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Let's Sing and Learn in Spanish (Spanish Edition)

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I purchased the book and cassette set when I was trying to teach myself spanish. I was 16 at the time, and though the songs on the tape are definitely geared toward younger kids, the music is very catchy, and 7 years later I can still sing those songs. (To be honest, when I had Spanish tests in High School, I could sing the songs in my head and remember what I needed to know!) In addition to sentence structure, the set teaches a vocabulary including colors, animals, verbs, numbers, clothing, and more. I *strongly* recommend this book and cassette to anyone learning, refreshing, or teaching spanish. I found it to be an invaluable tool.

I have used this book and cassette of Spanish songs in elementary classrooms to supplement our learning of Spanish. I have also recommended it to the teachers I work with during in-service sessions. The songs reinforce the material covered in the classroom: days of the week, parts of the body,colors, saying your name, sounds of the vowels and much more. The tunes are catchy and easy to learn. You find yourself humming them all day long which of course means you're menatlly "practicing" Spanish too! I appreciate this book so much I have recommended it in the reading list of my own book, "Say It in Spanish! Language and Activities for the Elementary Classroom."

I PURCHASED THIS BOOK/CASSETTE IN THE HOPES THAT MY SON WOULD LEARN SPANISH (OR A BIT OF SPANISH AT LEAST) WHILE HAVING FUN SINGING THE MUSIC. HE NOW KNOWS THE WORDS TO ALL OF THE SONGS IN SPANISH, BUT HE HAS NOT A CLUE TO WHAT HE IS SINGING. IT IS NOT WHAT I EXPECTED. THERE IS NO INSTRUCTION OR TRANSLATION. I WOULD ONLY RECOMMEND IT TO SOMEONE WHO WAS LOOKING FOR A SPANISH CHILDRENS CASSETTE, NOT TO ONE WHO IS LOOKING TO LEARN SOME OF THE LANGUAGE.