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About Growing Up Bilingual Growing Up Bilingual is a bilingual blog (Spanish and English)  that was created to share the adventure of educating and raising bilingual and bicultural children and to create awareness about the importance of supporting languages, heritage and culture both at home and in the classroom. Growing Up Bilingual’s main purpose is … Read more

How Social Media Allows Me To Share My Culture With Others

Social Media lets us reach more people faster and with less effort, it makes it easier for us to communicate and it lets more people find us! But what about sharing?  According to the dictionary sharing means to use, participate in, enjoy, receive, etc., JOINTLY! Social Media lets us share small details of our lives … Read more

Tooth fairy and the ratoncito: traditions about loosing your teeth in different cultures

Blending Baby Teeth Traditions: The Tooth Fairy and El Ratoncito

Blending Baby Teeth Traditions When I was a little girl growing up in Guatemala I would leave my baby teeth under my pillow for the Ratoncito (little mouse) to come and take them during the night and leave me money.  My oldest daughter, Ariane, lost her first tooth soon after her 6th birthday and to … Read more

Best Educational Spanish Apps for Kindle Fire

The Kindle Fire is a great tool for helping children learn Spanish interactively. Most apps for Android are compatible with the Kindle Fire and already there are a few bilingual and Spanish apps available and the best thing is that new ones are popping up every day.  Here are our favorite ones so far.  Please … Read more

The Importance of Reading and Conversation

Your child learns language in a natural way through conversations.  Here are some ideas to improve communication in any language. Listen to your child. Let your child know that his stories and conversation are interesting to you.  Make comments and ask questions that encourage him to explain and talk about what he is doing. When … Read more

Websites and Articles

Websites, Resources, and Articles for Parents and Teachers of Bilingual Kids Fonetiks. Website for teachers to learn how to pronounce words and phonemes in many different languages. Useful for incorporating a student’s home language in the classroom. The National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) is an advocacy organization that represents bilingual learners, parents, teachers, and administrators. … Read more

Having a Multicultural & Multilingual Classroom is Good for Everyone

The population of English Language Learners is growing faster than ever in recent years as one out of every six school-age children use a language other than English at home (Diaz-Rico & Weed, 2006).  Our classrooms are changing; racial, cultural and linguistic diversity is increasing and with it the importance of encouraging tolerance, self-esteem and fostering … Read more