Customer Reviews

Let's Sing and Learn in Spanish, Book and CD Edition

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After my son's preschool teacher said he like Spanish better than all the other activities, I wanted to help him continue to learn. I got this book/cd and Beth Manner's 2 cd's Fun Spanish for Kids and Magic Spanish for kids. I agree with the June, 1999 reader. This cd would be good for children or adults who already know spanish or who can read really well. There is no english translation on the cd. Only in the book. If you are looking for a fun cd to play in the car or during play time get Beth Manner's Cd's.

Listen closely to what others are writing - this is ssssooo basic and poorly recorded that it really is of no help. If you have the book it may be a bit easier.
I actually got this for myself to help me with my own pronuciation and you can hardly hear what the young voices are saying. Sorry I got it but my 4 month old niece likes it.

I just love the CD to sing along with my baby. The quality of the CD is very good, the words are clearly spoken and repeated, and the melodies are fun and playful. I also liked having the book to follow along and make sure I have understood the words. I highly recommend this book/CD for those who want to make it fun for their baby to begin to learn the melody and words of a new language.

I agree with the post by the Latin American mom. I am a native English speaker, but even I can recognize that these songs are really dumb! Plus, the quatlity of the CD recording is terrible. If you are a Spanish teacher who is really at a loss for material you may be able to use a few of the songs, but I'm positive there's better out there. I am a Spanish minor and a Spanish-teacher-to-be, and I'm trying to find songs to use in the classroom. I would really prefer real spanish nursery rhymes. I'm sorry I wasted my money on this.

Call me a purist but if you're going to learn to speak a language it should be from a native speaker. Although, the songs are cute they are sung by children with an english accent. I want my child to hear a native speaker.

Ok, I'm a native Spanish speaker, and this was not worth my money. First, the lyrics are too basic, and the music is boring. Second, they are not Latinamerican common children songs. As a young mom, I don't remember most of the lyrics of children songs from my childhood. I thought this would have some of the common songs, so that I could teach my children Spanish songs from when I was growing up. I tried to play this CD with my children as soon as I got it in the mail, but my 4 year old daughter told me, "mami, that music is boring." What do you say to that? I put it in a shelf, and I have not played it again.

We use the CD to wake the kids in the morning and one of them hums and sings the Spanish songs on the way to breakfast. I'm not sure if they will wind up learning Spanish but the book and CD have sparked an interest that we hope to pursue.

This is a fantastic addition to the classroom and at home. 97% of the songs are fun and easy to learn. My children love the songs.

This is a great way to reinforce pronunciation and add to vocabulary learned from another curriculum. My students and children always like DOING something (role playing, matching, coloring, flashcard games), so this product lacks that, but the songs are pretty good, and really helps to add to their learning time, when we don't have a table handy to actually read or write and draw.

Most of the songs are catchy and fun for class time - I don't know if my own children would listen to it over and over, but a good classroom tool for us, every once in a while. I do feel that without other instruction, the students often learn the song an the lyric, but don't necessarily have a clue as to what they're saying without having experienced the lessons in another context. (i.e. Singng the alphabet song doesn't mean you know your letters)

As an addition, I think it's worth the money - sounds good, no problems with garbled voices, and nice that a pamphlet accompanies it with translations and such.
Sra. Gose
Author of Flip Flop Spanish: Ages 3-5: Level 1 & Flip Flop Spanish: Ages 3-5: Level 2

This may be ok if you already know Spanish...but if you know VERY little or none...you'll be singing a lame song and not even know what you're singing...I thought it would sing in Spanish and English to help you "LEARN" Spanish but Nope. My Boys hated it!!! Try something else!!!