The Bilingual Book of Rhymes, Songs, Stories and Fingerplays: Over 450 Spanish/English Selections

by Pam Schiller, Rafael Lara-Alecio

Did you know that children who are exposed to just 50 words of a second language prior to age six develop an “ear” for the sounds of that language? The Bilingual Book of Rhymes, Songs, Stories, and Fingerplays offers over 450 selections, with Spanish on one page and English on the opposite. Children will be thrilled to learn new words to their favorite Spanish and English tunes. At the same time, they will build vocabulary and explore the sounds of both languages—important skills for beginning readers! Organized by theme for easy use, this invaluable collection provides a springboard for teaching a second language and for working in a bilingual classroom.

Genres: Spanish Literature

384 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2004

About the author

Pamela Byrne Schiller

Reviews

[Chelsy Skalada · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book! Everything is broken down into sections The songs are given in English with the tune they are to be sang to, and in Spanish.

[Libby · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great resource for bilingual story times--especially helpful in simply providing a large number of songs, rhymes, short stories, etc. to incorporate. The only critique I have is that it seems to be almost entirely English rhymes that are then translated into Spanish. Still extremely helpful.

[Bethe · Rating 3 out of 5]

Need to share this one with my specials team as they take on PreK for the first time ever. Some of these songs, stories, and finger plays will help to fill up the 45 minute class period!

[Lindsay · Rating 3 out of 5]

I used this as a resource for planning Spanish and bilingual story time programs. There are some good ones!

[April Pennington · Rating 5 out of 5]

I remember this from my kindergarten school. my mom had purchased it and I loved the stores and songs.. now I was able to buy one for my kids and love also love the songs and finger plays!