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Letter about a student who loves Musical Spanish! | Print |

Thought you might get a kick out of this one... I was just up at my parents' place this past weekend. On an earlier visit I took the Spanish CD and gave it to good friends of mine. The two little guys go to a school where all of their classes are taught in Spanish. The youngest who's in first grade absolutely, positively loves the CD and has committed several of the songs to memory. He even took the CD to school for show and tell and did a Karaoke version of La Cucaracha for his class. He is currently working on memorizing the "Tumbata" song. (Forget what the real name is but it's the one about the little car.) You should hear him sing -- it's soooooo cute!

Best wishes, Keli
 
Erica Vaugh, Spanish student in Kansas | Print |

Dear Ms. Tipton,

Muchos gracias! I love your book/CD-ROM/CD! I actually discovered it while searching the web for the songs that I had learned in my Spanish class as a child, particularly "Alla en el Rancho Grande". I've fallen in love with "Cielito Lindo". Are there any CD's that you recommend for the traditional version (particularly sung by Erick)? Ustedes son muy, muy excellente! Thank you so...
 
Spanish Teacher from Pittsburgh | Print |

Dear Stacey,


I have waited to write about the materials received until I had used them with my students a little longer. My students find the grammar a lot simpler to follow than that of the textbooks and needless to say. If you can sing it, you will remember it!! My students are having a ball singing, dancing and adapting the techniques to other styles of music. You would HOWL to see them rapping, and singing to odd beats in Spanish. There is nothing like "activity days" to get them going! (Except cooking days, of course...).By the way, the next verse on "La Adelita" is:
Si Adelita se fuera con otro
si Adelita fuera mi mujer
le compraria un vestido de seda
para llevarla a bailar al cuartel.
The last one I believe is:
Y si acaso yo muero en la guerra
y mi cuerpo en la tierra ha de quedar
Adelita por Dios te lo ruego
que por mi no vayas a llorar.
PS. My students think "Adelita" is a rat!!!
Thanks again. (Señora from Pittsburgh, PA)
 
Martin Howfield, Spanish professor in NYC | Print |

This is outrageously great! I have been looking for something like this for years. Great Job! As an educator who works on a university and district level I would advise all teachers to buy this.... I have now planted the song "La Cucaracha" in the heads of my kids even against their wills. LOL They all walk around the hall...."Hola ...Carolina...Hola...." Congrats!