BOCA BETH: One Song at a Time

So, you meet a new friend, you tell each other your names and off you go to forging a new friendship…..

That easy, right?

Not if you are 4, your name is Juan, and you just moved to the United States from Ecuador with your mommy, daddy and baby sister Malena.  Your parents brought you to this local preschool to start meeting new amigos in your new country with a new language being spoken every minute of every day.  You feel not so excited to go into the preschool classroom where your teacher Ms. Susan does not even say ’Hola’ to you in your native language nor do any of the children in your 4-year-old room speak one word of your native language.

Here is where our country is sorely lacking - the programs need to be put into place not to simply “Leave No Child Behind” but to more importantly “Prepare Every Child for the Future.”  And what does the future hold?  It holds a life full of diversity - a community in which you should be able to communicate not only in English but in your neighbor’s, your co-worker’s, your in-laws and sometimes your spouse’s native language (at least for the respect and common courtesy of greeting them and saying, “What’s your name?”

Following is our bilingual educational song full of music, movement and the creativity is only as far as your imagination will allow you to go with your own child, your own preschool classroom, your own homeschool situation.  Come on!  ¡Vamanos!  Let’s make a difference and introduce Spanish 0n a daily basis to our own children.

From Sing Along with Boca Beth - our physical fitness CD meant to get children up and moving and grooving!  We bring you our What’s Your Name? / ¿Cómo te llamas? song.

“What’s Your Name?”
(sung to “Skip to My Lou”)

¿ Cómo te llamas?  What’s your name?
¿ Cómo te llamas?  What’s your name?
¿ Cómo te llamas?  What’s your name?
¿ Cómo te llamas amigo ?

 Me llamo Tommy.  My name is Tommy.
Me llamo Tommy.  My name is Tommy.
Me llamo Tommy.  My name is Tommy.
Me llamo Tommy.

What’s your name?  ¿ Cómo te llamas ?
What’s your name?  ¿ Cómo te llamas ?
What’s your name?  ¿ Cómo te llamas ?
What’s your name friend?

 My name is Rosa.  Me llamo Rosa.
My name is Rosa.  Me llamo Rosa.
My name is Rosa.  Me llamo Rosa.
My name is Rosa.

¿ Como te llamas?  What’s your name?
¿ Como te llamas?  What’s your name?
¿ Como te llamas?  What’s your name?
¿ Como te llamas amigo ?

Me llamo ________.  My name is _________.
Me llamo ________.  My name is _________.
Me llamo ________.  My name is _________.
Me llamo _________.

What’s Your Name?/¿ Cómo te llamas ? 
If you are working in a small group or classroom setting, divide the children into boys and girls. Allow the girls to sing the first chorus to the boys with the boys answering then reverse roles. Then for the last section pre-select one child who will hold the BOCA puppet and answer for BOCA on the last chorus of this song about “What’s your name?”  I am telling you, this little hand puppet of ours - BOCA - has become an addiction of sorts with children from Australia to Greece to Spain to the UK to California to Arkansas to New York and back to Florida where he is made!  Using BOCA is awesome any day and any way - he truly brings out the verbalization of children in both English and Spanish!

Happy Educating!

Boca Beth

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