When we think about raising bilingual children, we often picture parents leading the charge with structured methods like OPOL (One Parent, One Language). But what if the language champion isn’t a parent at all—but a grandparent? Read More →
Coco the Puerto Rican Parrot In December 2021, I self-published my first children’s book, Coco, la cotorra puertorriqueña. This book was my love letter to Puerto Rico, El Yunque, the Puerto Rican parrot and bilingualism. Two years later, in September 2023, I self-published the English version: Coco the Puerto RicanRead More →
Spanish audiobooks have always been a part of our home library, especially when I began teaching my child to read in the target language: Spanish. However, throughout the years, I’ve always had difficulty finding bilingual or Spanish language books. Although, in recent years, we have more options including audiobooks. ThatRead More →
Bilingualism Since starting my professional career as a private Spanish teacher, I’ve had my good share of one-time students (via Outschool) including students that have taken only a few classes with me. I stopped teaching at Outschool to focus on more meaningful language connections with my individual students. Primarily focusing onRead More →
Bad Bunny and the Puerto Rican Heritage I’ve Passed Down to My Son *Spanish version below* Bad Bunny has me in my feelings. I must admit, I’ve never been a fan of his music, but this new album has me thinking about how I raised my son to love theRead More →
Give your child the number one gift of language learning and help them reclaim their heritage language with Spanish online lessons. As a parent myself, I found myself talking more in the community language, English, rather than in Spanish my heritage language with our son. It wasn’t until he turnedRead More →