Who knows, by the time you read this article many of you have already voted for your candidate via the early voting provisions made in many states. And if that is not the case, most of you have well made up your mind on which presidential candidate you will vote for come Election Day.
As a mom of three school age children and educator of thousands of other children I have listened intently...
We live in an increasingly global society. Our neighbor is from Puerto Rico, our co worker is from South Africa and the teacher in preschool class is from Sweden. We realize as adults how hard it is to learn a new language at this point in our life, but it is not too late for our children.
Time and Newsweek ran feature articles on the window of opportunity for second language learning, and...
You are not bilingual. You skipped high school Spanish class one too many times! Now you have your own children whom you realize need to speak more than just English, but you have no clue where to start. Based on a book titled The Bilingual Edge by Dr. Kendall King and Dr. Alison Mackey you are just fine to give your child a jump start on learning a second language.
These two Doctors, who...
I am right there with you, executing daily my To Do List that consists of what I feel will get my product line the attention it deserves and so desperately needs. We all churn away at the endless list of things that we hope and, often times feel certain, will drive our companies to that next level and beyond. And yet, do you ever find yourself stopping in the middle of the day and asking...
National Hispanic Heritage Month has been celebrated for 39 years on September 17, 2007. Enacted into law on that day in 1968, this Public Law set aside a week to honor our Spanish-speaking citizens. When the 100th Congress enacted a new Public Law, the celebration period increased to 31 days, from September 15, 2008 to October 15.
The initiative for National Hispanic Heritage Month is an...
I remember the listening center I set up in my elementary school classroom as if it was yesterday. It was my first year of teaching, and I was so proud of that blue denim beanbag chair and cassette tape listening station that I had put together to introduce Spanish to my second graders. I had decided not to subject the little seven year olds to me singing acappella on the tapes I made at...
How many years will this mark for you in the field of education? Are you a first year teacher nervously awaiting the first day, hoping your jitters do not surpass those of your students? Or perhaps you are a veteran teacher counting the years to retirement? And then there are those of us in between, perhaps switching grade levels or assignments within our field of early childhood development...
As a mom of two school-aged children, I feel the impending end of summer and the excitement and nervousness of a new school year. Many parents are concerned with having enough funds this year in the family budget for the normal back-to-school spending frenzy. While children concern themselves with the social aspects of the educational journey connected with the school year ahead. It is...
Did you realize that ninety percent of our brain is developed by age five? Have you heard how the first five years of life are the most crucial to the cognitive development of a human being? Even if you do not have the time to read the latest statistics or scour the journals reporting on the most recent research of brain development, I hope to share with you just how much of a difference you...
Parents often ask me how they can incorporate Spanish into their daily routine aside from turning on Dora and Diego! I reply with enthusiasm that there is no teaching degree required, and there is no prerequisite for having command of the Spanish language yourself to bring the new language into your home, your car, your family routine.
Want to sprinkle some new Spanish vocabulary words...
