puerto rican places

Want to visit Puerto Rico during Earth Day but can’t actually visit the island? Here are 5 Puerto Rican places you can visit through books.  This year for Earth Day,  I’m celebrating by exploring five of Puerto Rico’s most beautiful natural places.Read More →

Bring in the cultures, rich heritage, and traditions of Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela into your learning space. From engaging books and hands-on activities to captivating visual presentations, you’ll find everything you need right here. These resources are perfect for creating a country study unit, honoring Hispanic Heritage Month, or simplyRead More →

This Dominican children’s book list was created in response to a special request from a student’s parent. I teach Spanish to third-generation students—children of second-generation families where one parent speaks Spanish but, for various reasons, either stopped speaking it to them or never did. Many of my students have heritageRead More →

Remembering and honoring the dead in Guatemala is very different from other Latin American countries. In Santiago y Sumpango Sacatepéquez, on All Day’s Saints on November 1st, they celebrate El Festival de Barriletes Gigantes. You can read more on this celebration on Multicultural Kid Blogs: Guatemala With Kids: The SumpangoRead More →

Celebrate Guatemala and Mexico’s Fiestas Patrias with these fun colored rice in a bottle craft.  Hispanic Heritage Month  Hispanic Heritage Month begins on September 15 and through October 15. We celebrate the beauty of the Hispanic and Latino culture, heritage, music, food, and language and embrace our new normal: bilingual,Read More →