By: Mamiverse Team With the school year already under way in some parts of the country, it’s time to develop or sharpen your child’s bilingual skills. Using technology, be it apps or interactive websites, is appealing to kids and a great way to get them excited about learning spanish. Here are two digital learning platforms to help you get started… [Read More]
Culture
Part II: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage with PBS Latino Americans Series
This is part of a compensated campaign with Latina Mom Bloggers and Ford. However, all opinions expressed are our own. As you know, we’re huge fans of Ford Motor Company. Besides Cristy’s family owning a Ford F-150 and sharing a beloved Mustang with her dad years before(!), we’ve collaborated with Ford on the STEM component of our #CelebrateEDU series… [Read More]
Parenting Children Latino vs. American Style
by Dr. Tanginika Cuascud for Mamiverse In my native Puerto Rico, the methods of discipline were very straightforward: You did what you were told or you were punished. Not obeying guaranteed un chancletazo (a spanking with a flip flop). Offering to hit with other implements such as belts, twigs and tree branches was not out of the question and oftentimes, parents… [Read More]
"42" – Jackie Robinson Biopic
“42” tells the story of Brooklyn Dodgers General Manager Branch Rickey’s breaking of the infamous color line by signing Jackie Robinson to the team. The 1946 deal, put the two men at the forefront of controversy and created a historical moment like none other. The new biopic tells their story and Robinson’s amazing courage, determination… [Read More]
Sharing Passover to Open Tween Minds
Our Los Tweens team was invited by our amiga Jeannette Kaplun of Hispana Global to join her for an annual Passover celebration presented by the Latin American committee of the Miami AJC. It is a beautiful celebration of liberty and so many traditions that help retrace the history of freedom from slavery of the… [Read More]
Gift Ideas for Tween Easter Baskets
As children go through the tween years – between the ages of 7 and 12 – the Easter bunny’s job gets harder and harder. Pre-packaged baskets just don’t cut it any more. They aren’t unique in any way and that’s PRECISELY what a tween is looking for in just about anything. Everything needs to ‘scream’… [Read More]
St. Patrick's Day Tween Party
Last year, we put out the challenge to our readers to come up with the name for the fun punch we created – Rockin Shamrock was the winner! And to celebrate, we hosted a tween friendly St. Patrick’s Day party with the Los Tween’s familias. We had a lot of fun snapped a ton of… [Read More]
Why Women Deserve to be Celebrated Every Day
by Eileen Carter Campos for Mamiverse Women’s History Month is a time for us to honor all of the women who came before us and paved the way for the freedom and autonomy we enjoy today. But it’s also a time to consider and praise those women who really are doing it all—single or married,… [Read More]
Benefits of Raising Bilingual Children
by Elizabeth Heath for Mamiverse.com In our day and age, raising a child to be bilingual is seen as a positive step, as it will help him communicate with more people and be more desirable in the job market. But increasingly, research is showing that bilingual kids are cognitively more advanced than their monolingual peers. In… [Read More]
Celebrating Black History Month is Important for Children
By Frederick J. Goodall for Mamiverse Last February, I asked my older kids how they were commemorating Black History Month at school. Both children gave me blank stares. “My teachers haven’t even mentioned it,” said my 10-year-old daughter. “What’s Black History Month?” asked my 8-year-old son. Although I was disappointed by their responses, I was not… [Read More]