A new study from WestEd has found that engaging low-income parents and their preschool children with PBS KIDS content and games improves math learning and helps prepare kids for kindergarten. The study examined improvements in preschool kid’s math knowledge and skills by studying families that use online games and at-home activities from the PBS KIDS Lab which features well-known character such as Curious George, The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!, and Sid the Science Kid. The study showed that kids whoRead More ...
I can clearly remember the day when we took Camila home from the hospital for the first time and how nervous I was about putting that tiny baby in a huge car seat all by herself. At that moment all that could make me be at ease was knowing that my husband and I had really made a big deal about being prepared with the right car seat and making sure it was properly installed. Did you know that threeRead More ...
While Lego have never gone away, it seems they’re experiencing a resurgence in popularity. This past Christmas, every boy under the age of 12 that I know, had Lego on their wish list – my own 11 year old included. Although Lego sets can be expensive, it’s one of those toys I’m willing to spend money on because of the quality. Mixed in with my son’s Lego collection are many of the Lego bricks which I played with as aRead More ...
Gardening can be therapeutic and fun! Do you remember Chia pets? Here’s a fabulous way to introduce your little ones to gardening. Also, a wonderful activity to get the kids exploring textures, plant life and just being silly. With Winter here this is a perfect way to bring the outdoors inside and reirse un poco, who doesn’t need some laughter in their day? Make sure you work in an area you don’t mind getting dirty. Lay down newspaper and setRead More ...
It’s when I see toys like Fisher-Price’s Cruise and Groove Ballapalooza that I wished we were having another baby, or that my girl could regress a bit! Since I know neither one of those is happening, I can at least enjoy knowing that one of you will be able to enjoy this super fun developmental toy with your baby. Fisher-Price really grasped that babies and toddlers love to groove and bounce to the rhythm as soon as pumping beats areRead More ...
We review a lot of family-friendly apps that kids can discover on their own, but I’d like to share a useful one that is intended for therapists, teachers, and parents who want to help students of all ages with Spanish pronunciation. Spanish Artik from Smarty Ears is a thorough app whose structure is based on the science of phonemes, a linguistic term referring to the smallest units (sounds) of a language. This app allows you to add multiple students andRead More ...
We are so excited to celebrate Reyes Magos. Since moving our family from West to East Coast, I have taken great efforts to show our kids the importance of cultural religious beliefs I grew up with. This year we plan to write letters to los Reyes, stuff them in our stockings and await for their arrival with lots of treats With that a celebration is in order so we decided to make a rosca for the first time this year and weRead More ...
If you’re looking for a great bilingual book that will entertain your niños from beginning to end look no further than The Pumpkin Moon Empanadas. Like the name suggests, The Pumpkin Moon Empanadas by Clementina Llanes is a magical story about a little girl name Paloma and her curiosity about the orange tinted moon she saw on an autumn night walk with her papá. Such was her curiosity that her papá promised to one day bring her the moon. This magical story ofRead More ...
