'Little Pim' Articles

According to a recent Op Ed in the Wall Street Journal, despite the fact that the rest of the world is increasingly bilingual, many Americans not only accept that they only speak English, they defend it (“What if ‘English-Only’ Isn’t Wrong?” August 27, 2010). These English-only Americans believe the rest of the world should, and [...]

This week, Little Pim met Karen Ong, the founder and CEO of Language International, a place where parents can find and compare language study abroad programs for their children and also for themselves. They offer study abroad programs worldwide for kids as young as 3 years old. Karen says their most popular programs include Spanish courses in [...]

On August 19th the New York Times ran a front-page story about the growing interest among New York parents raising their kids to be bilingual “Looking for Baby Sitters: Foreign Language a Must.”
Here at Little Pim, we know this is more than just a New York, or an East Coast phenomenon. We talk every day [...]

Here at Little Pim the office has been buzzing quite a bit lately with the release of DVDs 4, 5, and 6 and many other exciting projects in the works, but we received a special treat today when a “thank you” note from Tori Spelling arrived!
The mom of two children, Liam and Stella, and star [...]

Last week women bloggers from all over the United States (and beyond) descended on New York City for the annual BlogHer conference, a weekend full of fun, learning, and networking. Being based in New York we decided that this would be the perfect opportunity to meet up with some of the wonderful blogging women we’ve [...]

Babble.com blogger Elina Furman included Little Pim in a post entitled, “Best Products for Global Citizens“. We couldn’t have said it better ourselves! According to CNN.com, 66% of the world is bilingual. Also, 14% of students consider themselves fluent in two languages.
In her post, Elina shared why Little Pim was one of her product [...]

Here’s your chance to win one of the 100% cotton Little Pim Canvas Tote Bags that we wrote about earlier this week. They are perfect for beach trips, grocery shopping, library books, and more. Your little ones will love to see Little Pim’s smiling flace as you take your tote out on the town!
The durable [...]

The popular children’s band, Milkshake, will be performing at the Jewish Museum of Manhattan in New York City on July 11th at 2pm.
“Milkshake is a band on a mission: to create great rock music for kids. Led by singer Lisa Mathews and guitarist Mikel Gehl, whose songs for grown-ups have been featured in movies [...]

Yesterday Little Pim’s crew and I showed our new DVDs to some of the young stars who helped bring Little Pim 4, 5 and 6 to life. We drove to upstate New York to Hanover Farm and revisited the beautiful scenery that served as a backdrop during filming.

The children were so excited to be at [...]

Happy Cinco De Mayo!

Today commemorates the unexpected 1862 victory of the Mexican army over the French army in the battle over the city of Puebla. I’ve compiled some Spanish vocabulary words that follow the theme of today’s festivities.
La batalla – battle
La revolucion – revolution
La bandera – flag
El heroe – hero
La independencia – independence
La victoria – [...]