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specializing in languages and cultures of the world,
particularly the traditions of children.


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Visitez Mama Lisa's World en français.
Présente des chansons enfantines du monde entier avec leur traduction en français.
(Presenting children's songs from around the world with their French translations.)

Mama Lisa's Eugene Field Page
A selection of pieces by the beloved poet, including "Wynken, Blynken and Nod", "The Duel", and "Little Boy Blue".

NURSERY RHYME AND KIDS SONGS SITES

BusSongs
Created to help kids, parents, and teachers recall the words and lyrics to beloved children's songs.

Nursery Rhymes Collected by Daughter Goose

GENERAL LINKS

Baby Gifts
Discover a wide range of silver baby gifts at PerfectlyEngraved.co.uk, including rattles, bracelets, bookmarks and keepsake boxes.

The Rainy Day Resource Page

Idea Box
Early Childhood Education and Activity Resource.

Kids Can Travel
Get tips and advice for traveling with kids, find great child-friendly destinations and discover fun family vacation ideas.

American Library Association's Great Sites Page
Hundreds of great links for kids and their parents.

The Internet Public Library Youth Division

BBC Education - Languages
Features fun listening comprehension activities for French, German, Italian, and Spanish.

Ingeb.org
Folk songs from around the world

De Proverbio
First multilingual electronic publisher of proverbial studies.

Language Links
Resources for teachers and learners of languages

1st International Collection of Tongue Twisters
Tongue twisters in 43 languages.

INTER-COM Translations
Professional Translators

The Children's Music Network

The Best on the Web for Teachers

The Children's Music Web

Mark's ESL World
Need a Job? Teach English. Here you'll find hundreds of jobs teaching English all over the world!

Free Children's Music - Download free MP3 kids songs from top indie artists.

Kids Music Artist Directory - The web's largest directory of artists and bands who create music for young children.

Free Kids Music - Free and legal music downloads on a site devoted exclusively to music for kids.

Children's Music Resource Guide - A quick-reference guide to the web's top sites for children's music.

Pregnancy Diary - A guide to pregnancy and related information including pregnancy basics, pregnancy tests, diseases and pregnancy and more.

Language Exchange Project - Language Exchange Project is a simple and intuitive web site to find a language exchange partner, pen pal or friend. Study a foreign language while understanding a new culture and making new friends!

Super Substitute Teachers - Tips and resources specifically for substitute and occasional teachers.

Sweet Rhymes - Nursery rhymes - many with videos.

Nicholas Wynne - Pianist and Composer - Nick Wynne, pianist and composer of fine music for piano, saxophone, strings and much more..

Baby Jetsetter - A formum for parents and babies who travel...

USEFUL REFERENCE MATERIALS

Flags of All Countries

Foreign Languages for Travelers

Sounds of the World's Animals

A Web of Online Dictionaries
Linked to more than 800 dictionaries in 160 different languages.

Travlang's Translating Dictionaries
Offers many on-line translating dictionaries.

Ethnologue
A catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries.

World Factbook
Features maps, flags, history and facts about every country.


MUSICIANS' SITES

Christa Pfeiffer (Soprano)
To learn more about Christa or to purchase her CD, Lullabies From Around The World, please visit her web site.

BOCA BETH
The BOCA BETH Program teaches Spanish and English to very young children and continues through the grade school years. It engages every age child with puppet fun, music, movement and creativity.


LINKS BY COUNTRY

ANDORRA

Tourist Information


CANADA

Universite de Moncton
Centre D'etudes Acadiennes

(In French)

Universite de Moncton
Archives de Folklore

(In French)

CHILE

Mythological Chiloe Island
(In Spanish)

DENMARK

Consulate General of Denmark in New York

Danish Music Information Center
For information on folk tales, mythology and traditional songs of Denmark.
(In Danish and English)

FRANCE

Premiers Pas Sur Internet
It has the words to an extensive list of French nursery rhymes, songs and fables, plus much more of interest to children.
(In French)

GABRIELINOS

Indigenous Peoples' Literature

GERMANY

Germanic Myths, Legends, and Sagas

HUNGARY

Agnes Online
Scroll down the page for Hungarian children's songs, animated tales, games and puzzles.

IRAN

Ketab Farsi
Persian Books and Tapes for Kids.

ITALY

Music for kids - Musiche per bambini
Illustrated Children's Songs with Music.

Research on Counting-Out Rhymes
A very exciting collection for children,
by school children, can be found at this site.

JAPAN

Kids Web Japan

Ayako's Ikebana Page
Read a little history about Ikebana, the art of Japanese flower arranging, and see some arrangements done by Ayako Egawa.

