With Latino + Bilingual Kids in Mind
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We mostly review CDs of children’s music with Spanish or bilingual lyrics, but Putumayo Kids Presents deserves a rank of its own. The children’s and educational division of the well-known Putumayo Music CDs dedicate themselves to the mission of introducing cultures to kids through the art of music. And they do it very well. As [...]
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Our amiga Dora has gotten herself and her friends into yet another adventure. This time she volunteers to take Swiper off Santa’s naughty list by showing him the real spirit of la Navidad is giving, not taking away, or “swiping”, in his case. To accomplish this, they take him to revisit the Swiper of Christmas [...]
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I´ve always considered myself a bit of a music snob because I am married to a Latin Musician/Song writer. With the birth of our Son, it was inevitable that music would be an important influence in his life. I, as a new mother, would prefer that he would have aspirations of becoming a lawyer, doctor [...]
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I was one of those mother´s-to-be that swore I wouldn´t let my kid control my music selection. That my iPod and my playlist would be that one-sacred-thing I was not willing to give up. Either she liked MY music or ni modo. Ay, one more parenting joke on me.
Luckily, my girl has great [...]
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I‘m sure it’s happened to you. You’re happily minding your own business and out of nowhere you start belting out the theme song from the latest movie/TV show your kids are currently addicted to. Well, you’ll be happy to know that if it happens to be a Disney movie, you can now sing to the [...]
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Music is a vital element of our day to day life. I´m always making up silly songs that I would never dare to sing in public, and now my girl is joining me. Her´s are much better, for sure!
Fati, a native Argentinian, and Charles are a husband and wife team and parents to [...]
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Iwas pleasantly surprised by award-winning Whistlefritz‘ Spanish for Beginners DVD + CD series because I expected my 3-year-old daughter, whose first language is Spanish, to be a bit bored with it. I was wrong.
Vanessa actually loved Adentro y Afuera’s DVD’s main character, Fritzi, a cute little mouse used throughout the program to teach children [...]
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This is definitely not your traditional Spanish music for kids. Not at all. These are some tunes that will get la familia entera dancing with ritmo y sabor. This is a CD you’ll be asking your daughter to play más y más.
Dan Zanes and Friends’ ¡Nueva York! is the first all-Spanish album the family musician [...]
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