Articles about 'Podcasts'
September 15th, 2011
Here’s a fun podcast from Radiolab about Tic Tac Toe around the world. Read more »
March 23rd, 2011
Last week we went Geocaching with my daughter and two of her friends. Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunt. You look for hidden containers, called geocaches with the help of a GPS device. In our case, we used an iPhone to find the treasure.
On our search, we passed the knotted tree in the...
October 25th, 2010
Bloody Mary is the legend of a girl or lady who died under mysterious circumstances. In some versions, she may have also been a murderer. Tweens and teens play this "game" where they go into the bathroom at night and stand before the mirror. Then they say "Bloody Mary" a specific number of times...
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September 21st, 2010
Poptropica turned three today. It’s an online, educational game for kids aged 6 – 15. The game is basically free though you can spend money to buy extra items.
My daughter, her cousin and their friends play. They’re 7-11 years old. They don’t spend any money on the game.
I joined it today to...
March 14th, 2009
Radio France has French news podcasts that are spoken a little slower than normal for people who don’t speak French as a first language. I found them reasonable to understand. Check it out if you know some French and would like to practice!
If you’re fluent in French, up to a challenge, or just want...
January 24th, 2009
Guest blogger, Monique Palomares works with me on Mamá Lisa’s World en español. Monique grew up in a multilingual family in southern France. Spanish is one of the languages she spoke growing up.
If your parents or grandparents had a different mother tongue from yours and if you lived your childhood in such a multicultural...
May 24th, 2008
Walt Whitman (1819-1892) is one of America’s greatest poets.
Here’s a recording of him, from 1890. He’s reading from a poem called “America” which has been preserved on a wax cylinder from 1888.
The lines he’s reading can be a little hard to understand. Here’s what he’s saying:
“America
Centre of equal daughters, equal sons,
All, all alike...
May 19th, 2008
There’s no better way to learn a foreign language than to hear it spoken. The internet can be a great tool for finding recordings that can help, but sometimes it can be hard to find what you need.
Fortunately, the good folks at Open Culture have done the work for us. Here’s an updated...
November 26th, 2007
Here is one last poem about Autumn before I focus on the topic of the upcoming December holiday season.
I came upon this poem while looking for French podcasts to brush up on my French in anticipation of a trip to France in the Spring. There’s a whole podcast in French devoted to...
December 7th, 2006
From time to time people ask me how one goes about recording audio onto the computer.
The first thing you need to record is a microphone. As far as I know, most computers aren’t made with one built in.
Before buying a microphone, you need to figure out where you can plug it into...
June 30th, 2006
There are a lot of new tools on the internet to help you keep up with a second language. You can learn new vocabulary, keep your ears in tune, and perhaps even start to learn a new language from scratch!
Podcasts are one of these tools. Podcasts are audio recordings that are available over...
May 6th, 2006
My husband, Jason Pomerantz of Fiddle And Burn, has just completed his reading of L. Frank Baum’s classic novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. It’s lots of fun to hear!
Come listen to an MP3 Recording of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Jason says…
I hope you have as much fun listening as I’ve had recording!
Thanks, Jason!
-Lisa
February 27th, 2006
In France, Carnival is a big celebration held before the beginning of the Christian fasting season of Lent. French adults and kids who celebrate Carnival will dress up in costumes and have parties. And, as I discussed last week, at the end, they will burn an effigy of Monsieur Carnaval.
Monsieur Carnaval… is responsible...
January 26th, 2006
Here are the ABC’s in French as sung by Monique’s first grade class…
MP3 of the ABC Song in French
L’alphabet
(in French/en français)
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y et Z
Maintenant je sais mon alphabet,
Chante avec moi la prochaine...
January 24th, 2006
Thomas Edison made the first recording of the human voice in 1877. He recited the nursery rhyme Mary Had a Little Lamb. He re-recorded it in 1927 for posterity.
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow.
And everywhere that Mary went,
The lamb was sure to go.
Listen to Thomas...
December 22nd, 2005
Here’s a wonderful song about the three wise men as performed by La Banda del Musiquero Loco. It has a nice exotic sound to it. Below you’ll find the original Spanish lyrics and an English translation.
MP3 of Gaspar, Melchior and Balthasar
Gaspar, Melchior and Balthasar
(Spanish)
Del lejano Oriente vienen
Con la caravana entre los mercaderes
Cartapacios rollos...
December 21st, 2005
Here are the lyrics to Nadal Tindaire (Jingling Christmas) an Occitan Christmas song. The song is in Occitan and with an English translation…
MP3 Recording of Nadal Tindaire
Nadal tindaire
(Occitan)
Avèm ausit las aubadas
Que se’n venon de sonar
Sus de trompetas dauradas
Dison qu’un Daufin serÃ
L’una fa :”Tarara tararèra
Lintampon ladèri tampon”
E l’autra li fa lo respon :
“Tarara tararèra
Lintampon ladèri...
December 19th, 2005
Here’s a version of Huachi torito, in Spanish and with an English translation, from North Argentina as sung by La Banda del Musiquero Loco…
MP3 Recording of Huachi torito
Huachi torito
(Spanish)
Del arbol nació la rama
De la rama nació la flor
De la flor nació MarÃa,
De MarÃa el Niño Dios.
Huachito torito
torito del corralito
Huachito torito
torito del corralito.
Al niño recién...
December 18th, 2005
Here are the lyrics to the Hallelujah Chorus, with an MP3 by Chorus Oratorio, as recorded by Thomas Edison.
MP3 of Hallelujah
Hallelujah Chorus
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!...
December 15th, 2005
We wish you a merry Christmas dates back to the 16th century. No one knows who wrote it. It seems to have been a caroling song – and these carolers are demanding a nice drink and some fig pudding!
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas,
We wish you a Merry...
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