Cheering you on in your Spanish learning journey.
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Check out our ever-growing collection of themed booklists for Spanish and bilingual books!
Seasonal Resources
Looking for simple and fun activities to learn Spanish through the season?
LOOKING FOR SUPPORT TO TEACH YOUR KIDS SPANISH AT HOME?
If you’re like me and love to have people you can go to for support, to ask questions, get inspiration, see how others are doing it – you need to join JUMP INTO SPANISH. It’s a group I started for parents who are trying to teach their children Spanish at home. It’s a Charlotte Mason approach to language learning, and I send you weekly lesson plans and ideas. There are six 12-week terms in total, and we are about to jump into our next one. Please join us!!
New Stuff
Nicaragua–Land of Debt, Perseverance & Geographical Wonder
Every year that I teach Spanish, I assign culture projects and reports to my students. Learning about the people and culture of a language is as important as learning the language itself. This year I will be sharing with you on the blog, the projects and...
MKB Book Club–Bilingual is Better: Bilingual Education
A while back, I started to "get serious" about raising my kids to be bilingual. I learned Spanish in college, actually I majored in it. Originally I declared my major as Art and English. And then I stepped into Dr. Brown's Spanish 101 class and...
Show Me Your Neighborhood Around the World: Kansas City Suburbs
Bienvenidos a nuestro barrio // Welcome to Our NeighborhoodI am so excited to be a part of the fun series organized by PiriPiriLexicon, one of the great blogs of the Multicultural Kid Blogs group. For amazing tours of neighborhoods all around the world,...
E de esqueleto // Skeleton Crafts
We have had a lot of fun around here lately doing alphabet activities and crafts alongside all the great bloggers participating in "31 Days of ABCs." Many of the activities we have chosen to do relate to fall or el Día de los muertos. For the letter E...
31 Days of ABCs–Letter C
We are so excited to be taking part in the 31 Days of ABCs this October! If you have not already, be sure to check out all the previous posts in the series. Each post is hosted by a different blogger and has a link-up at the bottom where anyone can post...
Learning Spanish with BookLingual–Spanish Curriculum Review
Disclosure: I was contacted by BookLingual and given the complete BookLingual set for review, however all opinions are my own. I am really excited to introduce to you BookLingual a story-based ebook curriculum for kids and families. What I love most...
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Essays on Bilingualism
Speak Spanish with Your Baby!
When I had my first child a friend told me: “Speak Spanish with him all the time. Let your husband speak English and you just speak Spanish.” I sooooo wish I could have done that.
How to Learn Spanish as an Introvert
In my journey of learning and now teaching Spanish, I have learned a few things about myself, and those things have helped me to learn and teach better. And believe me–it is all still a work in progress.
The Truth About Learning Spanish With Kids
Learning Spanish with kids can be intimidating, but it doesn’t have to be.
Why We Quit Spanish + How We Got It Back
It wasn’t until Spanish became a part of our routine again, that I understood why it had left in the first place. It’s been so long since then, that I don’t exactly remember making a decision to “stop doing Spanish.”