Rimas y Canciones Infantiles: Songs & Rhymes for Young Children in Spanish
Babies
| "Sana, Sana" / "Heal, heal" | |
| (This rhyme is often said as parents gently rub or tap their fingers over their child's cut or bruise.) | |
| Sana, Sana | Heal, Heal* |
| Sana, sana, | Heal, heal, |
| Colita de rana, | Little tail of frog, |
| Si no sanas hoy, | If you don't heal today, |
| Sanaras mañana. | You'll heal tomorrow. |
Toddlers
Siesta
by Ginger Foglesong Guy, illustrated by Rene King Moreno
ISBN: 0060560614
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| "Los Pollitos Dicen" / "The Little Chicks" | |
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(This traditional lullaby can be found in the book Los Pollitos Dicen: Juegos, Rimas y Canciones Infantiles de Países de Habla Hispana/The Baby Chicks Sing: Traditional Games, Nursery Rhymes, and Songs from Spanish-speaking Countries by Nancy Abraham Hall & Jill Syverson-Stork, illustrated by Kay Chorao. ISBN: 0316340103 To hear a sample of a recording of this tune, go to: http://www.smithsonianglobalsound.org/trackdetail.aspx?itemid=39577 ) |
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| Los pollitos dicen, "Pio, pio, pio," | Baby chicks cry, "Pio, pio, pio" |
| Cuando tienen hambre, | When they are hungry, |
| Cuando tienen frio. | When they are cold. |
| La gallina busca | The hen looks |
| El maiz y el trigo, | For wheat and corn. |
| Les da su comida, | She gives them their food, |
| Y les presta abrigo. | And she keeps them warm. |
| Bajo sus dos alas | Under her two wings |
| Acurrucaditos | Tucked in and snuggled tight |
| Hasta el otro dia | Until the next day |
| Duermen los pollitos. | They sleep all through the night. |
Preschoolers
| "Un Elefante" / "One Elephant" | |
| (Continue to add elephants and sing or say the rhyme as long as children want to sing. With a group of children, the adult can be the first elephant and the children can be consecutive elephants to make an elephant chain marching around the room.) | |
| Un elefante se balenceaba | One elephant went out to play |
| Sobre la tela de una arana. | On a spider's web one day. |
| Y como veiron que resistia | He had such enormous fun |
| Fueron a llamar a otro elefante. | That he called another elephant to come. |
| Dos elefantes… | Two elephants… |
| Tres elefantes… | Three elephants… |
