Boca Beth http://www.bocabeth.com Helping you raise a bilingual child Mon, 14 May 2012 18:34:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Telling Time in Two Languages http://www.bocabeth.com/bilingual-song/telling-time-in-two-languages/ http://www.bocabeth.com/bilingual-song/telling-time-in-two-languages/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 18:34:13 +0000 admin http://www.bocabeth.com/?p=3922 more »]]> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFLzObSuiCg

Helping young children learn with this fun clock from Target and my bilingual children’s song that teaches Spanish and English is so rewarding! Enjoy these suggested circle time activities (right from my web site’s free bilingual resource area):

This is an echo song. I ask the children if they remember what an echo is. I praise the correct answer person and ask them to be my echo in this fun song about telling time in Spanish and English. If the children are old enough to get the concept, they can act out the time of day while singing about it. We hold our arms out in the position of 8 o’clock, then straight above our heads for 12 o’clock, then pointing down towards the ground for 6:30.

We will continue to explore some other ways to bring this language learning fun to life as the week rolls along.  For instance, have you seen this adorable board book with the same title as my Boca Beth song:  What Time Is It? / ¿Qué hora es?  Very cool!

What time is it? / ¿Qué hora es? (English and Spanish Foundations Series) (Bilingual) (Dual Language) (Pre-K and Kindergarten)

Happy Educating!  ¡Sea feliz educando!

Boca Beth

 

]]> http://www.bocabeth.com/bilingual-song/telling-time-in-two-languages/feed/ 0 Catch These Toddlers Learning Their Shapes in Two Languages! http://www.bocabeth.com/bilingual-song/catch-these-toddlers-learning-their-shapes-in-two-languages/ http://www.bocabeth.com/bilingual-song/catch-these-toddlers-learning-their-shapes-in-two-languages/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:18:08 +0000 admin http://www.bocabeth.com/?p=3913 more »]]> Love, love, love this video of two toddlers who had fun learning their shapes in Spanish and English via my Boca Beth song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzLi22VqDEs

How about some cool tools to continue the bilingual learning fun?

FREE STUFF:

Try this from Enchanted Learning’s web site.  (Follow the link of the text please.)

    

Language cards that you print off in full color, both languages on them, and then you laminate them!  Scroll through the many pages of cards to find all the shapes you wish to introduce.

This site is one of our favorites and has a wonderful array of things for preschoolers to learn about shapes, and even though they say ‘las figuras’ for ‘shapes’ and we use ‘las formas’ for ‘shapes’ it’s all good!  Did you realize there are more than 60 dialects within the Spanish language?  Often times there will be four Spanish words available for the one English word ~ all based on which Spanish-speaking country you pull the language from!  (Just a little FYI fun for you from me!)

STUFF THAT COSTS MONEY:

Name the shapes with the Sesame Street Gang!  This one looks like FUN!

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I have personally never used this one, and it looks better for the older children (ages 6-9) so check it out!

I use this book A LOT during my live events because it introduces colors AND shapes.    You can get this for only $1.35 used on Amazon.com

Colors and Shapes / Los colores y las figuras (English and Spanish Foundations Series) (Bilingual) (Dual Language) (Pre-K and Kindergarten)

Happy Educating!  ¡Sea feliz educando!

Boca Beth

 

 

]]> http://www.bocabeth.com/bilingual-song/catch-these-toddlers-learning-their-shapes-in-two-languages/feed/ 0 Start Your Week Off Winning Great Things for Your Child’s Learning http://www.bocabeth.com/bilingual-song/start-your-week-off-winning-great-things-for-your-childs-learning/ http://www.bocabeth.com/bilingual-song/start-your-week-off-winning-great-things-for-your-childs-learning/#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:04:04 +0000 admin http://www.bocabeth.com/?p=3909 more »]]> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDCV0UnrFLA

My Boca Beth fun products are being given away on two different blogs right now!  HURRY though because one of them ends SOON and the other on April 30th!

Here is the link to the first one where $38 worth of my bilingual products for children to learn both Spanish and English are part of a giveaway!

Boca Beth Beginner Set

 

Here is the link to the other giveaway that ends in 3 days (April 25th).  HURRY …. it’s to win a Boca Beth Beginner Set found right here at this link.

