05/06/2008 05:13 PM

Mother’s Day in Mexico with a Spanish Song

Mother’s Day in Mexico is called Día de las Madres in Spanish. It’s held on May 10th every year. The evening of the 9th is also important. Grown children are expected to spend the evening before Mother’s Day with their Moms too. Many Mexican mothers wake up to their children singing Las Mañanitas [...]

12/29/2007 10:48 PM

Symbolic Foods Eaten Around the World for New Years

In many parts of the world, the foods eaten on New Years Eve and New Years Day have important symbolic meanings. These symbols seem to fall into several major categories. The first class symbolizes financial prosperity. This type of food is round like coins. Often, the dish will be round beans, like lentils, [...]

10/16/2007 05:55 PM

A Song about Skeletons in Spanish with an English Translation from Costa Rica

Here’s a nice, gently scary song you might like to teach your children or students for Halloween or Day of the Dead. It’s called Los esqueletos or The Skeletons. In Costa Rica it’s used to teach numbers in an exciting way! My husband and I loosely translated the English version so that you can [...]

10/01/2007 02:27 PM

Announcing Mamá Lisa’s World en español!

We’re very excited to make an important announcement – Mama Lisa’s World, our collection of children’s songs from around the globe, is now available in Spanish! Mama Lisa’s World features almost a thousand kids’ songs from more than a hundred countries and cultures. Many are available in the original languages, with translations into English, French [...]

06/18/2007 12:18 PM

Does Anyone Know a Spanish Children’s Song about a Sardine Traveling Over Mountains?

Liz wrote: As a child staying in Spain with family friends, I remember learning a song about a sardine. I can remember that as part of the song it traveled over mountains. I can remember laughing so much with my best friend who was Spanish, about this sardine travelling over mountains. Has anyone else got any [...]

04/15/2007 12:00 PM

A Springtime Song Called La Primavera from Peru

Here’s a nice Peruvian children’s song about the Spring in Spanish followed by an English translation… LA PRIMAVERA LA PRIMAVERA CANTAN CANTAN POR LOS CAMPOS PRIMAVERA LLEGA YA POR LOS CAMPOS VIENE RIENDO JAJA RIENDO JAJAJAJA PRIMAVERA LOS CAMPOS FLORECEN LAS AVES APARECEN SALE EL SOL TODO ES AMOR LLEGO LA PRIMAVERA VESTIDA DE FLORES Y YO QUISIERA VESTIRME DE MIL COLORES Springtime Springtime They sing, sing in the fields, Spring arrives by [...]

02/22/2007 01:19 PM

Spanish Translations of English Children’s Songs

Jackie wrote us looking for some Spanish versions of English songs. Online, at Mama Lisa’s World, we already have Itzi, bitzi araña, which is the Spanish version of Itsy Bitsy Spider. There’s also Estrellita, which is Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star in Spanish. You can click on the links for the lyrics in Spanish with [...]

02/10/2007 01:41 PM

Do You Know of Any Spanish Jump Rope Songs?

Anne-Marie wrote: Hello, My name is Anna-Marie. I am going to participate in a mission trip to the Dominican, and I was planning to bring some skipping ropes. Do you know any songs in Spanish that would go well with this activity? It’s for 5-7 year olds. Thanks, Anna-Marie If anyone can help out with any Spanish Jump Rope songs, [...]

01/06/2007 08:35 PM

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. [...]

12/15/2006 10:23 AM

Spanish Christmas Carol Fum, Fum, Fum with English Translation

Fum, Fum, Fum or Veinticinco de Diciembre, is a very popular Christmas Carol throughout the Spanish speaking world. There are different versions, but from what I can tell, this is one of the more common ones. This carol has its roots in a Catalan Christmas Carol called A vint-i-cinq de desembre or Fum, Fum, Fum [...]