Comments on: Canciones de Cuna: Songs for the Soul

By: Jackie Rooney

Jackie Rooney — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 02:30:40 +0000

There is a line out called Baby Abuelita and they are these dolls that sing Spanish nursery songs and lullabies. I bought my daughter, who is 5 months, the Baby Mimi doll which just plays the musical tunes of songs. When she gets older and begins to understand a little more I will buy her the other dolls that actually sing the Spanish songs. They are really cute and they are great to help us teach our kids the traditional Spanish songs that we loved to hear and sing as children. Here is the website for anyone who is interested. www. babyabuelita.com

By: Ana Flores

Ana Flores — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 05:37:15 +0000

Oh, I need to look for that one! thanks!!

By: Patricia

Patricia — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 21:40:56 +0000

I found La Manita on a lullabye album by Lisa Loeb. It
Is short and easy to remember. I cried the first time I heard it
And sing it to my newborn son all the time.

By: caroline nelson

caroline nelson — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:01:58 +0000

http://www.espanaviva.biz/books.html

sorry forgot to add the link!

By: caroline nelson

caroline nelson — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:01:26 +0000

songs .. listen to these samples. my kids love them

By: caroline nelson

caroline nelson — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:00:13 +0000

check out these lovely songs. written specifically with lots of repetition and catchy tunes

By: Daniela

Daniela — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 16:23:40 +0000

Oops, hit enter too soon! I meant to include that when m’ija was an infant and had a hard time going down for naps we used to sing a not-at-all lullaby song to her that worked like a charm– “La Pulga de San Jose” – maybe it was the repetition, I don’t know. But we would sing it and she’d fall asleep. Sometimes if she was fussy and we were out and about on the town, we’d sing it to her while she was in her baby carrier and she’d fall right asleep. We must have looked pretty silly, wandering down streets, the grown-ups singing our heads off, and a baby nodding to sleep on her mami or papi’s back… One time that I remember particularly well it was nap time and we found ourselves in a pulga in Athens, Greece, I was so excited to sing “La Pulga” to her. Sweet memory.

By: Daniela

Daniela — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 16:19:29 +0000

“Los Pollitos Dicen” is our favorite. My daughter now sings it to herself too and I’m always impressed because we’ve never really sung it together (as we do other songs), it’s just that she’s heard it all her life. So in that sense of course she knows it! Still, I am wowed by her ability to nail the word “acurrucaditos” which if I think too much about it will trip me up and which my husband frankly glosses over (his español being somewhat more theoretical in nature).

By: Adriana Pacheco

Adriana Pacheco — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 01:48:34 +0000

Hola Xochitl. No, no la había escuchado en esta versión y me encantó la referencia a algo tan hispano como el día de nuestro santo. Y tienes razón, las busy moms siempre estamos tratando de robarle horas al día. Muchas gracias!

By: Xochitl Oseguera

Xochitl Oseguera — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 00:29:05 +0000

¡Que bonito articulo Adriana! My favorite lullaby, which I learned from my late abuelita is” ya duérmete niño que tengo “quehacer” lavar la vajilla sentarme a cocer, una camisita te tengo que hacer, el dia de tu santo te la haz de poner… busy mom lullaby! que risa, have you heard it?