BOCA BETH: One Song at a Time

It’s proven! It’s true! It’s a fact! Most women love chocolate! Most children love chocolate!

I know! I know! There are many, many studies out about the positive effects of chocolate. That the ingredients of chocolate might be better for us than we ever imagined.

With all that said, we are going to focus this post on the traditional Latin American Song Chocolate / Chocolate (Yes! One of the few words that is spelled exactly the same in English and Spanish!!!! No is another example of such a word!!! And what child does not say it really well in both languages?!?!?!?!?!?!?!).

I wanted to produce a cool, fast version that would bridge the Spanish words with the English translation (which there is no literal translation so we used our creative license!!!). We put it on our most recent bilingual music CD titled Sing Praise for Children / Canta la alabanza para los niños (I wanted to write some great bilingual Christian songs for children after I began walking my journey with the Lord last year, and this CD is my first attempt at doing just that). I wrote five songs about Jesus Always Sees You and God is My Friend and so on. Then I decided to add in a couple of traditional Latin American Songs. This limited edition CD is the result of our 2007 efforts.

Here are the lyrics below, then some lesson ideas we share with teachers and children worldwide! Enjoy! Let me know your thoughts. And if you send me an additional teaching idea that we can publish and use on our site, we will send you a FREE Boca Beth t-shirt! Reply in the comments area!

BONUS SONG - “Chocolate (CHANT)”
This song is a chant – no melody behind it! Fun and fast!Chocolate, Chocolate,
Bate, Bate, chocolate
Chocolate, Chocolate,
Bate, Bate, chocolate
Uno, dos, tres-CHO
Uno, dos, tres-CO
Uno, dos, tres-LA
Uno, dos, tres-TE
Chocolate, Chocolate,
Bate, Bate, chocolate.
Chocolate, Chocolate,
Bate, Bate, chocolateOne, two, three HOT
One, two, three CHOCOLATE
One, two, three HOT
One, two, three CHOCOLATE
Hot, hot, hot chocolate
Whip it up, hot chocolate!
Hot, hot, hot chocolate
Whip it up, hot chocolateBreak of sound effect and music.Uno, dos, tres-CHO
Uno, dos, tres-CO
Uno, dos, tres-LA
Uno, dos, tres-TE
Chocolate, Chocolate,
Bate, Bate, chocolate.
Chocolate, Chocolate,
Bate, Bate, chocolate

Circle time activities for this fun bilingual Chocolate Song:

Give each child a stainless steel or plastic mixing bowl with a

wooden spoon to act out mixing up chocolate. If the props are

not available have them simply act out the motions of mixing

things up in a mixing bowl.

Science Fun for Chocolate Lessons:

Children love to taste test just about anything, don’t they? Purchase

different types of chocolate (bittersweet, milk, dark, white) and let them

first smell the chocolate to see if it has a unique scent. Have them discuss

the smells (sweet, bitter, chocolatey (that’s a toddler’s word!). We also

discuss the shapes some chocolates come in (chips, suckers, squares,

bunny rabbits). Then let them try the different types of chocolate one by

one. Record what each child says about the taste on chart paper and

display it for everyone to see at the end of this fun chocolate lesson.

Art Time Activities for Chocolate:

Use instant chocolate pudding instead of finger paint. Make up the

pudding before hand. Have bowls of the pudding out on art tables (large

enough bowls for the children’s hands to fit into). Use light colored

butcher paper or construction paper for finger painting time!!!

If you like what you see and want more - just e-mail me at bocabeth@msn.com and I will send you the two language cards I made for our Educator’s Club members FREE. Just ask, and you will receive these cool bilingual language cards from me soon!

Happy Educating! ¡Sea feliz educando!

Boca Beth

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