Songs for kids in elementary and middle school Are your kids ready to move past nursery rhymes and cute songs for young children? We listen to Spanish music often in our bilingual home, and we’ve discovered some wonderful artists and songs that older bilingual kids – elementary school to middle school ages – will love. […]
Spanish/English Children's Books about Black History
English & Spanish Titles To Read at Home One of the most important reasons we are raising our kids bilingually is to try to open up their eyes to different worlds. For us, learning a new language is just a start to learning about other people, their cultures, and their histories. The history of Black […]
We love reading books together at our house! Spanish, English, bilingual, wordless – I LOVE books and I’m trying my best to pass on that love to my children. My husband sometimes says that I have a problem because I honestly can’t pass up buying a good book. My kids get books for Christmas, Valentine’s […]
A round-up of YouTube channels for kids learning Spanish I’ve done the digging for you to find some of the very best YouTube channels for bilingual kids! These channels will help you provide some Spanish language input – letting children see and hear the language – for your students or your own kids. Many of […]
Ideas to help your family transition to learning from home A few days ago my seven-year-old son was working diligently on writing a letter to a friend in Spanish while my five-year-old daughter quietly decorated a card to send to her grandparents. “Phew, we’re doing great,” I thought, until… my one-year-old spilled our entire container […]
By now you’ve heard the news that all Minnesota schools are closed for the next two weeks! With schools closing all over the country, and families looking for ways to keep their kids learning while at home, I’ve compiled a list of resources for you to help your child continue learning in Spanish. These resources […]
I’ve hosted several baby showers, and each time I request that guests bring a book instead of a card. Books are such an essential part of any new parent’s list of must-haves. I still love to get books as gifts for my kids! We need a variety of books at home to start reading to […]
Do you love new book recommendations? I’m always searching for fun new books for my kids. It just melts my heart when I see one of my kids fall in love with a good book! I love to see them reading over doing just about anything else. A love of hearing stories, interacting with books, […]
I’d love to share some of my family’s favorite resources for Spanish and bilingual music with you! We have music on throughout the day at our house. We put it on while we’re cooking, reading, or playing together. It brightens our day, starts sing-alongs and dance parties, and lets my kids (ages 1 to 7) […]
If you’re a bilingual teacher, you know it can be difficult to find quality Spanish books for your students! I’ve always taught in the primary grades because teaching reading is my passion. One year, I accepted a position to teach second grade at a school with a Spanish immersion program in its very first years. […]
