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 →
10 Spanish Children’s Books to Celebrate Read Your World Day I’m excited to partner with Read Your World and our generous book donors to share five Spanish picture books and three middle-grade book recommendations with you! Not only am I a co-host, I’m also a book reviewer and I love,Read More →
Read Your World is celebrating Multicultural Children’s Book Day and this year, I have a treat for you! I have a list of multicultural and diverse books that are bilingual, Spanish, and English books that I received as part of Multicultural Children’s Book Day. I’ve been reviewing for 10-plus yearsRead More →
Ethnic slurs (ethnophaulic) are words or expressions that typically use an identifiable feature of a group or members of a given ethnicity to insult, ridicule, mock, or disrespect. One of the first ethnic slurs that I can recall was the word “Gringa.” The first time I heard it, it wasRead 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 →