Teaching Español

Print a Blank Spanish Calendar

2011-11-19T20:49:00.000-08:00

I looked and looked and could not find a blank Spanish calendar that you could write in your own month and numbers. So I finally made my own. It probably took me less time to make than it did to look for it. Oh well. So it goes sometimes. I thought this might come in handy for a bunch of things.
Blank Spanish Calendar

Spanish Days of the week Song

2011-11-17T22:25:00.001-08:00

Siete días To the tune of The Adams Family

Siete días (snap, snap)

Siete días (3x) (snap, snap)

Hay domingo y hay lunes

Martes y miércoles

Jueves y viernes

Y después hay sábado

Siete días (snap, snap)

Siete días (3x) (snap, snap)

Forgot the tune? Go here to find the English version.

Sonrisas Elementary Spanish Curriculum

2011-11-14T22:26:00.001-08:00

I am getting ready to start a new journey with Sonrisas Spanish School. Sonrisas sent me their level one curriculum to review here on Teaching Español. The level one curriculum includes two years worth of lessons for beginner preschool Spanish and elementary Spanish. My kids already know a lot of Spanish but I am excited to have something organized and planned out for me. I can't wait to tell you how it goes. Want to join me on the first lesson? They have a free sample here titled "Me llamo."

Stay tuned! Sonrisas has been kind enough to give one of their CDs to a "Teaching Español" reader. It is "a collection of 29 traditional and original Spanish songs for kids" and from the samples found here it sounds like a great CD.

They also have a level 2 curriculum for intermediate elementary Spanish.

According to the Sonrisas website the curricula is also "ideal for homeschooled children."

I can't wait to let you know how it goes at our house.

"Fun Spanish for Kids" Giveaway!

2011-11-09T18:12:00.000-08:00

I am super excited to be hosting this Teaching Español Giveaway!! One of my very lucky readers will have a chance to win one of Beth Manners’ Fun Spanish for Kids CD's.

Winner of a Parents' Choice Silver Honors Award
Winner of a Dr. Toy Award
Winner of a Parents' Guide to Childrens' Media Award

Family Fun Magazine had this to say: “With fun songs and story line, kids love listening and singing along while building a basic vocabulary.”

Ready to win?
Fill in the form below. Your first entry must be to tell me what you will do with the CD if you win. (who is it for...)

Want to increase your chances? You can have up to 5 entries by doing any of the following:

Check out Fun Spanish for Kids and tell me your favorite song sample and why it was your favorite. You can also listen to more samples from the CD here.

“Like” my blog on Facebook and tell me that you are #? to like Teaching Español,

Click like on the upper left corner of Fun French and Spanish and tell me that you are #? to like Fun French and Spanish.
Blog about the giveaway and leave the link to your blog post.
Tweet about the giveaway. You can copy and paste the following:

Win a "Fun Spanish for Kids" CD http://t.co/XuXzhvje @kalani08 #giveaway #Spanish #learnspanish #win

Deadline to enter is November 30, 2011
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Spanish Practice my 5 year old can do

2011-11-06T21:36:00.000-08:00

My five year old can:

1) Practice her numbers in Spanish from 21-30 online with a virtual dot to dot. Check out the site here. I especially like it because she can do it more than once to create more than one dot to dot picture.

2) Practice the numbers in Spanish from 31-40 with an online game in which she first has to click on a flashlight and then click on all the different keys that are labeled with numbers from 31-40. Go here to check it out. This is great because she enjoys working on the computer and she is motivated to listen, see and hear the numbers in Spanish. Me gusta! : )

3) Play ¿Qué hay en mi caja? with me to help her learn new spanish vocabulary or just review. This is a great game that involves hearing Spanish, speaking Spanish and thinking in Spanish.

Forgot your book? Spanish Vocabulary Flashcards and Lists Link

2011-11-06T19:59:00.000-08:00

Tonight I happened upon a website that seems to have the Spanish vocabulary lists for each chapter of all the major Spanish text books. You can choose to see the vocabulary in list form or Spanish vocabulary flashcards that you can print. Awesome! Teachers, if you are having your kids bring in flashcards this is why I recommend that you have them write out the words using pen and paper, never typed. It is too easy to just go to a website and print. That being said. They should never be able to give you the excuse that they couldn't study the vocabulary or write out the words if you provide them with this sweet site. This site also contains Spanish grammar and Spanish conjugation charts. You may want to check to make sure that the list is current for your particular textbook or give your students some sort of disclaimer. Here is a link to the vocabulary lists.

