Christmas is just around the corner! And if you are trying to raise little Spanish-speakers like we are, you probably are on the hunt for some Spanish resources for Christmas and reinforce that language learning. Well, look no further. I have rounded up a list of some of the best (or, at least my favorite) …
As a trilingual American and mother to two bilingual kids, I’ve had a lot of firsthand experience with language learning. While I’m not an educator by training, I developed my own homespun curriculum to teach Spanish to my kids and to use in mother and child meetups I conducted out of my home. That same …
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There are so many ways to bring multiculturalism into homeschooling and more generally, our family culture. Some flow more freely and others require a specific effort in our Euro-Latin-Australian family of five. I will share with you multicultural music and media resources that have worked so far, understanding that our oldest is only seven and …
Multicultural music and media – our experience with world-schooling Read More »
Music connects us to culture in an almost magical way. We are transported to specific times of life or travels, just by overhearing that certain song on the radio. As parents raising global citizens, it makes sense that we want to fill our homes with songs from around the world. World music is a wonderful …
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I vividly remember my bilingual baby’s first Christmas. She was almost a year old, and starting to make sounds in both English and Spanish. The holidays are such a great time to ask for toys that reinforce bilingualism and world cultures, and I wanted to request items that would reinforce our home languages and culture …