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How Singalongs Help Your Child Learn Spanish #BilingualPlus

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Singalongs are a great way for kids to learn Spanish. Strolling about town, watching traffic jams, skirting bicycles and skateboarders on sidewalks, I often catch myself humming. Waiting for a traffic light to change, fellow pedestrians raise…
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Will Your Bilingual Child Be Speech-Delayed? #BilingualPlus

If your experience as a new mom is anything like mine, you get plenty of unsolicited advice, especially when it comes to raising your kids bilingual. When people learned we were raising our daughter bilingual English/Italian, one of the first…
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22 Ways to Say “I Love You” in Spanish #BilingualPlus

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[Mamiverse's Bilingual Plus is an online channel devoted to bringing parents and educators the bilingual learning tools they need in the form of digital picture books, sing-alongs, and free curriculum-based family activities.] There are…
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10 Ways to Say Goodnight to Your Kids in Spanish

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UPDATED August 1st, 2016 I find my kids are most receptive at night. Just before falling asleep, while we’re cuddling, they’re more relaxed and open to conversing … even in Spanish! As a bilingual and bicultural mom, I take full advantage…
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Breakfast Vocabulary and Phrases In Spanish For Your Kids!

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When your child sits at the table for breakfast, make it a learning experience! Play a game and have him tell you the vocabulary word in Spanish for each utensil and every food item. Los utensilios y la vajilla: Tableware. La cuchara:…
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Spanish Words & Their Meanings in Different Countries

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If you happen to speak so-called “American English” and travel to the land of the English, England, you will soon discover that the language is the same but that some words are different or have a different meaning that might cause embarrassment.…
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What Kind of Spanish Should Your Child Be Learning

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Spanish and English are spoken in so many different countries and have so many varieties, that often the questions arise: which variety is the best? Which type of English or Spanish should I teach my child? The point is very tenable because…
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Day of The Dead: What it Really Means in Mexico

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In the U.S., Mexico's Day of the Dead has evolved into an unusually hip holiday where people celebrate by dressing in black, painting their faces like skulls, and dancing around like they're Diego Rivera or Frida Khalo. In some places Day…
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5 Tips to Help Kids Overcome Fear of Speaking Another Language

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We were spending the summer at a gated community, outside the city, and my son Oscar was about four years old. Children had the run of the place and were having a blast. He had made many friends his age, and spent all day cycling, swimming,…