Articles, Research and Resources

Latin Baby

Latin Baby is an online resource that celebrates the Latino culture and offers products and information for parents.

Penelope’s People

If you are looking for caregivers in the New York area, check out our friends at Penelope’s People. They take the time to personally match you with the right caregiver for your individual needs.

Leaving a Bilingual Footprint

This essay speaks to those of us who have inherited the Spanish language from our ancestors. A well-written read that offers encouragement and good reasons to pass the language on.

On brain matter and bilingualism

The act of learning many languages actually alters the physiology of your brain! Here is the 1st line from this article:

People who are bilingual have an advantage over the rest of us, and not just in terms of communication skills. The bilingual brain develops more densely, giving it an advantage in various abilities and skills, according to new research.

Spanglishbaby Blog

This very active and well-regarded blogger has tons of good stuff on her site.

The post we’ve linked to here outlines a few methods for raising bilingual kids.

We especially liked this morsel, from the end of this post:

In the book The Bilingual Edge, it is stressed over and over that language learning activities need to be:

1. enjoyable and fun for all involved,
2. fully integrated into everyday routines and
3. interactions [should be] meaningful, interesting, and connected with real life

We agree, make it fun, make it every day, and make it useful!