Empowering through Heritage and Language
Whenever we are having a challenging day at home with kids refusing to speak Spanish, I like us refocusing on why we do things. Reading inspiring quotes about bilingualism gets us on the right track. As my kids get older, the reminders to speak the target language are more constant. But it’s so important to[Read More…]
A letter for my monolingual mom friends. Dear friend, I see you every day in the halls of our children’s school. You are there for the same reasons as mine: to give our children the gift of bilingualism. Although we come from different backgrounds, we both are very similar. We both feel the excitement of[Read More…]
This is a sponsored post. All my opinions are my own. #GetCovered Life is fragile. I feel the universe has been trying to remind me that hard lesson for the past few months. First, learning about my cousin’s cancer diagnosis and then having to deal with unexpected hiccups with my health. My prima and I have both[Read More…]
Wondering how to make those delicious sugar skull cookies that you see in every store for Day of the Dead? Well, look no further. Learn how to make them with these easy peasy steps. 6 BILINGUAL BOOKS FOR DAY OF THE DEAD How To Make Day of the Dead Cookies These delicious cookies are easy[Read More…]
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #HigherEdWorks #CollectiveBias Yesterday, I was looking through old photo albums with my daughters and couldn’t contain the nostalgia remembering the old days. There is something amazing, yet kind of powerful, about looking back through my old photos and[Read More…]
Raising kids to be proud of their Latino heritage is a process and starts on day one. Do you speak Spanish? asked my three-year old daughter to some random teenagers walking by the playground. “No, I don’t. Do you?” replied one of them with a smile. “I do! I can say numbers to one million[Read More…]
Kindergarten is here for my five year old! As the baby of the family, my little guy has been waiting to attend his sisters elementary school for a long time. And we are getting ready for the big day with these bilingual books for starting Kindergarten. Reading stories that show the joys of this new[Read More…]
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. This content is intended for readers who are 21 and over. #MixSipCelebrate September is here and that means that dinner with amigas is back again at its full swing. After a summer hiatus, my friends and I are excited[Read More…]
I have a summer goal for all of us! This summer we are going to be blasting the Lion King songs in Spanish! When the Lion King was released in 1994, I was a third grader learning English in Ecuador. I was so in love with the movie and with my English classes that I[Read More…]
In Ecuador, paletas are known as helados, however, thanks to El Chavo del 8, I was aware that they were known as paletas in Mexico. What I didn’t know was that these delicious treats were actually originated from there. According to my friend, right after Mexico independence, back in the 1800s, ordinary folks had finally[Read More…]
