This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to the winners: Laureen & Middy06. Thanks to all who entered.
Today’s video of the week is an animated version of the popular song “Un elefante se balanceaba”. This is one song I can bet we’ve all sang to our chiquitos several times. This version is simply titled “Los Elefantes” and is part of the Habla blah blah Volume Dos CD.
What is Habla Blah Blah?
Habla blah blah music and classes are a playful introduction to the sounds and words of español, designed to teach Spanish to little ones, ages 0 through elementary school. The inspiration for this program came to Amy Conroy, an educator, anthropologist and mother-of-three, after the birth of her first son. Although she grew up in a monolingual environment, she had a passion for the Spanish language since high school. She immersed herself in it while studying in Spain and later polished it in the cities and jungles of Central America. Amy claims the only music that would soothe her newborn son was in Spanish, maybe because she had been fully immersed in speaking it while pregnant with him. At the time, she searched for fun music and activities that would further expose him to the language, but came up short. So, she decided to do it herself.
Amy teamed up with world-renowned musician and composer, Andy Kubiszewski, to create a set of two original sing-along CDs of bilingual, whimsical and absolutely fun tunes. The lyrics are simple and catchy enough for children to learn in no time and to have you singing them in your head all day. The music is professionally produced with rhythms that will make your kids get up and and dance. Trust me, you too will be jumping and dancing to everything from cumbia to drums to adaptations of traditional Spanish kid’s songs. Your child will easily recognize what is being talked about in the songs since the themes are part of their everyday life, such as: “Amigos,” “Agua,” “Quiero Jugar,” and “Hambre.”
One thing to keep in mind is that these CDs were created primarily as a tool for monolingual families looking for a way to introduce language through music at an early age. Amy was conscious that some parents could shy away from introducing a foreign language to their kids because of their own accent. Thus, she decided to record the tunes with amazing vocalists that do have an accent in Spanish. This way, non-native speakers can feel confident of the way they sound when singing in Spanish and break the barrier of accent perfection. As a native speaker myself, I honestly found it odd at first to hear the songs in Spanish with an accent. That was totally forgiven and forgotten as soon as the lyrics and rhythms took over both Camila and I. I just love peeking at her in the backseat of the car, bobbing her head and swinging her legs to the beat or going “ROAR, ROAR” like in the song, “La familia de leones.”
The best part of this review is that we have sets of the Habla blah blah: an introduction to the sounds and words of español, Volumes One and Dos to giveaway to TWO SpanglishBaby friends.
I want to win!
1. Visit the Habla blah blah website, then come back here and leave a comment telling us two places where the CD can be bought.
2. For a second entry, subscribe to our feed either by email or RSS. If you choose RSS, please send us an email to let us know. *You must have left a comment (step #1, above) to receive a second entry*.
3. Want a third chance to win? Blog or Tweet about this giveaway. Just make sure to let us know.
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This giveaway ends at midnight EST on Sunday, March 1st.
Crossing my fingers!
You can purchase at Amazon & Il Cocco di Mamma.
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http://twitter.com/MamaHeartsBaby/status/1245183465
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You can purchase these wonderful CD’s at Target and Little Poco. My Grandsons live in Madrid,Spain and are bi-lingual. they would love these.Especially the 1 1/2 year old just learning both languages.
amazon.com and target, I saw it at target too!
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amazon and target
amazon and target it is
The first 2 I noticed too: Amazon and Target
hi you can get these at either target, or amazon.com- i think this is a fantastic idea- my niece lives in cuba, and i have searched and searched trying to find billingual music, and books for her-this is a dream come true!! thanks so much/muchas gracias mi amigos
You can buy them at Books Without Borders and Amazon. Sounds like a great idea to start Wy with Espanol early, have to check it out further. Thanks.
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UNIVISION and Fireflies and Fairytales in Columbus, OH. Thanks for entering me!
Well my local target didn’t have it in stock! They must be good I think the best bet is to order online at target or amazon! We live in Texas and Spain (my husbands job takes us back and forth) We are about to ‘pop’ with our first! This would be so amazing to win!
