Sara is one of our favorite bilingual musicians for kids (and I’m not just saying that because she’s my daughter’s adored music teacher!) because her music is so simple, yet completely fun and catchy.

We’ve debuted several of her music videos here and today we’re delighted to show you this one she has created just for SpanglishBaby amigos!

The song is called “Mi Perrito Cachorrito” and it’s about the different sounds animals make in English and Spanish. Sara is inviting all of you to watch it with your kids and then ask them which animal and its sound they’d like her to add to the song so she can get it done. I asked my daughter Camila and she requested a unicorn. She thinks it goes “neigh.” She might be right.

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Our amiga Sara and her friends have done it again! They’ve put together the most adorable and catchy bilingual tune with accompanying video.

Check it out below and share the amor with your children, friends, teachers and anyone whose corazoncito can be strung to this bilingual beat.

¡Feliz día del amor y la amistad!

Check out all the Valentine’s goodies we have for you here and visit Music With Sara for more cool music en español for our kids!

Oh, and our Valentine’s Pinterest board is really cute too!

Last week a Colombian friend of ours decided that it would be a great idea to have a pre-Halloween party for the kids. She’s always coming up with the best ideas to keep the kids entertained and en español. This time, she came up with the idea of having a comparsa-style party, meaning that the whole family would have to come dressed up under one theme and put together a show to perform in front of everyone.

Yikes!

As fun as it sounded, I was nervous because I’m the worst at having the Halloween spirit. I never, ever dress up because I just can never get creative about it or dedicate time to it. But this time I wanted and needed to do it for my girl. I knew this would be a blast for her and we hadn’t seen this group of amigos in a while.

Since I’m a bit wee obsessed with the Day of the Dead celebration, I decided it would be fun if the three of us got our faces painted as calacas and found mariachi outfits. We could only find a good mariachi outfit for my husband, but we scored big time when Sara (of Music with Sara fame!) jumped at the chance to paint our faces!

My girl wasn’t too thrilled at the idea at first because, well, we just weren’t princesas! So I grabbed one of her favorite books, Rosita y Conchita, and explained to her that she would look just like Rosita. After one night of restless sleep and me having to explain that we wouldn’t actually all be muertos, she finally understood and got excited about it.

So, with Rosita y Conchita in hand, Camila directed Sara so her face would come out exactly as she wanted it. It was beautiful to watch.

The three of us came out looking so amazing, I must dare say! Thanks to Sara for playing along with us!

Check it out for yourselves:

Oh, and we never ended up actually performing because my girl got stage fright, but we did get the most amazing compliments and we loved it all!

What is your Halloween costume all about?

Music with Sara and friends have done it again! They’ve created the most adorable and fun-to-watch video for their catchy tune, Los Monstruos. Sara tells us that Los Monstruos is actually her most-requested song by students ever since she wrote it four years ago.

Last week we premiered the song here and today we bring you a first view of the video that will have your kids going “¡Uuuuuuuu!” {insert scary voice}. Oh, and click on the Close Caption option to read the lyrics! You can also scroll down and find them below.

“Los Monstruos”
by: Music with Sara
Artwork by: Kristine Cruz-Munda
Animation by: Emmanuel L. Munda
copyright 2012: Music with Sara and D-1 Productions

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Download your copy of “Los Monstruos” here:
http://musicwithsara.bandcamp.com/

Lyrics:

Los monstruos todos salen en Halloween
Halloween Halloween
Los monstros todos salen en Halloween
¡uuuuuuuuuuuuu!

Un murciélago
¡Bam! Vampiro
una araña
una bruja
un monstruo feo
un fantasma
salen …. en Halloween

The monsters all come out on Halloween
Halloween Halloween
The monsters all come out on Halloween
ooohhhh

A creepy bat
Bam! Vampire
scary spider
A flying witch
A big big monster
A spooky ghost
They all come out
on Halloween

Los monstruos todos salen en Halloween
Halloween Halloween
Los monstruos todos salen en Halloween
¡uuuuuuuuuuuuu!

Un murciélago
¡Bam! Vampiro
una araña
una bruja
un monstruo feo
un fantasma
salen …. en Halloween

Los monstruos todos salen en Halloween
Halloween Halloween
Los monstruos todos salen en Halloween
¡uuuuuuuuuuuuu!

Nothing like Halloween to bring out the spooky, silly and funny bone in kids and adults alike. This catchy and easy-to-learn bilingual song, “Los Monstruos,” by our amiga Sara, is sure to get your kids cantando and even howling en español and, in the process, learn the names of their favorite Halloween creatures in English and Spanish!

You can click on the above link to purchase the digital track for only $1 and play it to your heart’s content. So perfect for classrooms, Halloween parties and good ole kitchen dancing..or is it just us that do that?!

Sara, from Music With Sara CDs and classes, was my girl´s first maestra de música and she´s left an imprint on her. Before she released her first CD, Sara used to go every other week to the family daycare my girl used to attend to sing canciones en español with them. Needless to say, it was my girl´s favorite thing to do!

It´s been over a year and a half since my girl has sung with Sara live, but we do it daily in the car to the tune of her latest CD. And every single time she hears it, my little drama queen pouts: “Extraño mucho a Sara”.

So, I am very excited that Sara is back in action and will be having Saturday classes we can actually go to! But, I need your help. Sara needs at lest 10 kids to sign up to be able to hold the classes at the Yoga at the Village studio in Glendale, CA. My girl wants this so much and I want to meet so many of you so much, that I thought it would be amazing if we could have a SpanglishBaby meet-up of sorts every Saturday and sing-a-long together with our niños en español!

If you´re interested, head over to the Music With Sara blog and find out all the details to sign up. You don’t even need to commit to the full 8-week session since she offers drop-in rates as well. ¡Vamos!