Supporting you and your child on your language learning journey
I kind of go overboard with book buying in our home! We have A LOT of books and my daughter’s entire library is in Spanish. I also have a growing collection of books for me that are in Spanish so that I can practice along …
Practicing mindfulness is so important- for adults and children! I started to learn more about it and build a mindfulness practice, for myself and for my daughter, during the onset of the pandemic in 2020. Of course I wanted to find all of the mindfulness …
When my daughter was three years old she told me that she wanted to learn how to read. She attended a Montessori preschool where the age range was 3-6 years old and she saw that older peers were starting to read books. I wondered if …
Part of being truly bilingual is being bi-literate and many parents want their children to be able to read in Spanish as well as speak it. There are some “best practices” when it comes to teaching your child to read in any language. Nursery rhymes …
It’s almost Dia de los Muertos! For the month of October, my daughter and I usually read a book a day that has to do with the popular Mexican holiday – Dia de los Muertos (and yes, we have that many books!) While this has …
Looking for a great Spanish novel for older kids? This beautifully illustrated novel is perfect! It’s mix of illustrations, poetry and chapters make it easy to read and it’s basis in history makes it relevant to Spanish language and culture. If you are a proficient …
Reading is an essential part of learning any language and Spanish is no exception. In terms of teaching your child Spanish, reading books is important because it exposes your child to a strong level of vocabulary and grammatically correct sentence structure. It can also expose …