Teaching kids Spanish and Mandarin Chinese at home using fun apps, games, song, picture books and board games.
We were gifted a variety of candy from Thailand but only my son was brave enough to try all of them. One of the candies was reminiscent of Willy Wonka’s Three Course Dinner chewing gum. In the story, Violet Beauregarde insisted on trying it and it turned her into a human blueberry. There were no…
On behalf of Multicultural Children’s Book Day, I am reviewing ebooks from One Globe Kids, a nonprofit with a mission to spread global friendship stories and educational resources. What I really love about these eBook is that it is an experience. It’s fascinating to learn about Valdo in Haiti. He and his parents travel down…
5 Ways How Creative Writing Helps to Learn a Language Creative writing is fun. At the same time, it requires a precision of expression. Some people believe that creative writing is all about pouring whatsoever comes to your mind on paper. However, in reality, this activity involves playful but thoughtful usage of language, which might…
Please welcome my guest blogger today, Gabriela Simmons, with her post on using books to teach kids another language. Even though I grew up speaking various languages at home, it has not been an easy ride trying to pass these languages to the kids. I have gained the utmost respect for parents making the effort…
This is my third bilingual Spanish book list. Author Derek Taylor Kent wrote the first one. The second bilingual Spanish picture book list is from illustrator Wendy Martin. Today’s list is my own, the result of a pile of bilingual books that I’ve been saving for six months, and the books I read to create a…