 

Happy Educating!  ¡Sea feliz educando!

Boca Beth

P.S. (As the week rolls along I will share many teaching tips on how to bring Spanish and English together for young children while learning about shapes.  Remember the FREE song download I provided a little over a week ago to use with toddlers and preschoolers?  Here’s the link again in case you missed it.  It’s my I Know My Shapes / Yo se mis formas song.)

]]> http://www.bocabeth.com/bilingual-song/start-your-week-off-winning-great-things-for-your-childs-learning/feed/ 0 For My Amigas Teaching Shapes http://www.bocabeth.com/bilingual-song/for-my-amigas-teaching-shapes/ http://www.bocabeth.com/bilingual-song/for-my-amigas-teaching-shapes/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:12:06 +0000 admin http://www.bocabeth.com/?p=3895

Here is a free download in MP3 format for those of you introducing Shapes / Las formas to young ones in English and Spanish sometime soon!

14-IKnowMyShapes-YoSeMisFormas

Happy Educating!  ¡Sea feliz educando!

Boca Beth

]]> http://www.bocabeth.com/bilingual-song/for-my-amigas-teaching-shapes/feed/ 1 Learning Spanish as a Child http://www.bocabeth.com/bilingual-song/learning-spanish-as-a-child/ http://www.bocabeth.com/bilingual-song/learning-spanish-as-a-child/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 03:50:47 +0000 admin http://www.bocabeth.com/?p=3886 more »]]> Here are some more resources to help introduce the Spanish vowel sounds (remember – each week we run a theme on my blog and provide you lots of learning fun for children ages birth – eight)!

Over at 123TeachMe you will hear simple and clear pronunciation of the Spanish vowels.  Click here to hear!

Rocket Languages has a different approach but still very useful.  Click here to view their methodology!

Happy Educating!  ¡Sea feliz educando!

Boca Beth

P.S. (Don’t forget the cool offer and FREE music download from earlier this week on my blog.  Click here to catch up!)

]]> http://www.bocabeth.com/bilingual-song/learning-spanish-as-a-child/feed/ 0 FREE Music Download for Kids to Learn Vowels in English & Spanish http://www.bocabeth.com/bilingual-song/free-music-download-for-kids-to-learn-vowels-in-english-spanish/ http://www.bocabeth.com/bilingual-song/free-music-download-for-kids-to-learn-vowels-in-english-spanish/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:16:31 +0000 admin http://www.bocabeth.com/?p=3882 more »]]> Download a free bilingual song for children to learn the vowel sounds in both English and Spanish from my Boca Beth Program and product line at the link below:

Vowel Sounds in Spanish and English / Los sonidos de las vocales

 Happy Educating!¡Sea feliz educando!

Boca Beth

P.S. (Like this song?  Check out all of the other titles on this fun bilingual music CD from my company, and order it for 50% savings this week only by using discount code BOCA50 or by calling me directly at 813.855.5393 and letting me know you are a blog follower of mine!  Talk to you soon amigas and amigos!)

]]> http://www.bocabeth.com/bilingual-song/free-music-download-for-kids-to-learn-vowels-in-english-spanish/feed/ 0 How to Introduce the Vowel Sounds in English and Spanish http://www.bocabeth.com/educational-products-for-children/how-to-introduce-the-vowel-sounds-in-english-and-spanish/ http://www.bocabeth.com/educational-products-for-children/how-to-introduce-the-vowel-sounds-in-english-and-spanish/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:00:48 +0000 admin http://www.bocabeth.com/?p=3878 more »]]> Here are several videos to jump start your learning of the vowel sounds in both English and Spanish!  Later this week I will send you some other cool teaching tips regarding this topic.

I am not certain in this first video if the little boy is enjoying teaching us the vowel sounds in the English language, but we all know that children really enjoy watching other children so here it goes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acntjoiQcCc

This song just goes on and on and on with the English vowel sounds, but repetition is the key to learning.  I know that children find it catchy and jump around like crazy when they hear it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuNhrogY-Mo

In Spanish you will find this video catchy, short, and cute to introduce the vowel sounds:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fZc4laTFpE

This children’s video on YouTube is with Mickey teaching the Spanish vowel sounds!  The quality of the sound is not so great, but I have not met a child who doesn’t love learning with Mickey Mouse:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhSAKdl-0RY

Happy Educating!  ¡Sea feliz educando!

