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👇🏻 The best bilingual parenting advice I have ever received? I’ll share mine but share yours too! Help other families on this journey with your lessons learned and experience! Mine has changed so much over the years. As a Spanish teacher my advice would have always been to focus on immersion and providing consistent comprehensive input (Spanish that they can decode and understand) - but as a bilingual parent whose been on this journey for almost 7 years my best advice is now this: Something is always better than nothing. We can strive for best practices, and always try to be doing more or to be doing it better, but the reality is that this worry about “doing it right” often stops us before we even really get started. Or maybe we find an amazing rhythm and we’re crushing it and then life happens and it all falls apart. So this is my reminder that SOMETHING is better than nothing. Singing on Spanish song a day with your kids is better than doing nothing. Reading one Spanish book is better than not reading any. Don’t underestimate your efforts, no matter how small. Alright your turn - what’s the best bilingual parenting advice you’ve ever heard? 🍿

👇🏻Teach your kids Spanish with Spanish hand clapping games… The best thing I did today? Learned this Spanish vowel hand clapping game with my kids. Let’s be real with each other…today sucked. I was grumpy, my kids yelled, it felt like a total mess - EXCEPT for when we were learning this fun hand clapping game en español. We sang it the rest of the day and our calmest and happiest moments were playing this and singing in Spanish together. This whole hand clapping game goes through each vowel in Spanish and is SO much fun and perfect for young readers especially learning vowel sounds. Want to see the full lyrics, plus video to help you learn, PLUS other fun games you could learn? Comment SPANISH or GAMES and I’ll send you the info 🙌🏻 Do you know this one? It’s my new favorite 🤗

Living the good life over here! If you had told me four years ago, in the depths of my depression, that I would create a business of my dreams creating nature based Spanish courses for kids, while hosting a Spanish podcast for kids and learning how to self publish cute Spanish versions of all the notebooks and journals I dream of as a bilingual mom - I NEVER would have believed you! Now we’re moving to Costa Rica in August, I’ve been able to homeschool my kids, help support my family, and teach Spanish in a way that makes my soul come alive. Life is good y’all, let’s be friends! So grateful to be able to connect with more families raising bilingual little ones and breaking the mold 🙌🏻❤️

5 beautiful things to say to your child in Spanish today and every day: •Gracias por ser como eres. (Thank you for being who you are) •Aprendo cosas de ti todos los días. (I learn things from you every day) •Confío en ti. (I trust you) •Te voy a apoyar siempre. (I will always support you) •Lo mejor de mi día es pasar tiempo contigo. (The best part of my day is spending time with you) Love, validation, trust, support - bring all that into your Spanish learning at home with your kids. Connect it to their hearts and they will always choose it when the time comes. 👇🏻want to add any others?

Spanish knock knock jokes for kids! This is a particular favorite of mine because I love to annoy my kids 😅 Comment SPANISH or JOKE and I’ll send you 10 of my favorites that are perfect for kids!