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2026-09-15

10 Bilingual Board Books for Parents Who Don't Speak Spanish (Yet)

You don't need to speak Spanish to start your child in it. These ten bilingual board books are short enough, repetitive enough, and clear enough that you can read them out loud tonight — plus how to pick the right one for your child's age, and what to do when you hit a word you can't pronounce.

2026-09-08

Spanish Bedtime Stories: A Five-Step Routine for Busy Bilingual Families

A ten-minute bedtime routine built around short Spanish and bilingual stories, with free read-along and audio sources worth bookmarking, and how to adjust the routine as your child moves from board books to chapter-style read-alouds.

2026-09-04

6 Bilingual Parenting Pitfalls to Avoid

Even if you aren’t fluent in more than one language, you can raise bilingual children. On your journey, here are some common mistakes to be aware of. If you spot any of these in your household, don’t panic. They’re easy to correct, and knowing about them will help you make your child’s learning experience better in the future!

2026-08-30

Spanish Read Alouds Tonight: 5 to 10 Minute Plans for Parents & Teachers

Where to find good Spanish read alouds online, which bilingual picture books actually work out loud, and how to run a five to ten minute storytime tonight — even if you're not fluent.

2026-08-28

11 Spanish Books for Hispanic Heritage Month

Here in the U.S. we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month every year from September 15th to October 15th, and for our Mexican/Ecuadorian/American family it’s a chance to be super intentional about how we are celebrating latinidad with our kids. But you don’t have to be Hispanic or Latinx/e to appreciate the incredible contributions of Latin@s!

2026-08-28

Five Curated Categories of Spanish Books for Kindergarten

Start with curated Spanish and bilingual picture books, board books, and leveled readers matched to your child's age, and build a five-minute read-aloud habit around them. That single move does more for early bilingual literacy than any app or worksheet.

2026-08-19

How to Make Language Learning a More Joyful Experience

The best way to learn a language, hands-down, is to have fun doing it!

2026-08-03

7 Spanish Books to Jump-Start Your Child's Reading

Books that make español stick. These aren't just great stories - they're specifically chosen because they build the habit of daily reading.

2026-07-30

Bilingual Literacy Fun for the School Year Ahead

Even ordinary moments can be opportunities to infuse your bilingual journey with playfulness and learning! In this article, we'll explore a collection of word games designed to make learning a joyful adventure.

2026-06-28

The Families Who Keep Spanish Aren't Trying Harder. They're Doing This.

When researchers look at which families keep Spanish and which slowly lose it, the dividing line isn't fluency, money, or schools. It's something much quieter — and the parents pushing hardest are often the ones it slips away from.

2026-06-03

Spanish Board Books Built for Slow Reading

Six delightful libros chosen for the slow, deliberate, sing-song reading voice young brains are built to learn from.

2026-05-29

The Spanish Your Child's Brain Hears (And the Spanish It Doesn't)

On the social switch that turns on language learning, why the same Spanish lands completely differently depending on its source, and what most parents don't realize about the tools they're reaching for.

2026-05-18

Why Less Translation = More Comprehension

On the counterintuitive science of reading aloud in a second language, what your child's brain does when you stop translating, and why the picture book is doing more work than you think.

2026-05-11

What Your Toddler Knows About Spanish That You Don't

On the cognitive science of layered reading, the bedtime decision your child is making for you, and why the brain processes the same book differently on the fourth read than on the first.

2026-05-04

Is your reader connecting to Spanish? Here's the only thing that matters.

Wondering if reading in Spanish to your child is actually working? The signal is simpler than you'd think — and your child has been showing it to you all along.

2026-04-29

The five minutes that matter most for your child's Spanish

Not all Spanish minutes are created equal. The five to ten minutes between bath and sleep are the highest-leverage language window in your child's day — and most of what works during them is counterintuitive.

2026-04-17

Why your imperfect Spanish is exactly enough

Most parents reach for the Spanish book their child can already understand. We'd like to make the case for the one that's just out of reach.

2026-04-17

April 2026 Box Preview

Before April boxes head out the door, here's a first look at some of the titles your readers might find inside...

2026-03-30

Don't Be Afraid to Reach for the "Harder" Spanish Book

Most parents reach for the Spanish book their child can already understand. We'd like to make the case for the one that's just out of reach.

2026-03-15

What Happens When Your Child Becomes the Spanish Speaker in the Family

Every bilingual family has this moment. Your child's Spanish starts to sound different from yours — more confident, more natural, maybe even more fluent. What happens next is more complicated, and more beautiful, than you'd expect.