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#BilingualPlus Downloadable Spanish Worksheet #2 For Kids

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. This is number…
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#BilingualPlus Downloadable Spanish Worksheet #1 For Kids

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. This is…
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Essential Phrases to Help Your Child Ace Spanish Class #BilingualPlus

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If your child takes Spanish class, hopefully he is enrolled in an immersion-type class, where only Spanish is spoken in the classroom. If this is the case, he will need to communicate with his teacher certain needs and questions, otherwise…
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5 Bilingual Online Dictionaries for Your Child #BilingualPlus

Bilingual online dictionaries for kids are a great tool when raising a child to speak two languages. But, which to choose from? To make it easier for you to decide, we've created a list of five we like, with the reasons why. Check them out…
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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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Don’t Say A Word, Mamá / No Digas Nada, Mamá

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Blanca and Rosa are grownup sisters with big hearts who live in their own homes on the same street as their beloved mamá. They each have a large garden overflowing with delicious vegetables. Without telling one another, the two generous sisters…
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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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Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States

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When Cool Salsa first came out in 1994, I was one of its early readers. I loved the book; and 20 years later, my feelings about it have not changed. Lori M. Carlson began to study Spanish in elementary school, and went on to study abroad.…
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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…