How cute is this video? My daughter couldn´t stop smiling when I played it for her and started laughing when she heard him saying the few words he knows en español. I shot this video this weekend during the PBS portion of the Television Critics Association Press Tour in Los Angeles. In the video you get to see Elmo´s puppeteer and creator, Kevin Clash. They were presenting a very special and award-winning documentary, Being Elmo: A Puppeteer´s Journey, which willRead More ...
Growing up, Spanish was my native tongue and I was learning English at a bilingual school and during trips to Houston to visit my dad. For some reason, I always preferred reading in English. I clearly remember spending hours reading and reading the classic Curious George book. There was no TV show or George movies back then, he only existed as an illustration by H.A. and Margret Ray. Over 30 years later, my daughter is now also a Curious GeorgeRead More ...
These are exciting times for parents looking for resources to teach Spanish to their children. More and more major media companies are venturing into creating content suited to the needs of Spanish-language learners. They are most likely paying attention to the fact that one out of four children in the U.S. are Latinos and Spanish is the second most spoken language in this country. (In fact, the U.S. only trails Mexico as the country where the most Spanish-speakers reside inRead 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 ...
We have been so blessed to receive media attention since our launch in February 2009. Since then, we’ve also collaborated with many blogs, been published and syndicated on several outlets and have watched our community bloom! All we can say is…¡Gracias! Press for our book “Bilingual is Better” can be found HERE Press & Media We were interviewed on set by Jorge Ramos on his show “Al Punto” that airs on Univision to talk about our book “Bilingual is Better.” PBS Parents: TheRead More ...
Some months ago I wrote a post featuring 9 handpicked apps for bilingual children; it has since become one of our most popular and shared posts. Since then, more and more great educational apps for children have been created and we realized we needed to share our finds more consistently. So, we’re starting a new monthly series where we’ll showcase a few of those educational apps we feel you will enjoy. This time they are all iTunes based, but weRead More ...
¡Hola! I’m so thrilled you’re here and all I can hope for is that what Roxana, my best friend since college, and I have created here serves to inspire and motivate you to give your child the valuable gift of bilingualism. My own journey as a mamá started in Los Angeles in 2007 when I gave birth to a vivacious little girl we named Camila. I was a late bloomer as a mother and as a wife because I spentRead More ...
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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.
