http://bocabeth.net Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:23:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ready for a new song?  A new theme?  More teachable moment ideas?  Book resources? Then you are at the right place amiga, amigo / friend!  This week we will help you out with the Spanish alphabet.  Read what a fellow teacher says about this song I wrote (and the fact that ... http://bocabeth.net/2010/03/08/music-monday-with-boca-beth-and-the-spanish-alphabet-alfabeto-espanol/ We increased our number of prize winners to four!  The following women shared their preschool/early elementary school teaching ideas on how to introduce opposites and then how to bring Spanish and English into the picture at times too! They all won our More Boca Beth / Más Boca Beth bilingual music ... http://bocabeth.net/2010/03/04/fellow-moms-and-teachers-share-ways-to-teach-children-opposites/ I have been sharing some very fun and easy-to-make visual aids that bring Spanish and English together for young children with fellow educators around the country and want to share some of these with YOU!  (For FREE!!!) From our I See Colors/Veo colores song I have seven/siete (7) color visual aids ... http://bocabeth.net/2010/03/02/want-some-bilingual-make-and-take-resources-from-boca-beth-read-on/ Most of the time it's me sharing our Boca Beth bilingual fun resources for introducing Spanish and English to young children here at my blog!  As you know I share other company's cool resources that bridge the two languages together for fun, easy and affordable bilingual learning! Today - it's YOUR turn! Today ... http://bocabeth.net/2010/02/26/be-the-teacher-for-us-today-win-boca-beth-bilingual-cd-and-maracas-for-sharing-your-idea/ The melody I wrote our Opposites/Los opuestos song around is One, Two, Buckle My Shoe. Here are the words to the song: Sing opposites in Spanish & English Canta en Español e Inglés Sing with me! It's easy, you'll see! ¡Canta conmigo! ¡Es fácil, verás! Sí es yes, yes is sí. No es no, no is no. SI ... http://bocabeth.net/2010/02/25/this-is-how-we-teach-oppositeslos-opuestos-at-boca-beth/ If your personal answer is "yes! / ¡sí!" then we have a fun trilingual presentation of our More Opposites/Más opuestos song from our Sing Along with Boca Beth music CD. For the past five years a Pinellas County Public School encouraged their first graders to learn our bilingual songs - encouraging ... http://bocabeth.net/2010/02/24/want-your-child-to-learn-spanish-english-and-american-sign-language/ Did you realize the experts are agreeing that it's just as easy to teach a baby or toddler two words (one in the native language, the other in the target language) for one object? See the ball.  See the pelota.  I know it sounds so elementary, but many people think this ... http://bocabeth.net/2010/02/22/how-to-introduce-opposites-to-young-children-in-two-languages/ Hola/Hi amigas, amigos/friends!  (Feels like I skipped a week but I was in Arkansas training and conducting a children's concert for the Bentonville community so I was MIA for a couple of days!) Back to the weekly fun of sharing lesson ideas, book resources, and Boca Beth bilingual beats that introduce ... http://bocabeth.net/2010/02/22/music-monday-features-oppositeslos-opuestos-for-teachers-homeschooling-families-and-children-of-all-ages/ Yesterday I shared with you one of our fun Boca Beth bilingual Christian songs from our CD titled Sing Praise for Children / Canta la alabanza para los ninos. [caption id="attachment_499" align="alignnone" width="75" caption="Bilingual Recording Artist Boca Beth CD for Children"][/caption] Go here for the suggested classroom / circle time activities that ... http://bocabeth.net/2010/02/15/suggested-christian-preschool-activities-to-teach-spanish-and-english/ I knew when we released our bilingual Christian music CD in 2008 that it would be one of the greatest things I had accomplished during my journey as Boca Beth!  With almost 1,000 copies sold or donated to Christians across the world we were thrilled to donate $400+ to the relief ... http://bocabeth.net/2010/02/14/helping-haiti-with-boca-beth-bilingual-christian-music-for-children/