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 [...]
Cinco de Mayo – ¿por qué no?
Whether you are teaching your children Spanish or just looking to expand their awareness of other cultures and traditions, Cinco de Mayo offers a great chance to have some fun with your kids and learn about Mexican culture, music and food. Cities with large Mexican populations like Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston host annual Cinco [...]
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 [...]
Kristof asks, “Primero Hay Que Aprender Español. Ranhou Zai Xue Zhongwen.” Why not both?
Nicholas Kristof was already one of my favorite New York Times journalists*, so I was thrilled to see him taking up the topic of foreign language teaching to kids in his recent column “Primero Hay Que Aprender Espanol, Ranhou Zai Xue Zhongwen” (translation: First learn Spanish, then study Chinese). If you missed it, Kristof makes [...]
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 [...]
Getting To The Other Side of "No"
Every book you read about teaching your child a second language will tell you its totally normal that your child will go through phases where he or she does NOT want to speak, hear or have anything to do with the language you are introducing. That doesn’t make it any easier when it happens! My [...]
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