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The Little Orange 
Midi
Midi Domino (Clapping Song)
Fly, Ladybug, Fly (Nursery Rhyme) MP3
My Little Axe Midi
Midi João's Balloon Midi
Midi Kangaroo Midi
Midi My Spinning Top MP3 Midi
MP3 Midi Toyota (Clapping Song)
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Here are some of Mama Lisa's recent posts about the music, culture and traditions of Portugal:
Open Culture has a page of free language learning links covering 40 languages. Here are some of the languages you can find links for… Arabic, English, Chinese, French, Spanish, Bulgarian, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Finnish, Gaelic, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Maori, Norwegian, Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Swahili,... Read more »- Sarah wrote asking for help with a childhood song that her father used to sing to her. Here’s what she wrote… My father died [recently]… While rolling through memories of him & my childhood a song kept repeating. We were an Air Force family & had been stationed at Lajes Field AFB [in the Portuguese archipelago of... Read more »
- We were asked about two Portuguese kids songs. Please let us know if you can help with either song in the comments below. The Portuguese part may be phonetically written. 1. Tan galinhas, tan galinhas My brother and I are trying to find the lyrics/music to a song our grandmother used to sing when we were... Read more »
Librivox just released another bunch of recordings of fairy tales in various languages, including Hungarian, Russian, German, English, Italian and Portuguese (with links to the text of each tale). This is the 3rd collection they’ve posted. Fairy Tale Collection #1 also includes recordings in Latvian, Danish, Romanian, Yiddish and French. You can also... Read more »- Amber wrote: Hello, I was wondering if you knew any titles of children’s books that are written in Portuguese? I teach a class of two year olds and one of my students has a birthday coming up soon and I want to get her some books. She’s from Brazil and speaks Portuguese. Of... Read more »
- Monique Palomares works with me on the French and Spanish versions of Mama Lisa’s World. She sent me some proverbs about March from different European countries in response to a post I did about Italian Proverbs about March. Here’s what Monique wrote… Here are some proverbs in Occitan, Catalan, French, Spanish, Portuguese and... Read more »
- Cyndi wrote asking about a rhyme from her grandmother… Lisa, My grandmother always said the same nursery rhyme. She has recently passed away and I would love to know what it means. Words (I am not sure of the spelling), this was not an English rhyme. It is believed to have been Portuguese, but I am not... Read more »
- In many parts of the world, the foods eaten on New Years Eve and New Years Day have important symbolic meanings. These symbols seem to fall into several major categories. The first class symbolizes financial prosperity. This type of food is round like coins. Often, the dish will be round beans, like lentils,... Read more »
- Teresa wrote: I would love to buy a cd with all those Portuguese nursery rhymes. I have been trying to search on the net and I just can not find anything. Any ideas on how to get the cd with songs featured in your home page. Thanks Teresa I found a couple of Portuguese Children’s cd’s on CD Baby.... Read more »
- I received this note yesterday: Hi, I was wondering if anyone could suggest a nursery rhyme, song or quite from a classic children’s book that is in Portuguese. I am doing my sister-in-law’s baby shower invite and would love to put something like this on there, in her language. Thank you If anyone can help out, please comment below. Thanks! Lisa Read more »
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Mama Lisa's World Brazil Page
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Children's Songs, Folk Songs and Nursery Rhymes of Brazil
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