These are the text books you will find:

Adelanta
Arriba
Asi Se Dice 1
Asi Se Dice 2
Asi Se Dice 3
Avancemos 1
Avancemos 2
Avancemos 3
Aventuras
Bienvenidos
Breaking the Spanish Barrier 1
Breaking the Spanish Barrier 2
Breaking the Spanish Barrier ADV
Buen Viaje 1
Buen Viaje 2
Buen Viaje 3
Conexiones
De Viaje
Descubre 1
Descubre 2
Descubre 3
Destinos
Dime 1
Dime 2
En Camino
En Espanol 1
En Espanol 2
En Espanol 3
Expresate 1
Expresate 2
Expresate 3
Imagina
Navegando 1
Navegando 2
Navegando 3
Paso a Paso 1
Paso a Paso 2
Paso a Paso 3
Pobre Ana
Puntos de Partida
Realidades 1
Realidades 2
Realidades 3
Reflejos
Somos Asi 1
Somos Asi 2
Spanish for Mastery 3
Triangulos
Ven Conmigo 1
Ven Conmigo 2
Ven Conmigo 3

Spanish Teaching Link Party

2011-11-06T00:43:00.000-07:00

You can link to anything that is Spanish teaching related.

Stop by and visit other posts and leave a comment. I promise to come comment on everyone who links up!

Porfavor "like" Teaching Español or follow us...

Please make sure to link to the actual post, not just your blog homepage so we can find your post easily.

After the close of the link party I'll feature 2-3 of my favorites!

¡Vamos!

Teach Spanish Location Vocabulary for ages 4-8

2011-11-04T18:10:00.000-07:00

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I found some free printable sheets to help teach your student learn Spanish location vocabulary : arriba, abajo, adentro, afuera, junto. Your student will have the opportunity to answer questions about the vocabulary as well as draw some pictures and write some of the vocabulary. Go here to print out your free lessons on Spanish location vocabulary for ages 4-8.

Teaching Spanish with Games

2011-11-03T12:32:00.000-07:00

I blog about the games you can play with your kids to teach them Spanish but how often do I actually do it with my own kids? The truth is that it is not as often as I would like. Today I am going to do this game with my kids.

¿Qué hay en la caja? (What's in the box)

First I will review the following random objects: pluma, lápiz, vela, cepillo, zapato, dinero, collar, llaves, una moneda, una maraca. To review I will put them all in the box, and show my kids. I'll take each item out one by one and have my students repeat the word in Spanish. Next I'll ask them what each object is in Spanish. ¿Qué es esto? If I think I need to provide extra motivation I might bring out the M&M's. Next I'll explain that we're going to play a game with these items. Vamos a jugar con estos. The winner each time will then get to be the person that chooses what to be in the box. For further details on how to play the game go here.

Okay, I just got done playing and it went really well. (actually we are still playing while I type.) FYI, my kids are three and a half and five years old. The five year old did better with this and enjoyed it more but my three and a half year old still got a lot out of it. They were very interested at first in what was “en mi caja” and we had fun just reviewing. After I took each item out we counted them in Spanish and then we reviewed like I had planned. I then perked up their motivation by telling them that we were going to play a game. With little ones it is especially important to be overly enthusiastic and even a little bit silly. As motivation dwindled I brought out the idea of the M&M’s which of course went over well. And even after I said last M&M they still wanted to keep playing. Katie, my five year old, really enjoyed being the person who chose the item and said “¿Qué hay en mi caja?

This is a great game and I should definitely try to play it more often. It is a fun way to work on vocabulary without feeling pushy. : )

This evening when Daddy came home I had the kids tell him about the Spanish game that we played. My five year old did better than that! She gathered up all the items and taught her Daddy all the words and we played a rousing game of ¿Qué hay en mi caja? after dinner.

