Star Light, Star Bright / Estrellita de la nochecita

Star Light, Star Bright / Estrellita de la nochecita

About This Activity

Look on with the lyrics and sing along to this classic nursery rhyme in English and Spanish.

 

Ages: 2+
Level:
Easy
Materials: Printed activity sheets; pencils; crayons or colored pencils
Instructions

1. Print out activity sheet. If you don’t have a printer, you can look at the lyrics on your computer.
2. Read and sing along to our song “Star Light, Star Bright/ Estrellita de la nochecita” in English and Spanish.
3. Try your superpower! Go outside at night and see what stars you can see, find your own wishing star and make a wish in Spanish using “Yo deseo…”.

How Your Kid Benefits

This activity stimulates right brain activity, helping to commit new words to memory through movement, singing and dance.

Bonus Benefit!

Researchers found that bilingual students are better able to filter out classroom noise than their monolingual peers.

Note to Grown-Ups

Help your child out with the lyrics as you sing this song, for help with pronunciation, have them listen listen to song in Music section of the Canticos App.

Activity Sheet

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The Small Little Plane / Había una vez un avión

The Small Little Plane / Había una vez un avión

About This Activity

Look on with the lyrics and sing along to this classic nursery rhyme in English and Spanish.

Ages: 2+
Level:
Easy
Materials: Printed activity sheets; pencils; crayons or colored pencils
Instructions

1. Print out activity sheet.
2. Have fun tracing the different patterns with a crayon, pencil, or colored pencil.
3. Get creative tracing on new surfaces- on salt trays, a steamed window, in the air, on your palm, anywhere you can think of.
4. Try your superpower! Look for different patterns around you, in nature, art, buildings, everywhere!

How Your Kid Benefits

This activity stimulates right brain activity, helping to commit new words to memory through movement, singing and dance.

Bonus Benefit!

Bilingualism helps your child gain a better aptitude for languages in general. This improved understanding of how language works, coupled with the experience they have already gained by learning a second language, makes it easier to learn a third or fourth language.

Note to Grown-Ups

Help your child out with the lyrics as you sing this song, for help with pronunciation, have them listen listen to song in Music section of the Canticos App.

Activity Sheet

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The Teeny Tiny Boat/El Barquito Chiquitito: Read, Sing, and Color!

The Teeny Tiny Boat/El Barquito Chiquitito: Read, Sing, and Color!

The Teeny Tiny Boat/El Barquito Chiquitito: Read, Sing, and Color!

About This Activity

Look on with the lyrics and sing along to this classic nursery rhyme in English and Spanish.

Ages: 2+
Level:
Easy
Materials: Printed activity sheets; pencils; crayons or colored pencils
Instructions

1. Print out activity sheet. If you don’t have a printer, you can look at the lyrics on your computer.
2. Read and sing along to “The Teeny Tiny Boat / El Barquito Chiquitito” in English and Spanish.
3. Try your superpower! Get creative and make paper boats, experiment with different kinds of materials to see which ones float and which sink.

How Your Kid Benefits

This activity stimulates right brain activity, helping to commit new words to memory through movement, singing and dance.

Bonus Benefit!

Research has found that bilingual people literally see the world differently. Those who regularly speak a second language perceive differences in color variations that are not recognized by monolinguals.

Note to Grown-Ups

Help your child out with the lyrics as you sing this song, for help with pronunciation, have them listen listen to song in Music section of the Canticos App.

Activity Sheet

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