First, I apologize for slacking off on my posts. I'd at least like to leave you all with a few holiday favorites that we've been working on during the last few weeks. Perhaps you'll be able to practice them with your children during the break.
Ocho candelikas (8 Little Candles)
This is a Ladino song for Hanukkah. Ladino is also known as Judeo-Spanish, the language of the Sephardic Jews. I have taken the liberty to translate the song into standard Spanish (although candelika is a Ladino term; the Spanish word for candle is vela.)
8 candelas para mí Hanukkah linda está aquí (x2)
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh
1 candelika
2 candelikas
3 candelikas
4 candelikas
5 candelikas
6 candelikas
7 candelikas
8 candelas para mí
Los pastelitos van a comer
Con almendritas y miel
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
1 candelika, etc.
Muchas fiestas para dar
Con alegría y placer
1 candelika, etc.
This means:
Beautiful Hanukkah is here
8 little candles for me
I'm going to eat little cakes with almonds & honey
Lots of parties to give with happiness & pleasure
Mi hombre de nieve (Frosty the Snowman)
x2:
Mi hombre de nieve
Está feliz y es muy gordo Con la boca, la nariz, dos ojos Y en la cabeza un sombrero La, la, la, la, la, la, etc.
Mi hombre de nieve
Está feliz y es muy gordo Con la boca, la nariz, dos ojos Y en la cabeza un sombrero
x2:
Tonc-a-tonc, tonc, tonc Tonc-a-tonc, tonc, tonc Mi hombre de nieve This old favorite means:
My snowman
Is happy and fat
With a mouth, a nose, two eyes,
And on his head a hat
Cascabel (Jingle Bells)
For this song we like to take turns ringing the bells & stopping at certain points when I give the cue. We also learned some sign language for this song as well as Mi hombre de nieve.
Cascabel, cascabel,
Lindo cascabel
Que alegría todo el día y felicidad
Cascabel, cascabel, lindo cascabel
Tan sentimental
No ceces, oh cascabel de repiquetear
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Beautiful jingle bells
What joy everyday and happiness
Jingle bells, jingle bells
How sentimental
Don't stop, oh jingle bells, from ringing
Next Session:
Our next session will begin on January 9.
The class will be a continuation of what we've been working on thus far, but as always, it is open to new students. During the new session, our main units will be body parts & food. We also will do lots of songs & rhymes that incorporate numbers 1-10-- this is a theme that we will be continuing to work on. In addition, we'll continue our feltboard stories that incorporate the new vocabulary as well as review lots of the words that we've been working on so far.
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