In our day and age, raising a child to be bilingual is seen as a positive step, as it will help him communicate with more people and be more desirable in the job market. But increasingly, research is showing that bilingual kids are cognitively more advanced than their monolingual peers. In plain English? Bilingual kids […]
In this follow up to Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match/Marisol McDonald no combina (Children’s Press), Marisol MacDonald “combines” many different things at once: with a Peruvian mom and an American dad, her dark skin contrasts with her bright orange hair; she puts orange juice in her cereal instead of milk; wears green stripes with red flowers; […]
Mando kicks off his first season on Sesame Street with this fabulous song about all of the words that rhyme with his name. Enjoy! For more fantastic MamiTV videos and content, visit Mamiverse! Related Video: Sesame Street: Share It Maybe
Husbands, take note! Even coming out of anesthesia, this guy knows how to make a lady feel special. When Jason Mortensen woke up from his recent hernia surgery, he was amazed and delighted to discover the gorgeous stranger at his bedside (who he mistook for a model) was his wife of six years. We see […]
Not that there’s any such thing as a “good” cancer, but ovarian cancer is a particularly nasty one. It’s the leading cause of cancer deaths in women, and its 5 year survival rate is less than 50%. When you consider that nearly 90% of women with breast cancer will survive 5 years or more, the […]
In this boldly illustrated hardcover book, 13 Latino children are introduced with poems about their lives in the United States. Juanita is from Mexico, but her native language is Mixtec. When she is enrolled in a school in New York and placed in a bilingual class, her teacher speaks to her in Spanish and tells […]
New polling shows that men are experiencing greater home/work conflict than ever before. While a fairly even number of women and men work outside the home, men still put in more hours on the job than women do, meaning they miss out of family time. And a higher percentage of men wish they could stay […]
The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred By Samantha R. Vamos • Illustrated by Rafael López Charlesbridge • 2011 • 32 pages Paperback ($8.95) ISBN: 978-1-58089-243-8 Ages 4-8 The farm maiden makes the best arroz con leche! In this award-winning story, newly available in paperback, children observe the preparation of the traditional dish as they […]
Here are affirmations that will help all moms relax or at the very least face their daily tasks with a smile.