Last week I was lucky enough to receive an invitation from PBS inviting me to join a group of Los Angeles mom bloggers to meet the producers of Digital Nation– the newest Frontline documentary to air on Feb. 2, 2010 that explores how technology affects the way we live. They were eager to meet with us to hear our thoughts on how the explosion of digital media is affecting our children’s life and the way we, as a family, interact.Read More ...
I was one of those mother´s-to-be that swore I wouldn´t let my kid control my music selection. That my iPod and my playlist would be that one-sacred-thing I was not willing to give up. Either she liked MY music or ni modo. Ay, one more parenting joke on me. Luckily, my girl has great taste. We do most of our music listening in the car and she has some very cool CDs (past Finds, of course!) to choose from. But,Read More ...
Today on Ask an Expert we´re trying out something for the first time: We gave two bilingual experts the same question and asked them each to answer it from their specific area of expertise. The result is what we feel a broader piece of extremely useful advice. Last week Dr. Ellen Stubbe Kester, Ph.D. answered Leslie´s question through the lens of her expertise in bilingual speech therapy. Today, Lori Langer Ramirez answers the same question as a multicultural and diversityRead More ...
I just had another of those reality check moments that happen way too often once you become a mom. I honestly thought my daughter would be bored by watching the Little Pim Spanish Eating and Drinking DVD we were sent because, well, she already understands Spanish since it´s the only language she hears at home. If you visit our sister site, SpanglishBaby, you already know we´re raising her bilingually with what´s known as the minority language at home method. IRead More ...
A list of sites that offer interesting reads, forums and/or products for parents raising bilingual children. BabyCenter en español Barbara Zurer Pearson´s Blog Bilingual Families Connect The Bilingual Family Newsletter Bilingual Fun Bilingual/Bicultural Family Network Bilingualism Matters Bilingual Therapies Colorín Colorado Dr. Naomi Steiner ESL Partyland Foreign Language Fun Fun French and Spanish Fun For Spanish Teachers habla blah blah Hispanic Culture Online International Children’s Digital Library LALanguage World Latin Baby Book Club Latino Educators Learning the Language Little PimRead More ...
Little Pim–Eating and Drinking I had heard of the Little Pim foreign language immersion DVD´s and had made a note to learn more about them soon. This week I found clips of their Spanish language series on YouTube and I´m now fascinated with the quality of the videos, the cute panda and their method of immersion, repetition and relatable images to teach babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers another language. ...
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We are two Latina moms – best friends since college – who are extremely passionate about ensuring our children not only speak both our languages, English and Español, but that they also grow up proud of both their cultures, Latino and American. Over three years ago we realized there's was a lack of information available for parents raising bilingual + bicultural children, so using our background in media, we launched SpanglishBaby.
