The Tagalog Project

Dear Friends, we have an opportunity to rebuild the Pinole Library Filipiniana Collection. The collection consists of bilingual childrens books in Tagalog an...

Sometimes I get discouraged teaching Isabelle Tagalog, because English is the dominant language in our home. We don’t have any close relatives here, so I’m r...

1.) Jet lag is real, children don’t time change immediately. If you’re from the west coast, you will feel the 9 hour difference. You will be an early bird, u...

As a mother of a biracial kid, I want to prepare myself when Isabelle starts asking questions about race. As a mother who want to be socially aware, and who w...

Next Filipino Storytime is Aug. 24, 2019 Saturday. Featuring: Roanne de Guia-Samuels of blog Kalamansi Juice. Tita Roanne is a licensed psychotherapist, and w...

August is “buwan ng wika” National Language month in the Philippines. Let’s celebrate our many languages with our favorite words. The Tagalog language is ver...

In my family, concepts of sharing are not always equal. My mom is always encouraging me to “magpalamang kana lang, ikaw ang masmatanda” you are the older one...

The Tagalog Project featured in This Filipino American Life: Episode 89: "Alam ko na kaya mo"

Thank you all who came to the Tagalog Storytime! Special thanks to the moms and dads who helped me with the sing a long. We had about 13 kids and 25 people t...

Are you over using the word “galing” to praise your child? “Galing” is to be good in Tagalog, I say it all the time when Isabelle listens to me and does some...

Hello everyone! I'm so excited that there's a lot more interest in teaching kids Tagalog in our community. I have been doing Filipino Storytime with my daugh...

Ages 0-5. Come join us for Filipino Storytime. Learn rhymes, folk songs history and the Filipino culture. Practice greetings and basic vocabulary in Tagalog...

What’s your experience learning Tagalog in a bicultural household? As a Filipino American how does it feel to know or not know Tagalog? This question was pos...

How do you say no to a toddler? Isabelle is at the age were she wants to assert control, so every day is a battle. I say 'no' to this, 'no' to that...it’s ex...

10 Things you can do to Teach your toddler Tagalog: 1. Start early! Talk to babies in Tagalog so they can learn the sounds and tones. 2. Sing songs! Repeated...

Ever since I was pregnant with Isabelle, I made the decision to teach her Tagalog. As a young mother I read a lot of baby books, parenting books, anything th...