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5 Tips for Managing TV Time During the Holidays

It’s the holidays! That means fun things like family, treats, presents. But for many of us, it’s also darker, shorter, colder days. If you are like me, you might be asking yourself, “How are we going to keep the kids busy all day when they can’t play outside?” Then it’s school vacation! What to do? [...]

Little Pim + Plan Toys = Contest!

Creating Little Pim episodes is always an adventure. From writing scripts, building sets to castings, there is never a dull moment! You may have noticed the exceptionally high quality props from Plan Toys® that are a regulars in our episodes. Plan Toys® is a green toy company that specializes in sparking children’s intellect and imagination. [...]

Holiday Learning Toy Picks

If you are like me, holiday shopping starts right after the Halloween costumes go into storage – mainly because my kids start telling me what they want for Hannukah as soon as November 1st hits! This year I feel I have a lot of great things to choose from that will delight them, and make [...]

Savvy Auntie Exclusive: 10 Tips For Teaching a Foreign Language to a Child You Love

We’ve just been featured on Savvyauntie.com! If you don’t already know this site, it’s a great resource for the hip aunts and godmothers out there who are looking for ways to indulge (and in our case, educate!) the little ones in their lives. I was interviewed by Melanie Notkin – the site’s founder and original [...]

Learning French & Spanish: Our Trilingual Adventure with SpanglishBaby

Roxana of SpanglishBaby.com has posted her second Video Blog (Vlog) about language learning with Little Pim. If you’re new to this Vlog series, Roxana is using Little Pim to introduce French to her daughter Vanessa, four years old, who is already bilingual in Spanish and English. Roxana has been doing Skype interviews with me to [...]

Learning French & Spanish: Our Trilingual Adventure with SpanglishBaby

Roxana of SpanglishBaby.com has posted her second Video Blog (Vlog) about language learning with Little Pim. If you’re new to this Vlog series, Roxana is using Little Pim to introduce French to her daughter Vanessa, four years old, who is already bilingual in Spanish and English. Roxana has been doing Skype interviews with me to [...]

Contest: How Do You Say “Halloween”?

Halloween is right around the corner & we’re in a spooky mood! How about you? What will you be dressing up as this year? We’d love to see what your little ones in their Halloween costumes. For this week’s contest, either post a photo of your child in a Halloween costume (from this year or [...]

Contest: How Do You Say "Halloween"?

Halloween is right around the corner & we’re in a spooky mood! How about you? What will you be dressing up as this year? We’d love to see what your little ones in their Halloween costumes. For this week’s contest, either post a photo of your child in a Halloween costume (from this year or [...]

Little Pim Goes to Cambridge Part II (Meeting Dr. Naomi Steiner)

While in Cambridge, I also had the pleasure of meeting the dynamic and charming Dr. Naomi Steiner, a developmental-behavioral pediatrician at Tufts Medical Center. Dr. Steiner wrote the most thorough, practical book I have found about raising bilingual kids (7 Steps to Raising a Bilingual Child). The book shows that every child can learn a [...]

Win One DVD From Little Pim Volume II!

Volume II featuring Bob the Bobcat and Lola the Elephant has been a huge hit with our fans! Our recent appearance on the Today Show introduced the new characters to even more little language learners and we couldn’t be more thrilled. Have you seen DVDs 4, 5, or 6? They are available in Spanish, French, [...]