Mama Lisa Now Has a Facebook Group

We'd love it if you'd join the Mama Lisa Facebook Group. You can post anything you'd like about your culture. You can post your own musical recordings or YouTube videos… Links to culture and musical sites… Photos of your country… Questions about songs or cultural issues… Anything related to World Culture and [...]

Two Philippine Kids Songs with a YouTube Video

We recently received the Tagalog version of The Itsy Bitsy Spider. I found a cute YouTube video of the song and posted it below. It also has a song on it called My Balloon. You can watch the video and sing along with the lyrics below. There are also English translations [...]

Avocado Smoothie from the Philippines

Nep, from the Philippines, gave me this recipe. She told me that it's very popular in her home country. It's very easy to make this drink and you can adjust it to your family's taste. It's a quick way to introduce children to cuisine from another country. My kids liked it [...]

Does Anyone Know a Tagalog Christmas Song?

Joan wrote… Hi Lisa, I'm looking for a Christmas song in Tagalog for a Christmas around the world program at our school. Can you help? Thank You, Joan Hayden Hope Montessori School, Indiana If anyone can help out Joan, please comment below or email me. Thanks! Mama Lisa Share on Facebook and other services:

The Itsy Bitsy Spider Around the World

Shirley emailed me looking for different versions of The Itsy Bitsy Spider. Here's what she wrote: I am desperately seeking 3-4-5 versions (songs) of Itsy Bitsy Spider for an around the world float. Shame on me I left that chore until last and now I am having trouble. I've gotten English and Spanish. Please [...]

Can Anyone Help with a Tagalog Song called “”Sampung mga daliri, kamay at paa”"?

Aya wrote: hi, i have a question... does anyone know the lyrics to the song... “sampung mga daliri, kamay at paa...”? i am teaching my baby tagalog songs. thanks so much! great website... thanks for the help… please email me at ayadleon@yahoo.com. thanks again so much. If anyone can help Aya out, please comment below, or email [...]

How to Find Sheet Music, Tunes and MP3's on Mama Lisa's World

In addition to this blog, I also host Mama Lisa's World. Mama Lisa's World is a large collection of children's songs and rhymes from countries all around the globe. Matt, a music teacher from Rhode Island, wrote a question to me, the other day, about Mama Lisa's World: Hey Mama, I love the concept of your site. [...]

Mama Lisa's World News and Multimedia Features

A significant part of the Mama Lisa sites is a large collection of songs and nursery rhymes from around the world. We currently have about 750 songs from around 90 countries and cultures. When you consider how many languages there are in those cultures – that's a lot of information! In order to make [...]

May Day – Labor Day Marches and Rallies Around the World

In an earlier entry, I wrote about the history of Labor Day. In case you were wondering, here are some of the countries where demonstrations were held or where Labor Day was in some way honored around the world today (in some cases against the wishes of the government)... Russia Belarus Japan Germany Italy Philippines Cambodia Indonesia Malaysia South Korea Malta Mexico France Nepal Portugal Sri Lanka Nigeria Turkey Iran Great Britain Feel free to comment below [...]