by Erica Ray | Jan 25, 2020 | Learn Spanish, Spanish Stories
Las Flores de Mi Jardín (The Flowers of My Garden) is an original bilingual Spanish/English short story, ideal for Spanish students. Spanish short stories, particularly audiobooks, are one of the most effective ways to improve your listening skills, reading...
by Erica Ray | Jan 17, 2020 | Learn Spanish, Spanish Stories
Mi Madre, Mi Espejo (My Mother, My Mirror) is an original Spanish short story, ideal for intermediate Spanish students. Spanish short stories, particularly audiobooks, are one of the most effective ways to improve your listening skills, reading abilities, vocabulary,...
by Erica Ray | Jan 13, 2020 | Learn Spanish
So after taking a thorough look at Rocket Spanish, it kind of left me wondering why it’s not the most popular Spanish-learning program on the market. If you would prefer to watch this review in video format, please see the video here. Otherwise, keep reading!...
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by Erica Ray | Jan 4, 2020 | Learn Spanish, Spanish Conversations
This interactive Spanish audio lesson for beginners is in conversation format and includes screen text and visuals. Our theme today is “Meeting a Stranger.” This Spanish conversation will help you master basic Spanish vocabulary words and phrases that are...
by Erica Ray | Dec 10, 2019 | Learn Spanish, Strategies to Learn Spanish
Do you want to sound more like a native Spanish-speaker? You may be surprised to know that learning how to pronounce the Spanish vowel sounds properly will get you 80% closer to sounding like a native speaker. When we think of speaking like a native Spanish-speaker,...
by Erica Ray | Aug 30, 2019 | Learn Spanish, Strategies to Learn Spanish
We’ve all heard it before. “Kids are masters at learning a new language.” “Past the age of 12 (or 10…or 5!) it’s much harder to develop native-level fluency.” “A baby’s brain can easily pick up 3-5 languages at one time.” And you’ve wondered, “Is it too late for me?”...
by Erica Ray | Aug 15, 2019 | Learn Spanish, Uncategorized
Bilingualism or multilingualism. Many of us desire it. Even more of us want it for our children. But is raising bilingual children worth the effort? The cognitive benefits of bilingualism are indisputable. Bilingual kids’ brains have been linked with advanced...
by Erica Ray | Jul 16, 2019 | Learn Spanish, Strategies to Learn Spanish
Spanish holds the #2 spot for the language with the largest number of native speakers worldwide and is the official language of 21 countries. With an estimated 41 million native Spanish speakers in the United States, it’s not hard to understand why so many who...
by Erica Ray | Jun 10, 2019 | Life in Mexico
Our daughter was 10 months old when we flew her from our Kentucky home to Mexico over 5 years ago. With her being so little and with so many other life altering subjects to ponder on, creating a plan for her future schooling did not make it on the top 10 priority list...
by Erica Ray | May 23, 2019 | Life in Mexico
It comes as no surprise that the cost of living in Mexico is significantly less than in the United States and other “developed” nations. But how much less? In my experience, the cost of living in Mexico is anywhere from 42% – 92% cheaper than in the United...
