People often write me looking for songs about the four seasons, from around the world. Here are some! The links below take you to the different pages on Mama Lisa’s World of International Childrens Songs. There, you’ll find the lyrics in the original languages, with English translations. Songs about Winter Yuki (Snow) – Japanese A, [...]

My neighbor Jennifer had a party for her six year old daughter yesterday. The birthday girl wanted a Bambi theme, which presented a problem. Bambi party supplies are hard find since the original movie is so old (1942). But Jennifer’s daughter loves Bambi! Being artistic, Jennifer created signs on foam board of the [...]

In addition to Mama Lisa’s World, I’ve been doing work on a home maintenance site called “The Short and Long of Home Renovation”. Here’s a post I wrote about ways to keep your home safe for kids. I followed these rules myself when my kids were little!

Kids Love to decorate cookies and cupcakes – I’ve used this as an event at two of my daughter’s birthday parties. When she turned two I had the kids decorate their own cupcakes to eat. This year she turned 7 and the girls at her party decorated cookies as one of the activities. I [...]

Pam wrote: Hello, I can only remember part of a lullaby and would like to have access to the whole piece. I learned it years ago when I was a helper in my daughter’s class at school, but over the years have forgotten some of the words. It’s a beautiful soothing lullaby, and I would [...]

In my last post, I explained how I made a number seven cake for my daughter’s birthday. I also made a flower cake. This is even easier to make! What you’ll need: One box of cake mix White Icing Food Coloring Chocolate Chips Large Platter (Preferably Round) All you have to do is make one 8” round layer cake and [...]

It’s time for my daughter’s birthday. She’s turning 7 and she wanted a number 7 cake. It turned out to be pretty easy to make. You can choose any kind of cake you’d like to make. Prepare it as you would normally but bake it in a 9×13 inch rectangular cake [...]

Peter wrote to me this question that I had to share with you in case anyone else was wondering… I know its unfair but the “Mama Lisa?? are you really a grey-haired, hair tucked up in a bun, twinkly spectacles on nose, sitting in rocking chair on the porch, knitting mufflers and baking apple pies at [...]

In my previous blog post I mentioned some English rhymes which can be played with children sitting on adults’ laps, with either babies or older kids. This time, I’d like to discuss another genre of lap rhymes called Horse Trotting Rhymes. Horse Trotting Rhymes are usually done with older kids. You wouldn’t want to play these [...]

I received a letter from Hungary from Mrs. Török looking for English rhymes to play with children sitting on laps. She wrote that she’s looking for “British, American or Canadian short riddles or rhymes which we don’t have to sing but they can be played while the children are sitting on the mothers’ legs. [...]