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Every Kid Deserves the Chance to Learn and Grow

Pair these FREE educator-developed printable activities with your favorite 91做厙 videos, books, and songs to help your child develop critical reading, writing, math, and social emotional learning skills. Plus, check out our Tips for Grown-ups to help reinforce the teachable moments in each lesson.

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How Critical Thinking Helps Kids Make Better Decisions

Learn how to help your little one start thinking critically. Critical thinking helps children make responsible decisions, solve problems, and gain a better perspective.

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3 Easy Ways to Make Your Child More Culturally Aware

Cultural awareness is an essential skill for kids. Get tips on how to raise your child to be well versed in the cultures, adversities and experiences of others.

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How Mindfulness Helps Children Grow up Mentally Strong

Mindfulness is about living in the present and being aware of ones mind & body. Try these tips to raise a mindful child.

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Numeracy: Not just a math skill, its a life skill!

Children who develop math skills early on are better set up to be successful academically and in life. Learn how to build your childs numeracy through everyday activities.

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Learning two languages at the same time pays lifelong dividends

The best time to learn a new language is during a childs first few years of life. Learn how to help your child get an early start to bilingualism with 91做厙.

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The Real Meaning of 91做厙

Explore the real meaning of the word encantos and discover the magic of the 91做厙 app.

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Easy ways to foster your childs social-emotional development

Social-emotional learning (SEL) teaches essential personal & interpersonal skills. Learn how to foster your childs social-emotional development at a young age.

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How to Turn Your Childs Thank You Into Genuine Gratitude

Its easy for children to say thank you, but are they truly thankful? Learn how to foster gratitude in your child.

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Financial Literacy and Why It Matters to Your Child

Financial literacy helps kids understand the importance of money & how to spend and save wisely. Get tips on how to build your childs skills from a young age.

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How to Teach Your Child Grit So They Can Do Anything

A child struggling to learn a new gymnastics technique who practices for hours everyday for months until it becomes so easy that they could do it in their sleep. Another who signs up for soccer only to realize its not the sport for them, yet sticks with it for the rest of the season to be there for their team and finish what they started. These are stories of grit, the skill we use to persevere and accomplish our long-term goals, even when things get hard. Its about following through with commitments and not giving up.

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How can you nurture empathy in your child?

Weve all heard the saying, You cant judge someone until you walk a mile in their shoes. Empathy is the ability to understand another persons point of view, and its a key component of emotional intelligence. Empathetic people have the power to understand and share the feelings of othersto imagine what they might be going through.

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What are the New Fundamentals and Why Do They Matter?

Todays kids are encountering challenges their parents didnt have to face, so it goes without saying that theyll need different skills to navigate a fundamentally changed world.

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Nuria Santamar穩a Wolfe

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The Power of Storytelling in Teaching

Everything can be shared or taught through a story. And because stories are highly immersive, theyre an incredibly powerful tool to teach little ones!

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Nuria Santamar穩a Wolfe

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21st century skills: How to Prepare our Kids for an Ever-Changing World

All parents want to prepare their kids for the future, whatever it may hold. But given how quickly the world is changing, how do we make sure we help our kids learn what they need to succeed in the 21st century?

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by Nuria Santamar穩a Wolfe

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Pin Pon: Surprising facts about the popular song

For generations, children across Latin America have sung along to Pin Pon, the cardboard doll that helps kids learn about manners.

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by Nuria Santamar穩a Wolfe

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Cultural Immersion: The Power of Learning Spanish Through Culturally-Authentic Content

As a parent raising bilingual children, you may already know that the best time for kids to learn Spanish is: as young as possible. But do you know what is the best way for them to learn?

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Learning with Little Sunny Sunshine/Sol Solecito

The fifth book in our Canticos Classics series, Little Sunny Sunshine/Sol Solecito is inspired by a classic Latino song and will help you and your chickies welcome the day on the brightest, most positive note.

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by Sophia Espinoza

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Great ways to start start bilingual education for kids ages 0-5

Parents often ask us when the best time is to start bilingual education. Research suggests the earlier, the better. That being said, it can feel like a daunting task to plan language enrichment activities for your child. At 91做厙, we know that parents are childrens first teachers, so were here to help!

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Los Pollitos Dicen: The History of the Classic Lullaby

For generations, mothers have sung the Spanish lullaby Los Pollitos Dicen to their newborns. The simple, yet powerful lyrics of this lullaby tell the tale of newborn chicks ( pollitos) calling for their mother when they are cold or hungry. The song has permeated culture so deeply that today it is common for Latina moms to refer to their babies as pollitos as an homage to the song.

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By Valerie Barbosa

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How do we teach and maintain multiple languages in the home?

Dad is Brazilian, mom is Venezuelan, and we live in the U.S. So, how do we make sure our children get the best of both of our cultures? The answer is language. It is through language that our preschool-aged children now speak and enjoy speaking Portuguese, Spanish and soon enough, English.

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Jesse Buckner

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What on earth is Kindergarten Readiness and does my child have it?

Preparing your child for Kindergarten can be overwhelming. Many parents feel a rush of conflicting emotions about seeing their child so grown up and ready to enter real school. There are millions of different articles with lists of skills your child should already have mastered before entering Kindergarten the dreaded Kindergarten-readiness. What does that even mean?