***Update!!
My three year old found a pen yesterday and said "Look mom. A pluma!"

Teach beginning Spanish at home

2011-11-03T00:25:00.000-07:00

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You can get started right now teaching Spanish to your students even if you don't know Spanish yourself. Get started by watching "Mi Vida Loca." Your student will be able to complete a course of beginning Spanish in 12 weeks and will be able to watch 22 episodes of mystery adventure to Madrid and beyond. Each episode is 10 minutes long covering basic learning points of Spanish for absolute beginners. A learning section complements each episode. Go through the vocabulary and grammar in more detail and at your own pace, then complete activities for practice. I would say that the minimum age to start this series would be about 8 although you can give it a try for younger students and see what you think. Here is a short summary of the first episode: "The start of your journey to Spain doesn't go as planned. You'll have to fend for yourself in Madrid - and in Spanish."

What to do:

1) Watch the first episode You will be prompted to enter whether you are a male or female friend of Teresa's. If you have more than one student you may have to make a compromise or watch it twice.

2) Check out the syllabus for Mi Vida Loca to become familiar with the course.

3) Print vocabulary lists from here for the first episode and subsequent episodes.

4) Have your student rewrite the vocabulary from each episode as you go along. Then drill your student on the words.

5) Do the same thing for the grammar found in the same place as the vocabulary.

6) Assess your students using various techniques including speaking, reading and writing.

There's more! Go here to find more activities for beginners and intermediate Spanish learners.

Best Blogs About Secondary Education

2011-10-26T08:34:00.000-07:00

Thanks to best colleges online for featuring us as one of the 50 best blogs about secondary education. It sure is nice to have a fellow blogger list us as one of the best. Check out the post here to see some of the other featured blogs. There are some great blogs from the viewpoints of teachers, principals, librarians and students.

Tips for teaching the vowels in Spanish

2011-10-12T00:38:00.001-07:00

I am loving magiaescolar Super cute teacher showing her tricks of the trade. In this video she shows a great way to introduce how to pronounce the vowels in Spanish. Remember a while back when I wrote about what I do with the Spanish vowels? I magically end up getting my students to sing the chorus of witch doctor. It is so much fun when they realize it. Go here to revisit that post.
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Practice house vocabulary in Spanish

2011-10-12T00:21:00.000-07:00

Have your students practice the Spanish house vocabulary words. Have them watch this video and fill in the blanks using this worksheet.

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Spanish Months of the Year to We will Rock you

2011-10-12T00:14:00.000-07:00

Want to spice up your teaching of the months of the year in Spanish? I just happened upon this video for Spanish teachers. Teach the months of the year to the classic song "we will rock you."

Strengthen your foreign language instruction

2011-09-27T11:07:00.000-07:00

Do you need or want to attend a foreign language seminar. I highly recommend BER. I posted once about it here. I've attended several of these seminars and I have always come away with teaching strategies that I was able to implement the very next day. Additionally you can often earn 1 or 2 graduate level credits for most courses as they count towards Spanish teacher education.

To find out if there is a Spanish seminar near you go here. Every time I go to one of these seminars on Spanish teacher training I always feel like it was well worth my time. I just received a packet describing a seminar titled "Strengthening Your Foreign Language Instruction: Making Best Use of Podcasts, Blogs, Wikis, and Other Cutting-Edge Technology Tools" This particular seminar boasts these:

Outstanding Strategies You Can Use Immediately

Strengthen your knowledge of Web 2.0 tools and their practical use in your foreign language program

Proven techniques for effectively integrating technology into your language curriculum

How to incorporate digital storytelling into your classroom to maximize student engagement, creativity and proficiency in the target language

Innovative ideas to help students demonstrate their knowledge in the target language

How to set up your own classroom wiki and blog and ideas for how to use them effectively

Ways to integrate all four language skills into student work in and outside the classroom

Engaging strategies to spark culturally-rich discussions in your language classroom based on current Web resources

How you can use Web 2.0 technology to more effectively integrate the foreign language standards and meet your curricular goals

Proven ideas to guide all your students toward developing greater language proficiency

Cognitively engaging activities that are applicable to all levels of language learners

Easy-to-implement ways to increase communication skills through tasks for real audiences

Simple, effective techniques to engage every student in your foreign language classroom

Ways to provide more opportunities for students to communicate in the target language using the technology skills with which they are most comfortable

How you can extend learning in the target language beyond your classroom

How to connect and collaborate with colleagues through Web 2.0 professional development communities

Ways to guide your students in identifying, using and citing appropriate copyright-free Web content in their work

How to integrate peer review and editing into your language lessons without diminishing class time

The most essential Web 2.0 vocabulary that will enable you to speak intelligently about the use of emerging technologies in the language classroom

To find out if there is a Spanish seminar or foreign language seminar near you go here.

