Visiting the Río Abajo State Forest was such an amazing experience.  In the summer of 2021, I came across an article about the Puerto Rican parrots in captivity developing dialects.  The biologists were concerned that once released they wouldn’t be able to integrate into the wild. My children’s book CocoRead More →

What do parrandas, tamales, charamico, panetón have in common?  They are all elements of Latin American Christmas traditions!  I created this fun and no-prep resource with my learners in mind to celebrate their bicultural/Latino family traditions and introduce new Latin American holiday traditions to my non-bicultural students.  The bingo gamesRead More →

There’s nothing more empowering than telling our bilingual children or students that being bilingual is their superpower!  This is something that I have repeated constantly and continue to do so with my teenager. The “Bilingualism is a superpower” free printables are in both English and Spanish with these phrases: “SerRead More →

La cotorra puertorriqueña es un patrimonio nacional de Puerto Rico y también es el personaje principal de mi libro infantil Coco, la cotorra puertorriqueña.  Por lo que me da mucho gusto compartir esta publicación con ustedes. Día Mundial del Loro (de la cotorra) ¿Sabías que el  31 de mayo deRead More →