Archive for November, 2009

BusinessWeek says Little Pim has Big Potential

BusinessWeek has just named Little Pim one of America’s Most Promising Startups! We’re featured third in a list of 89 small businesses.
The article by Nick Leiber touched on why I created Little Pim, the language teaching legacy I inherited from my father, and Little Pim’s growth trajectory to date.
The article also mentioned our soon-to-be-released Little [...]

Meeting Dr. Bialystok

Last weekend I attended a talk at a local Barnes & Noble by Dr. Ellen Bialystok, who was speaking about the cognitive benefits of children being bilingual. She is a Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology at York University in Canada. I have been following her work for a long time and have cited her research [...]

Little Pim Hebrew!

Enjoy this 1 minute clip of Little Pim Hebrew.
Browse the Hebrew series: http://www.littlepim.com/store/hebrew-language-for-kids/

Little Pim Japanese: Eating & Drinking

Enjoy this preview of Little Pim Eating & Drinking (Japanese).

Introducing: Three New Little Pim Languages

Guten Tag, Privet, and Marhaba! I just said “hello” to you in our newest languages: German, Russian, and Arabic! I wrote awhile back about how fun it was to create these new DVDs and am so thrilled that they are now available- and just in time for the holidays.
Now you can enjoy “Eating and [...]

Recent Disney Controvery Part II

Both Babble and Working Mother Magazine.com have published my article about the recent frenzy surrounding Baby Einstein and television for tots.
Read the articles here:
They Say Maybe a Little Screen Time is Not So Bad
by Cary Fagan of Babble’s Strollerderby

http://blogs.babble.com/strollerderby/2009/10/30/they-say-maybe-a-little-screen-time-is-not-so-bad/
Controversy over Baby Videos
Working Mother Magazine.com
http://www.workingmother.com/web?service=direct/1/ViewBlogLandingPage/dlinkBlog&sp=S1954
What do you think? Share your thoughts in the comments.