Our favorite resources for Spanish teachers, bilingual parents, and anyone who wants to live life with sabor latino.

Para familias/For families

Raising your child bilingual

A brochure for parents

Project REACH
Resources for heritage language learning. Share this site with your bilingual child's Spanish teacher! A project of the National Foreign Language Center.

We Love Spanish
Spanish-language and dual-language (Spanish/English) books, audiobooks, videos, electronic toys, music CDs and interactive software

AudioVideoLatino
Educational recordings and videos for the Spanish-speaking population of the United States

Para maestros/For teachers

Creative Connections

International exchange for your students, without ever leaving the classroom!

Anacleta
The best resource for Spanish teachers I have ever found!!!

Nandu
A fantastic listserve for foreign language teachers, especially K-8. A wealth of ideas for all.

National Foreign Language Resource Center/Project REACH
Articles and modules for teaching Spanish and about Latino cultures; especially useful for teaching heritage language students.

Para el alma/For the soul

Comadre Coaching
The chispa behind Chispa! Life coaching with corazon. Be sure to sign up for The Pocket Comadre e-zine!

Sandia Fria
Artwork to make your soul smile!

Soraya
A beautiful artist with a beautiful spirit; her music and her story will touch your soul. The 2004 Latin Grammy winner for Best Singer/Songwriter; Soraya tragically passed away from breast cancer in 2006.

Michele Greene
The Latina Renaissance woman! Singer/songwriter, actress, author, film producer, artist, activist - Michele Greene seems to do it all, with passion, spirit and true chispa.

Patricia Vonne
Esta chica rocks!!! A bilingual Tex-Mex/flamenco/rock-and-roll spitfire.

Crafty Chica
Kathy Cano Murillo, hip and funky Latina craft diva. Forget Martha, go loca with Kathy....

The Bilingual Soul

A new anthology exploring the split personality of being bilingual. Still accepting submissions!

Juav's Latino World
A site devoted to "the humor, pain and joy of growing up Latino in the U.S."

Art by Latina Artists
Another winner by María Sánchez, who showcases Latina writers, artists and performers on this wonderful site!

"Killer Crónicas: Bilingual Memories", by Susana Chávez-Silverman
Read this book! A bilingual, code-switching, Spanish-English journey in search of identity and soul across languages, continents and cultures

The Sexy Spanish Club

This is just the best! Check out this great new way to learn Spanish ....

Latina Lista

I read this every day .... a great blog with tons of information, news, opinions, product suggestions, etc., from a Latina perspective ... really worth a look!

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