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A Lesson from King Richard: Believe it for your Kids First

I finally watched King Richard! I’d been wanting to watch it for a while, and after Will Smith won the Oscar for Best Actor for his…

Mar 31, 2022

A Lesson from King Richard: Believe it for your Kids First

Mar 31, 2022

Raising Bilingual Kids? Shift Away from a “Not Enough” Mentality

While at Stanford Graduate School of Education, I read countless articles about bilingualism. I read about how bilingualism enhances…

Mar 24, 2022

Raising Bilingual Kids? Shift Away from a “Not Enough” Mentality

Mar 24, 2022

The Beautiful Challenge of Heritage Language Learning

“The only people encouraged to learn a second language in the U.S. are white monolinguals.” -unknown

Mar 17, 2022

The Beautiful Challenge of Heritage Language Learning

Mar 17, 2022

Why Bilingualism and Shame Don’t Belong Together

“I only understand it, I don’t speak it.”

Mar 10, 2022

Why Bilingualism and Shame Don’t Belong Together

Mar 10, 2022

The Best Gifts for Bilingual Kids

This is not your typical affiliate-link-laden gift post! Like many parents, I am convinced my kids don’t need more stuff. They definitely…

Mar 3, 2022

The Best Gifts for Bilingual Kids

Mar 3, 2022

How My Family Uses Lelu Each Month

One of the questions I get asked most often is how I use Lelu with my own kids. For starters, I can honestly share that my kids love Lelu…

Feb 24, 2022

How My Family Uses Lelu Each Month

Feb 24, 2022

WONDER: Thoughts on the Spanish translations of the audiobook and movie.

The act of translating is a self-reflective and powerful exercise. It can be really fun and also very challenging. Translating is part of…

Feb 17, 2022

WONDER: Thoughts on the Spanish translations of the audiobook and movie.

Feb 17, 2022

Immigrants sacrifice so much to come to this country — heritage languages should be preserved.

Immigrants sacrifice a lot to come to this country — heritage languages shouldn’t be part of that sacrifice.

Feb 10, 2022

Immigrants sacrifice so much to come to this country — heritage languages should be preserved.

Feb 10, 2022

Where does the name “Lelu” come from and what does it mean?

A Love story about Reclaiming and maintaining our Bilingualism

Feb 4, 2022

Where does the name “Lelu” come from and what does it mean?

Feb 4, 2022

Reflections on Encanto

Encanto is all the rage right now. Everyone is talking about the music, creating an Encanto reel or TikTok, and even Peloton is offering…

Jan 27, 2022

Reflections on Encanto

Jan 27, 2022

Ana Leyva

Ana Leyva

Founder and CEO of Lelu (www.lelu-usa.com). Writes about all things bilingualism. Mom of two, wife, first-gen grad of Princeton, Stanford GSB and GSE. @lelu_usa

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