Boca Beth

]]> http://www.bocabeth.com/educational-products-for-children/how-to-introduce-the-vowel-sounds-in-english-and-spanish/feed/ 0 More Spanish Learning for Little Children and GiveAway of Bilingual Products http://www.bocabeth.com/bilingual-song/more-spanish-learning-for-little-children-and-giveaway-of-bilingual-products/ http://www.bocabeth.com/bilingual-song/more-spanish-learning-for-little-children-and-giveaway-of-bilingual-products/#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:44:09 +0000 admin http://www.bocabeth.com/?p=3873 more »]]> There is so much more you can do with Spanish learning for little ones while still keeping the English learning going!

Why not first of all try to win something from an amiga of mine who is hosting a Giveaway of my Spanish and English learning products from my Boca Beth program right here at this link.

Teach the Seasons with a fun Hangman Game!  Follow this link.

Here is another fun, off-the-wall-way to learn the Seasons in Spanish.  Follow this link please.

Study Spanish is a web site for more learning about the Seasons in a Second Language.  Go here now.

Have a wonderful weekend and remember that I send out a fantastic e-newsletter once or twice a month that gives you really cool deals.  Below you will find the latest of cool offers for members only:

Do Your Children Love Musical Shakers? Get Them FREE From ME!#constantcontact http://conta.cc/HpKXYF

Happy Educating!  ¡Sea feliz educando!

Boca Beth

 

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This week’s theme is all about the four seasons.  Living here in Florida I really have not experience a lot of the change of seasons, but thankfully I have lived in Savannah, Georgia and Chicago, Illinois during my life and had the wonderful fortune of experiencing the seasons in both places!

Listen in to my Singing the Seasons / Cantando las estaciones bilingual song for children right here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SE3YoKHNLQ

Introducing the four seasons in both English and Spanish is easy to do with this song off my Boca Beth music CD for children called More Boca Beth / Más Boca Beth.  Find it here for only $14.99 … except for you all!

This week only (March 25 – March 31 2012) you can e-mail me at BocaBeth@msn.com or call me direct at 813.855.5393 and use SHOW ME THE HALF PRICE CD in your subject line or your phone call and receive this cool CD to teach Spanish to children for only $7.50!  REALLY!!!  And shipping is always free on our web site store.

Later this week look for more fun activities and teaching tips for bringing Spanish learning fun to young children who speak English and English learning fun to young children who speak Spanish!  That’s the beauty of the Boca Beth Program ~ we make it fun, easy, and affordable to help many young children build a sound foundation for later language learning.

Happy Educating!  ¡Sea feliz educando!

Boca Beth

]]> http://www.bocabeth.com/bilingual-song/preschoolers-learn-the-seasons-in-two-languages/feed/ 0 Spend Your Weekend Jump Starting Your Spanish http://www.bocabeth.com/bilingual-song/spend-your-weekend-jump-starting-your-spanish/ http://www.bocabeth.com/bilingual-song/spend-your-weekend-jump-starting-your-spanish/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 01:14:08 +0000 admin http://www.bocabeth.com/?p=3869 more »]]> It’s so easy to weave Spanish learning into your daily routine!

Boca Beth Bilingual Language Learning Color/Activity Book

Take a little coloring/activity book along on the car rids this weekend or to the restaurant so that Junior will learn some Español / Spanish during the down times.  Click here for a FREE bilingual coloring page download.

Now mix in some bilingual beats into the car time Saturday and Sunday (here at Boca Beth we even have a Christian music CD that features 5 songs about praising our God sung in Spanish and English).  Find the CD here for only $6.99 with FREE shipping all the time on my web site.

Don’t forget to bring along the DVDs we have created over the past 10 years – we have only made three, but each one suits the child in all of us striving to learn a second language the FUN way.  See a snippet of one of them right here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbmZQgt51hA

Happy Educating!  ¡Sea feliz educando!

Boca Beth

Enjoy this free music download of my Sing Praise song on the way to church and every morning to get your bilingual juices flowing!  ** Click the link below **

Sing Praise song from Boca Beth

 

 

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