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DIVIRTÁMONOS APRENDIENDO CON HAP PALMER

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As a former preschool teacher, Hap Palmer CDs are the ones I used to turn to when I wanted to liven up my group time or just have music playing softly in the background on rainy school days. Hap has a soothing voice that always seemed to calm my classroom full of energetic three and four year olds. So I was eager to listen to his latest CD in Spanish, complete with activities that correspond with each song. The songs and activities help children to learn to identify parts of the body, numbers and counting, tell time, learn colors, and about plants and animals. "What a Miracle," is a call and response song that celebrates how special our bodies are. "Things I am Thankful for," is a soothing ballad that teaches gratitude for the earth, sea, and friends.

Since I am not bilingual, I asked a Spanish language teacher at my son's elementary school to help me review the CD. She loved it and said she would gladly use it as a way to teach the children, preschool through sixth grade common concepts in a fun, interactive manner.

It's amazing how quickly even someone like me, who is not Spanish speaking, can pick up vocabulary by listening to it in songs. Children are so much more adept at doing this than adults are. I trust everything Hap Palmer does to be age appropriate and full of learning opportunities for children. This CD was no different and proved to be a wonderful way to introduce children to the Spanish language, to reinforce concepts taught or to use with Spanish speaking children. - Carol Laliberte

Divirtamonos Aprendiendo con Hap Palmer (Let's Have Fun Learning With Hap Palmer) by Hap Palmer is an easy-to-follow 66 minute introduction and exploration of the Spanish language for English speaking children ages 4 to 10 (and the English language for Spanish speaking children within the same age bracket ) just beginning to learn, as well as those children wishing to retain their current knowledge of the language. With a wide understanding and coverage of youth Spanish/English, Divirtamonos Aprendiendo con Hap Palmer covers both fun and educational aspects of each language with a track set consisting of La arana pequenita (The Itsy Bitsy Spider), Creciendo (Growing), Que milagro (What a Miracle), Doy gracias (Things I'm Thankful For), Sammy/Soy feliz de ser como soy (Sammy/I'm Glad I'm Glad I'm Me), Veamos a los colores moverse (Colors in Motion), Un Reloj feliz (Jolly Clock), ?Como te llamas? (What is Your Name?), Pon las manos arriba (Put Your Hands Up in the Air), Cinco monitos (Five Little Monkeys), La bolsita de frijoles (The Beanbag), Saliendo a la ciudad (Stepping Out on the Town).

this is a great cd and helps my kids to learn both languages as my husband is spanish speaking.As i see there are several baby songs videos this would make a great dvd for the kids to visually see the actions to connect it to the music to help them learn the spanish language.