9 de septiembre, Un elefante, niños 4-6

Queridos padres (Dear parents),

Today we learned to sing and act out this silly song.  It is a counting song and we emphasized the numbers 1-5.  We learned these words and your children will probably remember them:

elephant - un elefante

 spider - una araña

We also practiced recognition of these words:

 spider web - tela de una araña

 balanced - se balanceaban

 didn’t fall - no se caían

 to call - llamar

 another - otro

Letra para                                            Un elefante

Un elefante se balanceaba 
sobre la tela de una araña 
y como veía que no se caía 
fue a llamar a otro elefante. 
Dos elefantes se balanceaban 
sobre la tela de una araña, 
y como veían que no se caían 
fueron a llamar a otro elefante. 
Tres elefantes... 

You can listen to the song in this video.

Here is a video from the famous Cri-Cri, the character that inspired Walt Disney´s Jiminy Cricket.  These are very old but beloved songs.  This one is called ¨Gato de barrio¨ and a cat sings about what he loves about his neighborhood.

Spending time listening to Spanish is crucial at this age for your children to develop native like fluency later on in their lives.  It doesn't´t matter if they understand everything...or anything at this point!