Los Changuitos

2011-09-22T20:21:00.000-07:00

You may remember that I talked about a great Spanish curriculum for your young students who already know a lot of vocabulary. It is actually the book used for first grade in Mexico. It is great for the student who already knows a lot of Spanish.

Next up for us to read is this story called "Los Changuitos," which means "The Little Monkeys." (You might know that the word monkey is mono in Spanish but in Mexico monkey is chango.) It is a short story all about how monkeys don't wear various items of clothing each for different reasons. For example, on one of the pages you see you see 3 monkeys wearing shirts that are way to big. Underneath it says,

"Dicen que los changos
no usan camisas.
Porque al caminar
los changuitos se las pisan"

They say that monkeys
don't wear shirts.
Because when they walk
the little monkeys step on them.

The only part I'm not a big fan of is the part where it talks about why they don't wear underwear---because the little monkeys leave them yellow. : (

Here is a list of words that you may need to review if you are going to read the online Spanish version of the story or if you have the book.

usar- to wear
agujero- hole
las pisan- step on them
patas- feet (of an animal)
petacones- chubby
calzoncillos- underwear

Another Catchy Way to Learn the Spanish Alphabet

2011-09-04T15:37:00.000-07:00

One on my readers after seeing my post on the Catchiest Spanish Alphabet Song shared this Spanish Alphabet Marching Song. I know my kids are going to enjoy this one!

As an aside, you'll notice in the beginning of the video that it says that the Spanish Alphabet has 29 letters, which it probably did at the time the video was made. It seems that now the Royal Spanish Academy has reduced it to 27, getting rid of the "ch" and "ll." So the Spanish alphabet contains all the 26 letters in the English alphabet plus the "ñ." There are some Latin countries that are not too happy about this and my have decided to keep the alphabet the same. So if you are teaching the alphabet in your classroom and a student tells you that you forgot some of the letters you can kindly explain that there is debate among some of the Spanish speaking countries so if they want to add in the other letters on their own time when reciting the Spanish alphabet that they can feel free to do so.

There are some other interesting changes like not requiring the accent over the first "o" in solo when it means "only" instead of "alone." To read more about these changes have a look here.

 If If you are teaching the Spanish alphabet you might be interested in the say one add one method. What a great technique for teaching the alphabet and making sure that you don't go too fast.

Play Fútbol Americano in your Spanish class

2011-08-29T23:54:00.000-07:00

Here's a little something different for a game to play in your Spanish class.You have basic yard lines drawn on the board and a magnetic football which starts on the fifty yard line. The class is split into two teams. One student from each team competes with a flash card or word you say out loud and whoever says the translation gets to move the football one line towards their goal. The ball can move back and forth until a touchdown is scored.

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Download Don Quixote Teacher's Guide

2011-06-29T17:09:00.000-07:00

Don Quixote is said to be the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age.

Today I discovered a great free teaching guide for Don Quixote. This is a 164 page teacher's guide geared toward fifth graders although I think it could easily be adapted for other grades. You could easily use it as a resource for a home school read aloud. Check out the post here.

2011-03-28T17:31:00.000-07:00

The Fun Spanish:

You can download and review 2 weeks of this Spanish E-book program for free. For more information just go to Classical Reading and Writing and then click on “The Fun Spanish” at the top of the page.

This is a beginning Spanish workbook that can be used as a supplement to any Spanish curriculum. It teaches 1 new sentence a day for 4 days, then reviews on the 5th. The sentences are silly and involve activities like copywork and drawing pictures that correspond to each picture. It is designed to provide practice in a Charlotte Mason/classical style format. Week 1 consists of sentences using the verb ser-to be. Week 2 uses the verb tener- to have.

There is a pronunciation guide in the beginning so I think that you could teach with this even if you don't know any Spanish.

Perfect for students who can already read and write in English around 3rd grade and up. It would also provide great practice for any beginning Spanish program.

The price is $15.95 for a 218 pg. download.

Favorite Posts from other bloggers this week

2011-03-08T20:36:00.000-08:00

I browsed some of my favorite Spanish teaching blogs today and found some great posts.

Free Spanish activity and Spanish song to download for young kids -- From Spanglish Baby

Teaching and learning Spanish reminded me about the free Spanish thematic units that range in levels from preschool through high school from the national k-12 foreign language resource center.