Gateway to Japan Information

Japan National Tourist Organization

Prime Minister's Office
(In Japanese)

RUSSIA

Megasite about almost everything (with a section for children)
(In Russian)

Site of a magazine for parents called 'Nanya'
(In Russian)

Internet-Library by Moshkov
(section with help books for parents, and books for children)

(In Russian)

SOUTH KOREA

Korean Cultural Service

SWEDEN

Project Runeberg

Consulate General of Sweden in San Francisco

SWITZERLAND

The Embassy of Switzerland in the U.S.

U.K. & USA

Mama Lisa's House of Nursery Rhymes





Folk Music of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and America



OTHER SITES








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A Note From Mama Lisa...

I always welcome new contributions of traditional kids songs, nursery rhymes and folk songs. Please CLICK HERE to email Mama Lisa if you are interested and write "New Song" as the subject of the email.

Also, if anyone would like to sing any of these songs in the original language, or play any of the tunes on an instrument, I would love to post a recording on Mama Lisa's World. You could send me an audio cassette or you could record it directly onto the computer and email it to me. Remember... you don't have to be a professional singer or musician to contribute!

 

 
 


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MAMA LISA'S BLOG

Conversations about the languages and cultures of the world,
especially the traditions and songs of children.

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Tapent, tapent, petites mains – Clap, Clap, Little Hands – A French Pat-a-cake Song with a YouTube Video

Pat-a-cake songs can be found throughout the western world. They help teach children to use their hands… Tapent, tapent, petites mains Tourne, tourne, joli moulin, Nage, nage, gentil poisson Vole, vole papillon Clap, clap, little hands, Turn, turn, pretty mill, Swim, swim, nice fish, Fly, fly, butterfly! We'd love for you to share a Pat-a-cake song from your country in the comments below [...]

We Now Have 100 Languages on Mama Lisa's World!

This week we added two languages to Mama Lisa's World of International Songs, bringing us up to a hundred languages on the site! We added a song from West Sumatra in Indonesia where they speak Minangkabau. We also added a Frisian Lullaby in the West Frisian language. The Frisian language is the [...]

Can Anyone Help with a Czech or Slovak Kids Song?

Lewis Grimm wrote: Hi. My grandmother used to sing a children's song to me in Czech or Slovak. I believe it is about a little hunter. It went along the lines of (phonetically): Ya simali nissli vechek… Any ideas? If anyone can help Lewis, please let us know in the comments below. Thanks! Lisa Share on Facebook and other [...]

Does Anyone Know a Song with the Line, “The Ship Sailed for the White Cliffs of Dover”?

Dan wrote, I went to school in Chilton (England) when I was six (1972), in California now, and my class sang this song, but that is the only line I can recall, I even recall the melody… “And when the journey was all over / The ship sailed for the / White Cliffs of Dover.” Anybody? Was it [...]

Can Anyone Help with a Korean Kids Song?

Curtis wrote asking about a Korean kids song… Have you ever heard of a Korean song that school girls sing as they clap hands that goes like this: Pong dong pong dong dolel (stone) donjiora (throw)… Thanks, Curtis If anyone can help with this song, please email me or comment below. Thanks! Mama Lisa Share on Facebook and other services:

Frere Jacques – Brother John with an MP3 Recording in French and English

Here's a nice recording of Frère Jacques in both French and English by Ezwa. Here are the lyrics of the French and English versions of Frère Jacques. The version on the mp3 recording mixes these lyrics… Frère Jacques, Frère Jacques, Dormez-vous? Dormez-vous? Sonnez les matines. Sonnez les matines. Ding, ding, dong. Ding, ding, dong. Are you sleeping? Are you sleeping? Brother John, Brother John? Morning bells are ringing. Morning bells [...]

A Short Poem about the Life of a Child, based on a Persian Verse

This is a short, four lined poem that encompasses a child's life from birth till death. It seems sad, yet it's really a wish for a happy life full of people who care for the child… The Babe On parent knees, a naked new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st while all around thee smiled: So live, that, sinking to [...]

A German Bedbug Song called “Auf der Mauer, auf der Lauer”

RosaMaria asked me about a German song called Auf der Mauer, auf der Lauer on the Mama Lisa's World Facebook Group. I found the YouTube video below of the song. Below the video I posted the German lyrics, followed by an English translation I did… Auf der Mauer, auf der Lauer sitzt ‘ne kleine Wanze. Seht [...]

A Rain Rhyme that Involves Baking a Cake

Here's a rain rhyme from Northumberland that reminds us that rainy weather is a good opportunity to stay indoors and cook! Rain, rain, go away, And come again another day, When I brew and when I bake, I’ll give you a little cake. Stay dry! Mama Lisa PS You can tell it's raining where I am and that I'm considering baking something [...]

Dragon fly! – A Rhyme about a Dragonfly, Boys and Fish

  Dragon fly! Dragon fly! Dragon fly! dragon fly! fly about the brook, Sting all the bad boys who for the fish look; But let the good boys catch all they can, And then take them home to be fried [...]

 
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