I have shared before how music has really improved my children’s Spanish. My little guy is quite the musical child, he loves to sing and dance and makes up songs. He usually prefers to sing in English even though I sing to him in Spanish every night. But that has changed lately because we have … Read more
I cannot tell you how excited I am to be participating in the Big Brothers Big Sisters Latino Recruitment campaign. I know, first hand, how a mentor can make a difference in someone’s life and change it forever. How Volunteering Will Improve Your Life I am passionate about advocating for and supporting the Latino community … Read more
The Drive it Home Show, presented by the National Safety Council and Allstate Foundation is coming to Fort Myers on Friday, April 26. If you have tween, teen, or are concerned about teen driving safety, this will be an informative (and entertaining!) event that you won’t want to miss. Additionally you can enter in the sweepstakes at … Read more
Llego el momento de hacer limpieza de verano. Para muchas personas esta no es una tarea que les gusta realizar pero hacer limpieza de verano tiene muchas cosas positivas. Comparto algunos consejos e ideas para hacer de la limpieza una tarea más fácil y también más divertida. Además de divertirte puedes obtener cupones de descuento para … Read more
Potty training doesn’t have to be hard. Pull-ups helped my family and my little guy turn potty training into something fun by giving us the tools we needed to motivate my little guy to go through the night without any accidents. Although at 3 he was not wearing diapers during the day anymore, when it … Read more
We are always on the lookout for products that will help our kids with reinforce our minority language, Spanish. We have been hearing great things about Little Pim for a while so I was really looking forward to reviewing their products. We received a super cute package containing a Little Pim DVD, their Spanish Music CD … Read more
Si todos los significados de la vida se debieran expresar de manera adecuada sólo con palabras no podría existir la pintura ni la música. Así como a veces no encontramos las palabras para expresar lo que sentimos con una canción o una obra de arte que nos encanta. De igual manera funciona nuestro cerebro en … Read more
When you are potty training it’s wonderful to be able to get perspectives and advice from professionals as well as other mom’s who have been through it already. Thanks to Pull-Ups I was very fortunate to be able to attend a teleconference with award winning journalist and parenting expert Jeannette Kaplun and Miami based pediatrician … Read more
At least once a week I like to make dishes inspired by Latino flavors and ingredients. We put on some Salsa or Latino pop music (which usually results in some dancing after dinner or while we are cooking) and I try to involve the kids in the cooking process as much as possible. Sometimes I … Read more
Reading, like any other skill, improves with practice. When it comes to reading in the minority language motivation is key. Motivating Kids to Read in the Minority Language Motivation is important when reading in general, but when you have a child who speaks two languages one language is always stronger and reading in the second … Read more
