BOCA BETH: One Song at a Time

BocaBeth on Mar 17th 2008 at 8:31 am spanish activities for children, Preschool activities, Preschool lesson plans, foreign language for children, Blogroll, Music CDs for kids, Program to teach Spanish, Educational products for children, Teach child Spanish

Chocolate Fun for Your Preschool Monday Morning from Boca Beth

What child doesn’t love chocolate?

What early childhood educator, care provider and mom doesn’t like to sneak a piece of the decadent, creamy chocolate in every once-in-a-while?

Let’s kick start a great week off with a traditional Latin American children’s song titled Chocolate (and in Spanish it is the exact same spelling, just pronounced differently by saying choe-koe-lah-tay). This song is from our Sing Praise for Children / Canta la alabanza para los niños CD that was released in 2007! Click here to check out all seven songs on this limited edition CD!

Click below for the FREE MP3 download of this fun song (you might recognize it from Dora the Explorer’s show!):

Chocolate - a bilingual song from Boca Beth

Here are some extra teaching ideas to use along with this fun bilingual song from our Boca Beth Program (they come from our Educator’s Club that is THE resource of 2008 for any mom, homeschooling family, educator and child care provider!!!)

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!!!

Have Fun Amigas, Amigos, Friends - and -

Happy Educating! ¡Sea feliz educando!

Boca Beth

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