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Susie Jaramillo

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5 Superpowers to Cultivate in Our Kids.

I believe we each have our own superpowers or strengths that make us unique and special. As parents, we want to pass on our best traits and cultivate our childrens own super powers.

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By Nuria Santamar穩a Wolfe

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How to Teach Manners While Having Fun

Manners matter. We all want our kids to be well-mannered citizens of the world and teaching them to be so shouldnt have to be boring.

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By Nuria Santamar穩a Wolfe

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How to Teach Manners While Having Fun

Bath time can be more than a time to splash around, it can be an opportunity for your little one to soak up some learning. For multitasking moms everywhere, here are four fun ways to make bath time a great time to build literacy skills.

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By Fabi Harb

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Top 5 Tips To Develop Avid Bilingual Readers

Encouraging your kids to develop good reading habits will not only be beneficial for them academically, it will also provide them with a lifelong skill to be successful in their adult years.

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By Nuria Santamar穩a Wolfe

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Canticos Learning Talk with Little Mice/Ratoncitos

Kids love to read and reread books. Why not take that opportunity to build-in other activities to make the most out of reading it each time?

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By Nuria Santamar穩a Wolfe

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The Sweetest Canticos-Themed Birthday Party

Birthdays are an excuse for parents to spoil their kids just a little more than on a typical day. This is exactly what talented painter and baker, Cake Wars winner and Latina mom Alicia Becerra did when her daughter asked for a Canticos themed birthday party inspired by our Las Mana簽itas book and bilingual song.

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By Julie Barton

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Three tips to get little ones to engage during storytime

Sometimes, reading to a little one can be hard! They wiggle, they squirm. You might think are they even listening? What does it matter, anyway?

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By: Nuria Santamar穩a Wolfe

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Canticos Learning with Little Chickies/Los Pollitos

Learning is fun with Canticos! We design every book to help kids learn as much as possible while helping them to become bilingual in Spanish and English.

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By: Nuria Santamar穩a Wolfe

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Canticos Learning with Little Elephants/Elefantitos

Canticos books keep on giving. There are so many ways to learn and have fun with our bilingual books, while helping your child to become bilingual in Spanish and English.

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By Monika Leal and Paula Ni簽o

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Best Tips For Bilingualism- Continuing The Tradition

Being bilingual allows us to communicate with more people, appreciate other cultures and enjoy many cognitive benefits.

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By Carolina Dammert with Jheymy Rivera

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A Teachers Perspective: How to Help Preschoolers Learn Spanish

Jheymy Rivera really knows what it takes to raise bilingual kids. Not only does she have two kids of her own, but she is also the Lead Teacher at 癒HolaKids! Spanish Immersion Preschool in California.

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By Nuria Santamar穩a Wolfe

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Nursery Rhymes: A Great Tool For Early Literacy

Nursery rhymes are not only fun little songs to keep your little ones entertained, theyre also great tools to help them learn and grow in their bilingual proficiency!

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With Sophia Espinoza

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Ask an Educator: Valentines Day Edition

Sophia Espinoza is Canticos Director of Learning Design and Efficacy, and she made time for a quick sit-down ahead of Valentines Day to answer a few questions about making Valentines Day fun, full-of-love, and a good teaching moment, all in one!

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By Sophia Espinoza

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An Early Start to Bilingualism

There is a common misconception among parents that simultaneously learning two or more languages can be confusing for a child, or that being multilingual negatively impacts language development or academic success.

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By Carolina Dammert

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Give your kids some extra lovin this Valentines Day

Yes, Ill admit it, Valentines Day is my favorite holiday! From the hearts, to the colors, to all the cheesy one liners! I love it all.

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By Nuria Santamar穩a Wolfe

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Give Your Baby A Little Head Start At Bedtime!

Like me, you may love bedtime with baby for the bathtime scents, the snuggles, the giggles and the stories.

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By Nuria Santamaria Wolfe

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Best Villancicos- Spanish Christmas Carols

Tis the season for Jingle Bell Rock and Rockin Around The Christmas Tree, but as you tune into your local or digital holiday station, you may also hear the Spanish holiday favorite Feliz Navidad.

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By Nuria Santamar穩a Wolfe

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Parent Guide on Raising A Bilingual Baby

As a Latina mom, its very important to my husband and I that Sebastian, our 2-year-old, learns both English and Spanish.

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By Paul Walia

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Managing Childrens Frustration

Children are especially sensitive to change and the current health crisis has only added to many childrens feelings of uncertainty and frustration. Parents play a vital role in helping to maintain their childs sense of security and predictability

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By Nuria Santamar穩a Wolfe

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Canticos Learning with The Birthday Book/Las Ma簽anitas

Canticos books are too much fun to reach just once! Read them with your little one again and again and find something new to learn each time, while helping them become bilingual in Spanish and English.

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By Susie Jaramillo

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How Beautiful Books Can Positively Affect Kids

They say the pen is stronger than the sword. This is usually positioned in the context of Plato, Marx, Niche or journalism, history books or political works.

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By Nuria Santamar穩a Wolfe

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