Wannajugarconmigo posted a while back about the new Spanish lesson plans available from Whistlefritz . My kids and I love the music and DVD's available from Whistlefritz so I will definitely be checking these lesson plans out.

I was also intrigued about the Spanish kids music that Wannajugarconmigo posted about. It is by Abbasubi and you can listen to their music on their website as well as watch some of their videos.

First Grade Spanish Curriculum

2011-03-05T09:24:00.000-08:00

I've been working at getting my kids to learn Spanish at home since they were babies. Now that my oldest (4.5) is doing some reading and math I was super excited to find this Spanish curriculum which I wrote about in my last post. Unfortunately when I was updating that post somehow I lost the entire post. Aargh! Anyway I found a set of 6 books geared toward 1st grade curriculum. The books were printed in Mexico and I am guessing this is what some of the schools use. I bought each book for $1. They were in the used book store part of our library. I felt like I'd hit the jackpot.

This curriculum is for the parent or caregiver who already knows a lot of Spanish and wants to provide some additional structure. I am highlighting the first grade Spanish curriculum because that is what I am using with my daughter as a homeschool Spanish curriculum but it does go through grade 6.

For the first grade level it has a Spanish reading book that you can easily do all online or you can buy the Lectura book. Having the book is nice because you can sit down on the couch or wherever with your little one and read the stories. Here is what the book, Español: Primer Grado Lecturas, looks like:

My daughter did a couple activities in the activity book, Español: Primer Grado Actividades and Español: Primer Grado Recortable , which correspond with the Spanish reading book.

You at least need the above two books in order to make this Spanish curriculum work. If you don't mind reading the stories that correspond to the activity books online then you don't need the lectura book. For the first grade books I really don't think it is necessary to have the reading book because you can listen to each story in Spanish online and the stories are fairly short. However, it looks like the 2nd through 6th grade Spanish reading books do not have the audio and if you are reading it online the print is kind of small. I like having the reading book so that my daughter and I can sit and read it anywhere. Some of these books are being sold fairly cheap by third party sellers on Amazon. I think the shipping costs more than the price of the book.

Here's what my daughter and I did using the 3 first grade books I have mentioned. We first read the story Saltan y Saltan from the first grade Spanish reading book. If you want to check it out go here. (Go here to see all the reading selections from this book.) Then we did the corresponding activity from the Actividades book. My daughter got to cut out pictures of the dwarfs from the story (found in the recortable book), and then paste the pictures on a page in the Actividades book. Before doing all this we talked about each emotion/ feeling depicted by each dwarf. I then had her find the word that matched and paste the picture on the correct spot. Then she wrote each Spanish word under the picture while I sounded it out for her in Spanish. She is in the middle of working on first grade hooked on phonics so while some of the sounds are a little different than she's used to for English it really was no problem for her.

I have 3 other books I purchased as well that go along with this curriculum so stay tuned for when I review them.

A Dual Immersion Workbook for help in Teaching Spanish to Young Children

2011-02-16T09:42:00.000-08:00

After seeing this book in a book store recently I decided to order it through Amazon (since I have a bunch of free gift certificates.) It has one glowing 5 star review and I am hoping it will be a great addition to our work at home for K-1. It is not a language program per say but it does provide directions for the activities in both Spanish and English. Practice areas including math and language arts. Does anyone else know about this book or use a Homeschool Spanish curriculum for young kids at home? Be sure to leave a comment.

Bilingual Big Get Ready! Software Kindergarten

Also, check out my personal experience with Teach Them Spanish.

Use a search engine to earn free amazon gift cards

2011-02-10T14:15:00.000-08:00

I know teachers are often strapped for cash so I wanted to show you how I have earned over $120 in Amazon gift cards just by searching the internet.

I mentioned Swagbucks in a recent post.

Do you ever search the internet? I assume the answer is yes. Would you like to get rewarded when you search? I bet the answer is yes. I have made over $120 in amazon gift cards just by using Swagbucks as my search engine.

What are Swagbucks?
Swagbucks is a site that lets you earn Swagbucks (points) by literally just searching the web… something we do on a daily basis anyway! They also have an excellent referral program! If you refer someone over to Swagbucks and they earn a Swagbuck, you will earn a Swagbuck too–up to 1000 Swagbucks! So you could potentially earn 1000 Swagbucks from each friend you refer! Plus, once you accumulate enough Swagbucks, you can cash them in for various rewards, including Amazon.com gift cards (my personal favorite)!

