Rooting to our Cultures with Dora

We all know about Dora the Explorer! You may also have learned Spanish from this young girl while watching all her adventures. Here are some fun facts about this little explorer: 

1. Did you know that Dora’s name comes from the feminine spanish word for explorer, which is “exploradora”. Nickelodeon purposely made Dora a mysterious character so that kids from all Latin backgrounds could see themselves in her. Through Dora,  we can see the importance of rooting to our own cultures. 
2. Dora The Explorer show is played all over the world in over 151 markets and played in 31 languages! How cool is that! 
3. The first Spanish word that Dora taught to her viewers was the word “azul” which means the color blue.