BOCA BETH: One Song at a Time

The bear went over the mountain, the bear went over the mountain, the bear went over the mountain to see what he could see.  To see what he could see.

Raise your hand if you ever sang that song in your early childhood years……………okay, you, you and you - please stand up!  Let’s see if you can take that beat, that melody and now use these new lyrics……….Yes, those right there below this line and learn a little Spanish, okay?  Okay!  ¡Vamanos!

“The Animal Song/La canción de animales” (Song #8 from the Boca Beth CD called My First Songs in Spanish)
(sung to the tune of / the beat of “The Bear Went Over the Mountain”)

Hay un perro afuera,
Hay un perro afuera,
Hay un perro afuera,
¡El dice woof!

There is a dog outside,
There is a dog outside,
There is a dog outside,
He says woof!

Hay un gato afuera,
Hay un gato afuera,
Hay un gato afuera,
¡El dice meow!

There is a cat outside,
There is a cat outside,
There is a cat outside,
He says meow!

(Continue with pato/duck/quack…vaca/cow/moo…caballo/horse/neigh…  

mono/monkey/ooh-ooh…pájaro/bird/tweet)Oh man!  Do I ever remember writing the words to that Boca Beth bilingual song back in 2002!  I can’t believe it’s been almost 5 years since I wrote that cool bilingual animal song for kids.  There used to be this long dock at ‘Friendship Park’ in Oldsmar, Florida (about 3 miles from where we live in Tampa, Florida), and that was my quiet, song-writing spot.  But then, over the years, they have boarded it off and no one can trespass beyond the foot of the dock.  Something must have happened there, but I truly don’t know (I seem to shy away from today’s newspapers and daily news since they depress even the happiest of people).Here are the circle time activities to do with our fun animal song………………………If possible find all seven (7) animal puppets.  I had to go to EBay to find a horse puppet after months and months of searching on line and in retail shops everywhere for a cool horse puppet.  Sing through each animal with children having a turn holding the animal as they say the name in English then in Spanish and talk about the animal sound for each one. Again, reinforce the no shouting for attention to be chosen.

We have created the animal language card for every animal on our animal song so download them for free from our web site.  We always suggest laminating them for continued use.  Each child could have their own bilingual language card to use during this song and hold it up when that animal is being sung about.

Another cool idea is to use our 44-page coloring/activity book where many of the animals are found to be colored with BOCA the language buddy close by.  BOCA (as many of you know) was made by the original Baby Einstein puppet maker prior to Disney becoming involved.  He is truly an integral part of our Boca Beth language fun for young children.  Puppets are used often in speech therapy sessions, counseling sessions, language activities and more.  They tend to elicit verbalization where otherwise there would be silence.

Boca is on a super sale for about 15 more days! 

We don’t like silence when it comes to changing the communication of the world one song at a time . . . .  Go BOCA!!!  It’s your teaching day!!!

Happy Educating!  ¡Sea feliz educando!   

Boca Beth

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