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Little Pim books are here!

Little Pim books are here!

Little Pim Books are here! We are very excited to share with you the publication of our first books for young learners of Spanish and French, called FEELINGS and COLORS. The books make delightful companions to our Spanish and French learning system of DVDs, flash cards, CDs and interactive games. They tell colorful simple stories [...]

L’âne a diné: Watching My Son Learn French

L’âne a diné: Watching My Son Learn French

Yesterday Emmett read his first sentence in French. It was “l’âne a diné.” Ok so “the donkey ate dinner” may not mean much to you, but it was a huge moment for me. I was proud and excited that he’s reading in a second language and reminded how important is to keep the teaching fun [...]

International Day at Emmett’s School

International Day at Emmett’s School

On Friday night my family went to International Night at my son’s school – this was sort of a glorified potluck dinner for the whole school with dishes from all over the world and a music performance. Because we live in Battery Park City (at the tip of Manhattan) which has a very international population [...]

Toy Fair 2011: From Bubbles to Blocks to Floating Fish!

We had a great time at Toy Fair last week. It was fun to reconnect with owners of some of the 800 book, toy and gift stores that carry Little Pim and make new friends and partners. Read on to see some of the cool new products we found this year. Little Pim’s Booth: And [...]

Julia’s Response to Amy Chua’s “Tiger Mom”

A recent Wall Street Journal article “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” has generated a significant amount of buzz and controversy lately (if you haven’t heard of it, you must not have talked to anyone over the age of four in the last two weeks. Go make a date with a girlfriend!). Mother and writer Amy [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]