There are different ways for a person to become multilingual. I would like to look at them by looking at the real life examples – our amazing Multicultural Kid Blogs members. They not only write fabulous content, but also speak several languages! In fact, many of our members speak more than two languages and there […]
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Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated in the United States to recognize Hispanic Americans and their contributions to this nation throughout the years. As a Latina living in the US for over 13 years, I feel proud of my culture and honored that my heritage is being recognized and embraced. This time of celebration is perfect
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Puerto Rican food is the essence of my memories growing up en la isla, and with every bite I reminiscence on a not too long ago period in my childhood. Yes, I’m still young so it wasn’t too long ago. {Huge smile!} Every time we visit Puerto Rico I indulge in its food. I wholeheartedly want our
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We at Glittering Muffins have been cooking and baking with Nico for about 4 years now, even though he is only turning 5 in August. Out of his ever increasing interest in creating food (even though he still only sometimes will actually try what he helps make), came the creation of the “Around the World in
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Easter (and the preceding “Holy Week”) is a Christian holiday remembering the death and resurrection of Jesus, with traditions dating back to pagan springtime festivals. Since it is celebrated in so many countries, we thought it would be interesting to look at Easter around the world. We asked our member bloggers- multicultural families who live
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Be sure to enter our giveaway at the bottom of this post! If you come from a Spanish-speaking home you’ve probably heard the little rhyme that counts to three and spells out chocolate. If not, you might have learned it from the breakthrough interactive bilingual show, Dora the Explorer. Either way, this popular song is
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Right now, a lot of people are counting down to Christmas. However, I’m also counting down the days and months to next year’s football World Cup in Brazil. I’m tempted to get all arty and make a sort of football advent calendar with windows that reveal a picture to do with each of the 32
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Linguistic diversity is a tool for achieving greater intercultural understanding and a key element in the rich cultural heritage of our continent. European Day of Languages In many parts of Europe we celebrated the European Day of Languages last week. In 2001, the Council of Europe established to celebrate a European Day of Languages every
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Some might argue that coffee makes the world go round. I thought I’d at least explore how coffee drinking varies around the world, and National Coffee Day (for me, here in the U.S.) seemed like the perfect time to do it. In the U.S., it is estimated that 85% of American adults drink coffee. As
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World Cup for Kids Series Announcing a new series from Multicultural Kid Blogs: World Cup for Kids! This series will focus on the 2014 World Cup in Brazil as a way to teach kids about geography and global cooperation. Be sure to pick up a copy of our World Soccer Cup 2014 Activity Pack for
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