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One of the great things about the LBBC blog is that I can do whatever I want with it. I've mentioned that I enjoy the sharing of ideas, so I would like to dedicate one post a month that lists your suggested reading/listening. Do you have a soft spot for a bilingual book? Do your kids sing a certain song or listen to a particular CD over and over? Please share your favorites with us (bilingual, bicultural, or Spanish only please!) Leave us a comment and I will compile all your recommendations into one post within the next few weeks.
Example: "I would like to recommend Abuelo y Los Tres Osos by Jerry Tello. My kids love the illustrations and the storyline is hilarious. It is the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears with a Latin twist. ~ Gracie in TX"
Muchisimas Gracias for sharing with us!
Example: "I would like to recommend Abuelo y Los Tres Osos by Jerry Tello. My kids love the illustrations and the storyline is hilarious. It is the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears with a Latin twist. ~ Gracie in TX"
Muchisimas Gracias for sharing with us!
4 comments:
As a Spanish teacher (I teach ages 1-5), I really find useful the whole series of bilingual books by me + mi publishing, by Gladys Rosa-Mendoza and Mark Wesley. The books are brightly illustrated, engaging, and uses whole (but simple) sentences, just right for children learning Spanish as a second language. They also cover a wide range of relevant topics.
There site: www.memima.com
For bilingual music CD, I'll admit to being bias, but I love my own CD which I use during often during my Spanish learning playgroup. My site: www.wearelittleamigos.com
and www.wearelittleamigos.blogspot.com
My kids love the Professor Pocket (professorpocket.com) cds and what's so nice is that they don't grate on my nerves like some children cds. ;)
We have several favorites. For sleeping in the car or at home, we love, love, LOVE the Cuban Lullaby CD. I bought after reading your very own Carrie's reviews on her blog. For fun songs and rhymes in the car we enjoy Living Language's Baby's First Words in Spanish CD. It's great because it had like 50 tracks and they are a good variety of traditional nursery rhymes and songs. We had tried some others and I just couldn't stand the voices, this one we adore. Finally for books,Oso Pardo & Buenas Noche Luna are regulars at our house. Oh and i almost forgot about my daughter's obsession with Little Einsteins. She's a bit young for it but she gets maybe one episode a week (we limit TV right now) but I want to look into some of the smaller companies and their products like the one mentioned below. I look forward to reading what others post.
Oh, there are so many books and CDs that we love around here. I'll recommend one of our somewhat obscure favorites: Latin American Children Game Songs (I'm a sucker for the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings). It was recorded in Puerto Rico and Mexico and was originally released in 1968. The songs are all sung a cappella, most of them by children. It's a very simple, sweet recording, and in a couple of spots you can even hear a car honking in the distance.
After one too many screechy recordings of "Mambrú" made me want to take a baseball bat to our stereo, I found the version on this album to be surprisingly melancholy and sweet.
The CD itself isn't readily available, but you can download the album on Amazon for $8.99. Definitely listen before you buy, I love this CD and my boys ask for it constantly, but my husband finds it very annoying.
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