Healthy Foods from A to Z / Comida Sana de la A a la Z is a truly unique bilingual book. It’s originality along with the quality of the pictures and the wealth of educational opportunities in this book really set it apart. Before receiving Healthy Foods from A to Z / Comida Sana de … Read more
I am always eager to take advantage of technology to help my children improve their vocabulary and language skills so I was happy to find Adjetivos Remix app for iPhone and iPad by Smarty Ears. Smarty Ears has developed more than 50 apps that focus on using technology to help parents and speech therapists improve the … Read more
1. Gracias * Thanks (Bilingual) Author: Pat Mora Ilustrations by John Parra Gracias / Thanks (English and Spanish Edition) is a beautifully illustrated bilingual book about a young boy who gives thanks for the simple things in his life and for the people who enrich it. From the sun waking him up in the morning … Read more
Relativity Relativity is a bilingual book that explains the concepts of high, low, near, far, hot, cold, etc. and how these are relative depending on what two things you are comparing. Written by Michael Smith with illustrations by Octavio Oliva this book is a great tool to teach children critical thinking. Everything in this world … Read more
I am celebrating the Day of the Dead with my children for the first time this year. We tried it last year but they really didn’t understand what was going on, but now they are really loving this beautiful tradition. We are not only having a lot of fun cooking traditional meals and making fun … Read more
I had shared with you in a previous post that I am participating in the Nickelodeon Big Help Book Drive SIMPLE Service Project. My book drive focused on finding books in languages other then English as well as books in English for dual language learners. You can see the previous post HERE and you can … Read more
My children have been enjoying the wonderful bilingual books “Elephants to the Rescue/Elefantes al Rescate”, “Bobby and the Soccer Ball/ Bobby y el Balón de Fútbol” and “A Chocolate Brown Balloon/Un Globo Café Chocolate” from Heritage Language for a few weeks now. From the moment they arrived we where pleasantly surprised by the superb quality … Read more
My Ducky Buddy My Ducky Buddy by Michael Smith is bilingual book with colorful and vibrant illustrations by Octavio Oliva. A boy describes his rubber ducky and how he loves playing with him at bath time. This is a fun little book ideal for toddlers and preschoolers. My kids are 4 and 6 and I … Read more
The Journey of a Young Dinosaur to Los Angeles Thomas the T. Rex the Journey of a Young Dinosaur to Los Angeles is a charming book for young readers written by Michael Smith and filled with detailed and realistic illustrations by Gale Garner Roski. This is the ideal book for any young reader interested … Read more
Sing With Señor was a real treat for our family. We all love music and try to listen to music in Spanish as much as we can but there are not many options that are both child friendly, fun and educational and Sing With Señor is all of these. The music has a definite South … Read more
