Happy Birthday U.S.A.!

Every year our multicultural familia celebrates 4th of July with a BBQ at home. My husband goes all out barbecuing, and we have fun playing in the pool, and cooling off.

A fun craft to celebrate this day is of course, a simple U.S.A. flag craft. Little one has been doing some flag crafts during summer camp.  

Below you'll see two simple flag crafts: 

1. Print & color a flag, and glue a cardboard "stick"
2. Laminate a white sheet of paper and have your child make finger prints of the flag 

American Comfort Food

I grew up eating arroz con gandules, in other words comida Boricua (Puerto Rican food); and although I do cook some Puerto Rican recipes at home both my husband's and son's heart are set on good old American comfort food. 

If I ask my child what is his favorite food? He would answer, "Mashed potatoes with gravy, and Mac ’n Cheese!"  My husband will say,  "Fried chicken followed by BBQ, and baked beans!" Funny enough these are typical American comfort food.  

Fly, Monarch! Fly! Children's Book and Kids Craft

The Monarch butterflies are widely found throughout North America especially the United States of America. 

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Little one and I read the children's book Fly, Monarch! Fly! by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace the Kindle version. It's a sweet and educational picture book on how a family of rabbits learns about the spectacular butterfly life cycle. They learn all about monarchs, metamorphosis, and monarch migration.

Soccer + Countries = A Learning Experience {World Cup for Kids}

Flickr Common Creatives/Photographer Digo_Souza

Living literally in "football" country... "soccer" tends to take the back burner. Nonetheless, we do have soccer programs for the children in our community. Little one's first soccer game was when he was 3 yrs. old, and he's played every year since. 

To get into the excitement, and fun of the FIFA's World Cup in Brazil. We've been reading up on soccer, learning about Brazil, counting down the days, and using the Multicultural Kid Blogs' World Soccer Cup Activity Pack. We've really enjoyed watching the YouTube videos La Copa de Todos and We are One. Seriously, this music video got us all pumped up with the World Cup!!!! My little one was dancing to the music!

Multicultural Kid Blogs' "World Soccer Cup 2014 Activity Pack" Review

Since this is an activity pack for kids I wanted to know what my 5 yr. old thought about it. At first when I showed him he thought we were going to do "work." Little did he know that he was actually going to have fun while learning! That is exactly what this activity pack is! Filled with fun learning activities for children ranging from Pre-K through 4th grade.  

Our Little Soccer Player, Pelé and the 2014 World Cup in Brazil

Little one played soccer for the first time when he was 3 yrs. old,  although he didn't like it we still took him to every game. His motor skills weren't fully developed, and of course, there were other kids faster than him. However, it was important for us that he follow through with finishing the season.  We talked to him about the importance of team work, and how he played an important role in the team.