Since my children were born, I have put a lot of pressure on myself to ensure that they are bilingual. My husband is a native Spanish-speaker (and an annoyingly fluent English-speaker), but as a stay at home mom, I have been the main source of language and communication with our children throughout the days, months, … Continue reading My Favorite AUTHENTIC Spanish Resources for Kids and Adults
Perhaps it won't come as a surprise to learn that I had no plans to homeschool my children in the Chilean countryside this year. My kindergartner and 2nd grader started the school year in the U.S. back in September. The plan (oh how naive we were in 2019) was to give them a couple of … Continue reading Elementary School Dropouts, Homeschooling Failures, and Moving Forward
Chile is directly south of the east coast of the United States, which means that despite the 11 hour flight it took to get here, I remain in the same GMT time zone as most of my friends and family (until Daylight Savings Time practices in each country push us 1, then 2 hours apart). … Continue reading El Mes de Junio
As I mentioned in my last post, when the Coronavirus came to Chile, we decided for our safety and sanity to move to the countryside, also known as el campo. And while this might seem like another transition we'd have to navigate with our children, our family is no stranger to the campo. My husband … Continue reading The Country Cabin Tour: Before
I wrote this Instagram post on Monday, and wanted to share it here as well because it feels like a good way to bridge the gap between where we were a month ago and where we find ourselves today: Our family has had an intense period of loss, house-selling, health scares and moving abroad that … Continue reading Here We Are
True Story: Chile 