Infant/Toddler Spanish at BABS

We're off to a great start with infant/toddler Spanish at BABS! It's such a pleasure to work with so many families.

Here is a run down of what we've worked on so far:

Greetings
We'll be starting all of our classes by singing the hola song, followed by

Aquí estamos juntos which is a song to learn everyone's name.

To see the lyrics to these two songs & their translations, see the post for Week 1 BDLC.

Fall
Diez calabazas is a rhyme about ten pumpkins, a fall favorite! See the post for Week 5 BDLC.

Body Parts
I like to make sure that we get plenty of active time in class for our wiggly wee ones. In this series, one of the topics that we'll be focusing on is body parts. One of my favorites to get the kids moving is: Mi cuerpo hace música. See the post for Week 1 BDLC.

Another body parts classic is: Cabeza, hombros, rodillas y pies (Head, shoulders, knees & toes). You all know the tune, but here are the words in Spanish:

Cabeza, hombros, rodillas y pies, rodillas y pies
Cabeza, hombros, rodillas y pies, rodillas y pies
Ojos, orejas, boca y nariz
Cabeza, hombros, rodillas y pies, rodillas y pies

And another one of my personal favorites: Calipso

Vamos a mover, vamos a mover la cabeza

Si el calipso no suena más, yo me congelo en mi lugar

Si el calipso no suena más, yo me congelo en mi lugar

Let's move, let's move the head

If the calipso doesn't sound anymore, I will freeze in my place

If the calipso doesn't sound anymore, I will freeze in my place.

Each time, we change the body part:

los bracitos (little arms)

los piecitos (little feet)

la colita (little behind)

todo el cuerpo (the whole body)

Quiet Time
After a lot of activity, it's helpful to create a quieter atmosphere for our children. To do this, we sing La lechuza (The Owl)-- sung to the tune of Frere Jacques-- see the post for Week 3 BDLC.

Counting
Another important topic we'll be looking at is counting 1-10.

We did Diez deditos which is sung to the tune of the 10 Little Indians-- see the post for Week 3 BDLC.

And another old familiar one was Cinco monitos (Five Little Monkeys)-- see the post for Week 5 BDLC.

Fingerplays
This is one that I enjoy doing with my 6 mo. old daughter: Este niño halló un huevo or This Little Child Found an Egg.

Este niño halló un huevo

Éste lo coció

Éste lo peló

Éste le echó sal

Y este gordito chaparrito se lo comió

Le dio sed y fue a buscar agua

This little child found an egg

This one cooked it

This one peeled it

This one put on salt

And this fat, short one ate it,

Got thirsty and went to look for water

La pequeñita araña

We did this perennial favorite to close out the class: The Itsy Bitsy Spider.

La pequeñita araña

subió, subió, subió

Vino la lluvia y se la llevó

Salió el sol y la lluvia se secó

Y la pequeñita araña subió, subió, subió

We like to do this song a second time with the GRANDOTA araña, the HUGE spider...

Goodbye!

And to conclude our class each week, we'll be singing the Goodbye song, a call & response ditty to the tune of Frere Jacques:

Adiós amigos, adíos amigos

Ya me voy, ya me voy

Me dio mucho gusto, me dio mucho gusto

Estar con ustedes, estar con ustedes

Adíos, adíos, adíos, adíos

Goodbye friends, goodbye friends

I'm going, I'm going

It was a pleasure, it was a pleasure

To be with you, to be with you

Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye