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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,...
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The Lion and The Hare This is one of the cycle stories from India in which the weaker animal gets the better of the stronger one through wit.  It’s from the Panchatantra, a collection of animal tales and fables from the 3rd century BC or earlier.  The tales were originally in Sanskrit. Here you...
John wrote asking for help with a lullaby: Hi Lisa, My father was born in India, Granny’s family lived in India, between the early 1800’s and 1947. There is an Indian Children’s Lullaby, Ninnie Buba Ninnie, sung to my father and many generations of children. I am seeking the words and translation of the original,...
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Kathy emailed me asking for help finding a 30 year old album… Hi Lisa, My daughter had an album of children’s songs, which came out about 30 years ago. The album has long since disappeared but we really enjoyed one song on it. It starts off in English… Pussy cat, pussycat with eyes so bright, You sleep all...
I’ve been asked twice in the past week for free multilingual books. Here’s a link I found called Books in Multiple Languages. They have English children’s books with translations in Spanish, French, Polish, Italian, Romanian, German, Chinese, Finnish, Swedish, Maori, Greek, Dutch, Farsi (Persian), Afrikaans, Croatian, Turkish, Russian, Japanese, Ukrainian, Portuguese, Arabic, Hebrew,...
Veronica wrote: Hi Lisa, I am a musician living in the middle of a field in the North of England! Amongst other things, I do lots of World music/dance/instrument sessions with people of all ages.One of these is an Asian Day where, up to now, I’ve included a difficult but possible song in Hindi (Mandi dialect). ...
Tomorrow is the Colorful Hindu Holiday called Holi that’s celebrated in India. I thought, for the occasion, I would share with you this new Hindi song I recently received… Ek kawwa pyasathaa (Hindi) Ek kawwa pyasathaa jugmay thOdaa paaneethaa kawwa laayaa pathar paani aayaa oopar kawwaa peeyaapaani Hogaya kahaani There Was a Thristy Crow (English) There was a thirsty crow A jug has a little water Crow...
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Holi is celebrated every year on the night of the full moon that comes in late February or early March and also on the day after the full moon. This year it will be celebrated on March 15-16th. Holi is a celebration of the beginning of spring and the first harvest of the...
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