by Raising multicultural and multilingual children is not a very easy task and translating favorite rhymes into other language isn’t easy either. Beside always wondering with what identity the children will end up, whether they will be culturally confused, how to make parenting styles of spouses match and work for the best of the family, […]
Multicultural Meal Plan Monday: A Half Vegan, Half Omni, American Family on the East Coast
by We are so pleased to announce a new feature, Multicultural Meal Plan Mondays. In keeping with the popular trend, each Monday a different blogger with present his or her family’s meal plan for the week. We hope you enjoy getting a peek into someone else’s kitchen and find lots of wonderful new dishes to […]
Travel Well: Practice Family Yoga at the Airport
by Giselle Shardlow is the author of Kids Yoga Stories. Her yoga-inspired children’s books get children moving, learning, and having fun. Giselle draws from her experiences as a teacher, traveler, yogi, and mom to write her stories found at Kids Yoga Stories or on Amazon worldwide. As multicultural families, many of us will likely be […]
7 Things Your Child Needs to Learn a Language
by I think a lot about what it takes to really learn a language because I am raising my own children with no less than three of them, but also because I find it absolutely fascinating. My experience is that there are several things children (and adults!) need to speak a new tongue. 1) Talent Each child is different. […]
Linguistic Landscapes
by Stop reading this and take a look out of your nearest window. What can you see? What does your view look like? Is it a landscape of snow-peaked mountains with an alpine forest? Or do you have a view of the waves as they crash against the shore? Maybe you can see gently rolling […]