BOCA BETH: One Song at a Time

Who knew?!?!

I mean who REALLY knew?!?!?!?!

This blonde hair, blue-eyed Irish/Greek girl from South Florida would put together something that so many moms and teachers tout as ‘ the next Baby Einstein mom goes big with idea!!!!  People are digging our bilingual beats from the Boca Beth Program from Australia to Greece to Spain to California to Texas to Florida and all around!

I find it so flattering that I would be put in the same company as Julie Aigner-Clark.  Then I remember meeting her at a conference in South Florida for ever so brief of a moment, and you realize then that she too is a ‘normal mom’ ‘normal wife’ ‘normal business woman.’  And you take a deep breath and pray to the Lord that all good things come from your efforts.

I have continued to say along my journey of life - and most particularly along my journey of entrepreneurship - that being kind and full of integrity is key.  So that’s what I do.  I stay true to face value.  I stay honest.  I stay focused on the goal of helping children.  And know that the good stuff will all follow along………………..

During summer our kids get hungry (raiding the fridge every hour on the hour!) and our kids get thirsty (I just stocked up on a 3/$5.00 Gatorade deal - as if paying $1.67 is a BIG BARGAIN to buy a bottle full of water mixed with something - yikes!).  So this next Boca Beth song in my line up of assisting all of us One Song At A Time is called “Tengo hambre/I Am Hungry” and is sung to the beat of “Farmer in the Dell.”  I continue to tell workshop attendees, “You don’t have to buy one of my CDs to do this cool bilingual stuff.  You know the beat of these traditional children’s songs.  You can pull the lyrics off my web site for free at bocabeth.com.  Then just start having fun!”

Some women one time told me, “What kind of business woman are you?  You should never say that!  Your goal is to sell the CDs not tell them how to get around that!”  But you know what, I too lived check to check (and still do if it were just my Boca Beth earnings and child support!), and I will never stop sharing with my teacher friends how to make this easy, fun and affordable!

“Tengo Hambre/I’m Hungry” (Song #5 from the “My First Songs in Spanish” music CD from the Boca Beth Program)
(sung to the tune of  “Farmer in the Dell”)

Yo tengo hambre,
Yo tengo hambre,
Oh my, I’m hungry now!
¡Yo tengo hambre!

Quiero comida,
Quiero comida,
Oh my, I want some food!
¡Quiero comida!

Yo tengo sed,
Yo tengo sed,
Oh my, I’m thirsty now!
¡Yo tengo sed!

Quiero agua,
Quiero agua,
Oh my, I want some water!
¡Quiero agua!

(repeat once more)

 

For some classroom fun and or dramatic play I suggest using a water bottle to have BOCA show he is thirsty and drinks water/agua, then use some plastic food to show he is hungry, tiene hambre. Have the children act out being thirsty with their own BOCAs or with their own acting.  Children love, love, love being on stage so have them do it leading the group or all at one time.  Both angles work!

Then use pages from our coloring/activity book to reinforce some of the food words.  And even better than that, go to our web site and download the comida/food cards and the bebidas/drinks cards from the Free Resource Area and give each child their own pair of cards.  Instruct them to hold up the card that goes along with the part of the song being sung about.

Having fun with this bilingual journey is key!

Happy Educating!  ¡Sea feliz educando!

Boca Beth

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