For parents raising bilingual kids who love reading, Spanish, and reading IN Spanish.
I remember scouring “pregnancy favorites” lists when I was pregnant with my first baby! Now that I’m nearing the end of my third pregnancy (all the hallelujahs and praise hands up in here), I decided that the best way to commemorate my (last??) time being with child was to make my own list. There are […]
If you’re raising a bilingual kid here in the U.S., no doubt you’ve experienced this issue (or will at some point): your child all of a sudden refuses to speak Spanish. Agh! The frustration! The confusion! Do you try to force it? Do you pretend you don’t understand English? Do you just carry on and […]
I’ll start off by saying that 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think is not a new book. It was written in 2010, but I happened to come across it in January of this year. It seemed like the perfect thing to read as I was thinking about what I wanted to accomplish […]
Have you ever heard of Altitude Summit? It’s a conference for bloggers, small business owners and social media folks that I’ve been following for YEARS (I guess because I follow a lot of bloggers that go or have gone). This is the first year I’ve been able to attend, and now that I’ve had a […]
At my elementary school in Mexico, a big part of our curriculum was memorizing poetry and then reciting it in front of the class. It actually was more than reciting– it was “declamar,” which means you had to say the poem with convincing emotion and include dramatic hand gestures, too (more like acting out the […]
In September, I found out I was pregnant with our third baby. This is how Josh realized I was pregnant: after taking the pregnancy test, I made plans to take him to a fancy restaurant and tell him. Buuuut right before he got home, the babysitter canceled and I cried and cried. Apparently my reaction […]
It’s (the end of) National Reading Month! Heyooo! I love that the U.S. has a whole month dedicated to helping kids (and adults) improve their reading skills and find a love for books. March is almost over, but that doesn’t mean the reading fun should stop! As you know, I also love a good Spanish […]
Sometimes, it’s the simple things that make the biggest difference! VEN CON UN CUENTO ON SPOTIFY I’m not the one that actually uses this, since it’s a playlist of short stories in Spanish for kids on Spotify. But my hija loves it, and I love it for entertaining her during quiet time so I can […]
I heard about The Read-Aloud Family a while ago because I follow the author, Sarah Mackenzie, who does the Read Aloud Revival podcast. If you’re interested in reading out loud to your kids more (or even interested in WHY you should be interested, ha), her podcast is a great place to start. Before I started […]
A couple of weekends ago, I went to a parenting workshop. For 5 hours on a Saturday, I sat in a room full of parents trying to learn how to be better, more loving, more patient. (As a side note, when the presenter asked how many people were parenting 3-year-olds, about half the room raised […]