog Wednesday, March 2nd – La Bloga Thursday,Read More ...

Rango is the newest animated film from Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies which opens in theaters nationwide today. Just the fact that Rango is voiced by one of my favorite actors of all time, Johnny Depp, was motivation enough to get me in to watch this movie. I assumed that if Johnny said yes to his first big screen animation role, then it must be good. And it is. It´s also loud, a bit violent and full of witty, veryRead More ...

Mars Needs Moms is Disney´s celebration of motherhood and an entertaining way to let kids know that we nag discipline them for a reason. This thrilling martian adventure begins when nine-year-old Milo gets angry at his mom for making him eat his broccoli and wishes she would disappear. His wish comes true when his mom is abducted by martians in their quest to populate Mars with moms.  Milo realized what happened fast enough to make it into the spaceship andRead More ...

Last week we shared with you some adorable and useful coloring and activity sheets from the classic Disney film, Bambi. We hope your kids are enjoying them and are looking forward to watching the film and joining several generations of kids that have loved Bambi and his forest friends. Bambi has been released from the Disney Vault today and can now be found completely remastered in both DVD and Blu-ray format. We received our copy last week and my girlRead More ...

107.  That’s how many birthdays Dr. Seuss is celebrating on March 2nd; and, no, it’s not in cat years!  PBS Kids is having a party by airing a two-hour marathon of The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That!, the popular educational show that supports young children’s science learning with Dr. Seuss’ whimsical style. The two-hour marathon will include the premiere of these two episodes: “Incredible Journey/Bamboozled”–The Cat introduces Nick and Sally to two incredible creatures, Salmon SamRead More ...

Wow..this was a short month! I feel I just finished writing last month´s, and the first one in the series, Educational Apps of the Month post. As I mentioned last time, most of the apps we´ve reviewed are for the iTunes apps platform just because that is what I use. However, Susan jumped in on the apps game and wrote a review of several Android apps for bilingual kids. Check it out. Now on to our Educational Apps spotlight forRead More ...

I love technology!  Not only is it fun to use, but my students love when I use it in the classroom.  Whenever, I assign a project, I try to incorporate technology since it engages and stimulates the students.  Learning Spanish becomes more meaningful and exciting in the lives of young people when modern technology is incorporated into a lesson. Recently I have discovered that this same phenomenon occurs with my own sons.  Inspired by Ana’s posts on the educational appsRead More ...

Walt Disney Home Studios is releasing Bambi from the infamous Disney Vault for a limited time only.  The classic tale we loved as kids, and Disney’s fifth full-length animated classic feature, has been digitally restored and added to the Walt Disney Diamond Collection of the studio’s most prestigious animated movies.  As of March 1st, we can relive parts of our childhood with our kids  and experience together the power of friendship and love through the endearing characters of Bambi, Thumper,Read More ...