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Joy, Joy, Joy (A Carol) MP3 
Rice Pudding 
MP3
MP3 Jump over the Board Midi
Midi Shake It Brown Girl! (Circle Game)
The Cockroach Midi
Midi The Little Chickens Midi
Midi My Little School Midi
My Mother and My Father (Jump Rope Rhyme)
Sweet Orange (Finger Play) Midi
Midi Little White Dove (Nursery Rhyme) Midi
Pin Pon (Action Song) Midi
Midi Put, Put, Put Your Finger in the Pestle (Finger Play)
I am Little Vincent (Lullaby) MP3
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Here are some of Mama Lisa's recent posts about the music, culture and traditions of Puerto Rico:
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 »
The fifteenth birthday is very important for girls in many Latin American countries and in some Hispanic communities in the US. It’s called Quince or Quinceañera (15 years). It marks a girl becoming an adult. It’s a bit like the Jewish Bar Mitzvah, a Sweet 16 Party and a Debutante Ball all mixed into one. ... Read more »- Noche de paz is the Spanish version of Silent Night. This Christmas Carol was originally written in German in 1816 by Joseph Mohr. It was called Stille Nacht. Below you can listen to Noche de paz, read the Spanish lyrics and then a literal English translation of the Spanish version. MP3 Recording of... Read more »
- Jeringonza (aka jerigonza) is played in Spain and throughout Latin America. It’s also found in Portuguese speaking Brazil and even in Italy. It’s a secret language for kids – just like the English word game Pig Latin. (I’m going to make all the changes to the words in bold below to help... Read more »
- We recently received a new recording of Don Gato wonderfully sung in Spanish by Élodie Chebat. You can click the mp3 link below to hear it. While listening, you can read the lyrics in Spanish below, followed by an English translation… MP3 of El señor don Gato El señor don Gato (Spanish) Estaba el señor Don... Read more »
I was inspired to post De colores now because of a drawing my daughter created the other day – it made me think of All the Colors! The song is a celebration of the colors of Spring! This song is originally from Spain. The first translation below was done to fit the tune, so you... Read more »- Adrinel emailed me… To whom it may concern: I was wondering if you had a CD available to purchase of the children’s nursery rhymes… I was looking for Los pollitos especially.. Thanks! Adrinel Below are some CD’s and MP3’s from Amazon I found with Los Pollitos on them. I’m giving the links below to buy the cd’s as regular... Read more »
- Sabrina wrote to me looking for help with a Spanish lullaby, possibly from the Dominican Republic… Hey Lisa, I don’t know if you can help me out. My name is Sabrina, I am 29 years old and I was married to a Dominican man who unfortunately passed away of cancer last year. I am originally from Germany,... Read more »
- I love how this Carol sounds in Spanish. The R’s are a bit challenging to sing – if you’re not a native speaker – at least for me they are! Below you’ll find the Spanish lyrics to “Ay del chiquirritín”, followed by an English translation, then an mp3 recording and finally a YouTube video... Read more »
- Here you can watch some Chilean children singing Aserrín, aserrán – Saw, Saw – a popular Spanish childrens song. Below the video you’ll find the lyrics in Spanish, followed by an English translation. Here’s the version of Aserrín, aserrán that the kids are singing… Aserrín, aserrán, Los maderos de San Juan Piden pan, No les dan, Piden queso Le dan... Read more »
