Category: Parenting
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Spanish Language Audiobooks for Kids
This post may contain affiliate links. The kids are learning Mandarin and Spanish and I am always on the lookout for new ways to expose them to the language. Audiobooks have always been on my list, but locating appropriate and engaging audiobooks is hard! Searching for “Spanish language audiobooks for kids” is not super helpful…
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Teach Kids About London Before Visiting
This post may contain affiliate links. We are taking the kids on their first jaunt to Europe this fall with a whirlwind trip to London! We have 3.5 days for the whole family to enjoy the city before we have to head back home. Why are we going so far for such a short trip?…
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Family Road Trip with a Toddler and Preschooler
I’m sharing this story to serve as an inspiration to all the families out there whose babies or toddlers hate being in the car but who one day hope to see the world via an epic family road trip! (Or they just want to be able to visit Grandma.) Hello, my name is Jessica. 2…
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Raising Multilingual Children in a Monolingual Home
This post contains affiliate links. Before I was even married I stumbled upon Little Panda Mandarin Immersion School in Durham and got super excited to send my future children there. Fast forward to the present: My daughter is almost 4 (what?!?), my son is two, language education has been a priority, and we are well on track with…
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40 Children’s Books to Inspire a Love of Travel
To me a good book to inspire wanderlust or spark a love of travel should either paint pictures of far off places, fascinating cultures, or simply plant the seed that the world is a huge place and we can travel it with our imagination as well as our feet. My age ranges are approximate,…
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5 Ways to Raise Great Travelers, without leaving home!
This is something I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about. Of course, actually traveling with your children is the best way to raise little travelers, but money and vacation days are scarce, and we want to make sure we are properly preparing them for both the trips we take as a family and the…
Magnets From Everywhere 