Today’s question was sent by Maite, a Spanish-speaking mom that is concerned her daughter is not learning enough English since they use the ml@h (minority language at home) method.
“My husband and I are native Spanish speakers and we have a girl of 3 yrs 9 months. At home we only speak Spanish and have been read more ...
This post was originally published on May, 11th 2009.
Today’s question was sent by Jasmine Caruthers. She’s pregnant with her first child and, both she and her husband know they want their child to learn Spanish even if they don’t speak it themselves.
“I am pregnant with my first child and both my husband and
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This week´s Ask an Expert question was sent by Gloria, who’s expecting her first child.
“Hi there! I am happy to have found your website! My husband and I are expecting our first baby and I want to know the best way to raise our child bilingual. Both my husband and I are Mexican, bilingual (he read more ...
Yesterday Roxana kicked off the week with an introduction to a four-part series we’ve prepared on baby sign language, or ASL, as a bridge connecting two languages. Teaching sign language to your baby is the equivalent of teaching him an additional language. For your child to fully be able to communicate in ASL it requires read more ...
Recently we have received several emails and comments from English-speaking parents who are serious about giving their children the gift of another language. We count ourselves among the lucky that are able to speak a second language at home and almost innately pass it on to our kids. Even so, we know it’s hard work. read more ...
Hard to believe it’s barely been two months since we launched SpanglishBaby. In such a short time we’ve connected with amazing people and read inspiring stories about your own bilingual journey that so many of you have shared in the comments, thru emails and as guest posts. We truly feel this community is growing strong.
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From conception, both Ana and I knew we wanted SpanglishBaby to become a place where you could come and ask your questions about this fascinating challenge of raising bilingual children. We hoped to be able to do that in an array of ways: posts with valuable and educational information; links to other resourceful sites about read more ...
This CD just puts me in a good mood. It makes me want to sing-a-long, if only my daughter would let me, and to relax with a tall bubbly drink. Oh, yes, it’s also totally entertaining for your bilingual or Spanish-learning child as well. Thomas, AKA the Spanglish Wrangler, knows his music. The birth of read more ...
The following is a sponsored post by Gorton´s, written by nutritionist expert Sylvia Melendez-Klinger, MS, RD, LDN
Now that we are fully in the Lent season and, it being a treasured tradition many Hispanic families share, we want to help you out to make those Fish/Seafood Fridays more enticing.
Fish is often called “brain food” and it’s read more ...
Congratulations to the winner #16 – Sand!
Since we launched ReadMe–our monthly literary series–last summer, I have been exposed to bilingual books and publishing houses that I didn’t even know existed. The good news is that there is a lot of really great stuff out there, which you probably already knew if you’ve been reading these read more ...
