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Teach Your Kids About Culture Through Food – Part 1
I love food. I really do. Unfortunately, I’m not a great cook, which is a pity because Peruvian food is absolutely great. In fact, Frommer’s just chose my birth city, Lima, as a 2012 top food and drink...
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How my Bilingual Daughter Learned English
My husband and I are raising our children bilingual by using a method called mL@H or minority language at home. This means we speak the minority language, in our case Spanish, at home (and really...
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3 Obstacles to Raising Bilingual Children
Raising bilingual children is not easy. There’s no denying that. Especially when faced with the following three obstacles, which are very common among those in this community. Here are some tips to...
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It’s Time To Say ¡Gracias!
I used to say Thanksgiving was not a holiday I felt connected to until I had children, which I know sounds kind of weird, but it’s true. You see, I was born and raised in Peru and Thanksgiving is not a...
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Raising Bilingual Kids in a Monolingual School
I had hoped my daughter would be able to attend a dual immersion school, but with extremely limited options in our community, I had to accept the fact that, for the time being, she would go to our...
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4 Holiday Books for Bilingual Children
Christmas is my favorite time of year. I love everything about it, especially getting time off to be with my children, which means lots of reading. I’m a huge bookworm and it seems like I’ve passed my...
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Villancicos, The Latino Equivalent of Christmas Carols
As soon as we start decorating our home for the holidays, we start listening to Christmas music. While I like a lot of the music in English, we mostly listen to Christmas music in Spanish – especially...
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Celebrating Christmas Latino Style
Unlike many Americans, most Latinos celebrate Christmas on December 24, known as Nochebuena (or Christmas Eve), with a big dinner together with family and friends, great music and lots of gifts. In my...
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Do You Have Any New Year’s Eve Superstitions?
I feel like every year I say the same thing: “How could the year go by so fast? It seems like yesterday we were celebrating the beginning of the new year!” Either way, 2011 is coming to an end in just...
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Three Kings Day
For many Latinos, the holidays aren’t over until we celebrate Three Kings Day on January 6. According to Christian tradition, this celebration, also known as Epiphany, marks the time the three wise men...
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