Bilingual Resources by Habbi Habbi
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Favorite Spanish cartoons and movies for kids to support bilingual learning
In this post: Looking for entertaining yet thoughtful Spanish media for your kids? Here, we share 3 principles we use when selecting content, along with lists of suggested Spanish kids shows, movies, and cartoons - organized across language ability and streaming platform (e.g. Netflix, Youtube, PBS Kids, Disney Plus, and more). -
Looking for a Bilingual, Spanish-speaking Nanny?
5 Ways to Increase Immersion at HomeLooking for a Spanish-speaking nanny? Have a bilingual nanny but curious to understand how to best support him/her? Here, we discuss a few tips on how to create an enriching language learning environment at home - that doesn't end with just "finding" a bilingual caregiver but "thoughtfully partnering" with him/her. -
My bilingual toddler's Spanish vocabulary is better than mine. What next?
Starting our bilingual parenting journey, I was less than confident about how successful we would be - even though my partner and I are Spanish-speaking parents. I always considered my Spanish vocabulary conversational at best. What would happen when my bilingual toddler's vocabulary surpassed mine? -
Back to school tips - from bilingual speech therapy expert and mom
It's back to school for our bilingual learners (or start of school for some little ones) - and we have gotten so many questions about how best to support their continued bilingual learning! Here, we speak with bilingual speech therapy expert, mom, and friend - Grace - about your top back to school questions.
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Biliteracy: Why this trilingual dad thinks being biliterate is key to fluency
The first steps to bilingual learning are of course audio immersion - listening comprehension and conversant speaking. But how important is bilingual literacy? Until we spoke with bilingual teacher and dad - Yoshito - we would have thought learning to read in another language might be optional ... -
Spanish mom in Japan reflects on raising a trilingual child
Raising a bilingual child? How about a trilingual child in Japan? Here, we spoke with global, multilingual mom - Javi - on her perspectives raising multilingual kids. We loved hearing about how she nurtures her own multilingual family, speaking Spanish, Japanese, and English at home. -
Building a multilingual family: One mom's perspective and approach
Thinking of building a multilingual family? We loved speaking with this mom of 2 - fluent in both Spanish and English, proficient in Japanese and Korean - to hear her thoughts on raising multilingual kids. We love her approach to multilingualism, one that centers around respect for language and culture ... and books!