Category Archives: Back To School (Spanish)

BUENOS DÍAS AMIGUITOS (Good Day Little Friends)

Welcome kids to the classroom with BUENOS DÍAS, AMIGUITOS. This lively call-and-response Spanish children’s song teaches the Spanish words for greetings and weather. Children learn the Spanish words for sunny, rainy, cold, and hot as they sing along. No matter what the weather, they are always ¡muy bien! The song, performed by Ileana Pérez, is from […]

¿CÓMO SE LLAMA LA LLAMA? (What’s the Llama’s Name?)

It’s the first day of school in the animal classroom and the teacher asks each student their name. This lively merengue song – ¿CÓMO SE LLAMA LA LLAMA? – teaches kids how to say “What’s your name?” “What’s his/her name?” and “His/her name is…” Kids also learn the names of animals from Latin America – […]

ARBOLITO DE PERÚ (Little Tree from Peru)

This cheerful reggae song – ARBOLITO DE PERÚ – sets to music the traditional Spanish children’s rhyme. The song teaches vowels, common Spanish names, and the question “What’s your name?” and response “My name is…” The song, performed by Jorge Anaya and Ileana Pérez, is from Whistlefritz’s CD ¡BUENOS DÍAS! Song “ARBOLITO DE PERÚ” from […]

MANZANITA DE PERÚ (Little Apple from Peru)

This amazing song takes the game MANZANITA DE PERÚ and sets it to magical Andean music.  Kids hear the traditional Andean instruments of the zampoñas and chajchas as they learn the Spanish words for numbers and the question “How old are you?” The song, performed by Ileana Pérez and Andrés Mallea of The Mystic Warriors, is […]

¿CÓMO ESTÁS? (How Are You?)

How are you? Great! Let’s play! Okay. Not well. Sleepy. Better. This playful Spanish children’s song — “¿CÓMO ESTÁS?” — teaches children different emotions and responses to the question “How are you?” in Spanish. Children can act out the different responses along with the song, then role-play their own responses afterwards. This light-hearted song, performed […]

EL OTOÑO

Las hojas de los árboles cambian de color. Es hora de volver a la escuela. ¡Es otoño! ¡Qué estación más bonita! Esta pegadiza canción infantil, EL OTOÑO, enseña el vocabulario español asociado con el otoño. Una estupenda canción a coro para todas las edades. La canción, con la voz de Ileana Pérez, pertenece al CD […]

LOS DÍAS DE LA SEMANA (Days of the Week)

“LOS DÍAS DE LA SEMANA” is a fun, action-oriented song that teaches the days of the week in Spanish. The song begins on Monday with children putting their hands up in the air. On Tuesday, they hop on one foot, then put their hands in the air. And so on and so forth, as each […]

EN EL RANCHO DE MACDONALD

This Spanish version of the American classic “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” teaches the names and sounds of barnyard animals in Spanish. From ducks and donkeys to pigs and roosters, children will enjoy singing along in Spanish to a familiar tune. The song, performed by Jorge Anaya, is from Whistlefritz’s CD ¡SABOR! – Spanish Learning […]

VENGAN A VER MI GRANJA

Like the English folksong, “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”, this traditional Spanish children’s song – “VENGAN A VER MI GRANJA” – teaches children the different animals that live on a farm and the sounds they make. The song, performed by Jorge Anaya, is from Whistlefritz’s CD ¡A BAILAR! – Spanish Learning Songs. The scene is […]

LOS ELEFANTES

How many elephants can fit on a spider’s web? We’ll see! This fun, traditional Spanish children’s song teaches children Spanish numbers from 1 to 10. With each new verse, children add another elephant to the spider’s web and see if it will hold. The song “LOS ELEFANTES,” performed by Jorge Anaya, is from the Whistlefritz […]