We’ve all read how the tweens/teens stage is hard. It’s even harder to encourage them to read especially if it’s reading in the minority language. With that being said, I’m happy to share what I’ve been doing to promote reading in Spanish in our home. These tips apply for anyRead More →
I have a confession to make. It’s really hard to raise a bilingual kid especially when there are limited language learning opportunities. So today my friends, I’m sharing with you the ups and downs of this crazy bilingual journey.Read More →
The days of sing-along and finger-puppet play to learn a new language are long behind us.Read More →
We’ve all heard of the proven benefits of speaking a second language, and that high proficiency can be acquired in an immersion setting but that’s not always possible. Especially when the second language is the minority one. As a parent raising a bilingual child what to do? Puzzle image viaRead More →
Rolling your R’s can be difficult especially for a bilingual kid. Uncertain on how to help my little one I reached out to a group of wonderful mamas from Multicultural Kid Blogs for some tips, and suggestions.Read More →
When I started our bilingual journey I was just a momma with a desire to have her son learn Spanish! I didn’t know where to start, and truth be told I was very lost. How, when, where and what to start our bilingual journey? I was clueless! I had soRead More →
Never in my wildest dreams I could imagine writing about my son’s “secret” language: Spanish! When we started our bilingual journey I had my heart and soul in providing for him a Spanish immersion experience. It was an unfathomable feat considering we were living in an exclusive monolingual environment where opportunitiesRead More →
When I moved to the USA, one of the things that my mother and I agreed upon was that we would always visit each other. One year she’d visit, and the following year I’d visit Puerto Rico. Well the I, turned into an us. Married and with a child, nowRead More →
Music has played a big part in my child’s bilingual language learning. I used music to make his language learning exciting, and ¡divertido! When we started our bilingual journey, his exposure to the target language was minimal. Besides reading to him in the minority language, and perusing YouTube forRead More →