How do you get started?

Go here and register on Swagbucks by creating an account
You will get some Swagbucks just for signing up!
After registering, you can immediately start searching for anything you want on the web just by using the Swagbucks search engine!
Periodically, while searching, you may see a pop up that says you’ve won anywhere from 1 to 10 or more in Swagbucks. I usually "win" swagbucks twice but sometimes three times a day.
Another way to earn Swagbucks, is by entering a Swagcode that is released almost everyday. This is a special code that you can enter in the swagcode box and you will instantly earn Swagbucks without having to search for them! How do you get this special code? Go to the Swagbucks homepage, click on “Ways to Earn” in the top left, then click on “Special Offers” and then click on the “No Obligation Offers” blue box on the right.
I also earn one swagbuck a day because I have downloaded the tool bar.
I try to do the daily poll every day (which takes about 3 seconds) and I earn a swagbuck every day I do this.
After linking my swagbuck account to facebook I quickly got a bunch of referrals.

Once you register it will state:
Welcome to Swag Bucks Special Offers. Sign up for the free money-saving offers you like,
feel free to skip the rest, and find a special swag code reward at the end.
Skip ALL the offers by clicking the skip button or the See Next Offer button beneath the advertisement. Finally after about 7 pages you’ll be awarded with a Swagcode! Enter the code in the box provided on the homepage to see how much you’ve earned.

After you’ve earned enough points, you can click on the upper tab labeled “Prizes”. Scroll down and under the categories section on the left hand side you should see “Gifts and Rewards”–click there. Now you can start scrolling through all the gift cards they have available. The Amazon.com gift card is by far my favorite reward! You can score a $5 Amazon.com gift card with just 450 Swagbucks, so very soon you could earn a $5 Amazon.com gift card!

Will you make your living on Swagbucks? No. Will you make some money? Yes. Is it easy and free? Yes and yes!!

So far I have earned over $120 in Amazon gift cards. This won't pay the mortgage but it is something. Get mom and dad on board. Get your friends on board. Remember you get matched buck for buck until they reach 1000. There are tons of other prizes. I just find that Amazon gets the best bang for my swagbuck. Did you know you can buy groceries on Amazon? I recommend saving up enough so that you have free shipping. I think your purchase has to be $25 or more.

Here is a recent screen shot of $120 in Amazon gift cards that I have redeemed.

Let me know if you decide to swagbuck!

Free songs at Amazon: $2 off MP3 Coupon Code

2011-02-07T13:41:00.000-08:00

Hurray! Now through February 14th, send any MP3s to your friends and loved ones (I sent mine to myself for my kids : ) ) , and get $2 off with code VDAYMP3S.

Let us know in the comment section what songs you decide to get.

Here's what to do:

1) Choose the song that you want and open it in another tab/ window. Click on the button “give song as a gift.”
2) Enter the recipient's email address. (I entered my own. It's a gift for my kids : ) )
3) Follow the instructions to personalize your MP3 gift and click the “Proceed to Checkout” button. (If you do not currently have a credit card and billing address associated with your account, you will need to add them although you will not be charged.)
4) On the checkout page, enter code VDAYMP3S in the box labeled “Have any gift cards, gift certificates, or promotional claim codes?” and click the “Apply” button. Your $2 credit will be added. If you receive an error, make sure you’ve entered the code correctly and that the promotion is still valid and has not expired.

I chose the following songs from Muevete-Learn Spanish Through Song and Movement :

1) Hokey Pokey in Spanish
2) Muévete/Move It

Other songs I've chosen during a similar MP3 promotion at Amazon were from whistlefritz

There are two MP3 music albums to choose from:
A Bailar! Let's Dance! -- Spanish Learning Songs Canciones Infantiles and Cha, Cha, Cha -- Spanish Learning Songs Canciones Infantiles Plus you can sample .

I chose these songs:
1) El Baile De Las Manos (The Hand Dance)
2) Los Niños cuando bailan and
3)Los deditos

I also highly recommend songs from the Sesame Street fiesta Songs I used these Spanish songs even for my high school classes.

1) Me Gusta (I Like It)

2) No Me Gusta (I Don't Like It)