Tag: spanish body parts songs

Spanish hand washing songs teach children vocabulary associated with the routine and also ensure clean hands.

Spanish hand washing songs are a good way to get more language into a day and cleaner hands. If kids…

Kids learn important vocabulary with these Spanish body parts songs.

Body parts are some of the easiest words to learn because kids can use their own bodies as a reference. …

Sana sana colita de rana is a traditional rhyme we say to children when they are hurt.

Summertime is full of scraped knees and elbows. With the bumps and bruises, we have many opportunities to say Sana…

Si yo pongo mis dos manos para arriba is a rhyme that children learn in preschool in Latin America. The…

I have written about Presencias de Música in the past, but I visited again recently and was so impressed that…

There are lots of versions of the traditional Spanish song Pedro el conejito. All of them are about a rabbit…

Saco una manito (I take out one hand) is a perfect Spanish song or finger play for toddlers and preschoolers…

Este dedito compró un huevito (this little finger, or toe, bought an egg) is a Spanish rhyme that you say…

I was excited to see Juanita Ulloa’s name in my inbox recently.  She wrote suggesting that Spanish Playground readers might…

The songs from two of my favorite CDs for teaching Spanish to children are now available on iTunes. We Love Spanish…

Movement and music are valuable tools for teaching Spanish to children. Combining the two, children process the language at a…

For children learning Spanish, music is a wonderful source of language and culture.  In the case of Luis Pescetti’s songs…

Children need to hear the past tenses in Spanish over and over before they can use them. There are two…

Saco una manito (I take out one hand) is one of the first songs that many Spanish-speaking children learn. Even…

Mi carita redondita is a song about the parts of the face.  It is sung to the tune of “Oh…

This song teaches the Spanish verb forms tengo (I have) and tienes (you have) as children sing about the parts…

If I could choose one song for my university students learn as children, it might be this one. In addition…

This song is lots of fun to sing and to dance to, and it teaches the parts of the body…

This is such a simple, happy song; I love it!  The actions reinforce the parts of the body in Spanish…

Children sing this short song to the tune of La bamba as they wash their hands. The idea is that…

This song is sung to the tune of “Ten Little Fingers.”  Wave your two hands as you sing dos manitas…