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You can buy it at Amazon or Target!
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Amazon or Books Without Borders online
My grand daughter would love these. I have such trouble finding these in Georgia! When ever I go to Mexico I come back with a suitcase of Spanish toys!
Now, I can go to Target (love them) or Amazon!
Thanks!
My 5-year old granddaughter is moving to Mexico and needs to learn Spanish! These cd’s sound like a lot of fun and can be purchased at Amazon.com and Target.
Amazon.com and Target Stores are just 2 of the places you can buy this CD. I would go for Amazon first since I know the Target doesn’t have as large a selection of this kind of CD
Amazon and Target
Gosh, I’d so love to win this!
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Ay que chévere!!! Estoy tan emocionada de haber encontrado este blog, ME ENCANTA!!!! Felicidades por tan buena idea y por la simpleza del diseño, que chévere!!! I’m so happy! Ok, I just suscribed, tweeted this and here are 2 places where you can buy: AMAZON and TARGET (mis favoritas).
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Amazon.com and Target sell these.
A mi hijita le encanta escuchar musica mientras le cambio ropa y no tenemos mucho en espaniol, seria perfecto!!
Se pueden comprar en Amazon, Books without borders y tambien Target!!!
amazon and target =)
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You can buy at target or order on amazon. Thanks for the chance!
This would be great since my 3 year old is half Puerto Rican.
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These CDs could be purchased at Target and on Amazon.com. They would be great for my little D!
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you can get them at amazon and target
Awesome product! get it at Amazon or Target. Thanks!
I’m new to your blog & to Habla Blah Blah (*which can be bought through Amazon and at Target, of course*) and love them both. I have my fingers crossed for this giveaway!
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… and I’m a brand new subscriber via Google Reader. Thanks!
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It can be purchased at Apple Itunes and Amazon. Thanks for the giveaway!
I subscribed via reader.
I tweeted, http://twitter.com/christygold/status/1252386389
These cd’s can be purchased at Target or Amazon.com. Thanks for the great giveaway!
I’d have to buy it at Amazon or Target since I’m on the east coast.
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These can be purchased at CD Baby and Amazon.com!
Can be purcased at:
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Amazon and Target! Thanks
Target and Amazon.com
You can buy them at Target and Amazon.com.
You can purchase these at Amazon.com and at Target, and I think this is a GREAT giveaway!
Amazon and Target
I was just on the Habla Blah web site and this is fantastic! I understand that you can buy them on amazon.com and Target. I have three girls ages 2 to 6 and am teaching them Spanish so I hope to win the CD. Please visit our blog on teaching our girls Spanish:
http://momteachmespanish.blogspot.com
You can purchase them at amazon.com and Target. This is yet another great resource to teach our children Spanish.
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I’ll be checking them out at Amazon and iTunes. Thank you for introducing me to this great resource. My 3 yr. old is still singing!!! The rhythms are awesome.
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Tar-zhay (target) and Amazon.com.
Thanks for a chance to win! This would be nice for my little granddaughter.
amazon and target!
Hey! I blogged about you as well
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You can get them at amazon.com and target!
I am also subscribed
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I subscribed by e-mail
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Wow! What a current and fun subject for little ones! And the parents, too! You can get it online at Amazon, or retailers like Target.
They can be bought at Amazon and iTunes. Thanks for the giveaway!
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They sell them at Target and Amazon. Thank you
They can be purchased at CD Baby and Itunes. Quiero ganar!
target and itunes, 2 places I shop quite a bit
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target and amazon.com are places to buy cd would love to win cd
Target and Amazon
I just subscribed
Target and Amazon which is great because that means you can get it from your one home, and i can get points by buying thru my programs!
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CDbaby.com and Amazon.com
Thanks for this awesome giveaway!
CD Baby (my favorite) and AMAZON are two places where this CD can be bought.
Thanks so much for this fabulous give~away! : )))
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I’m a subscriber via e~mail and also via GOOGLE READER.
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And, I TWITTERED about this give~away…….user name: leahita.
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Can be purchased at Amazon.com & Apple iTunes.
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I subscribed.
Amazon and Target
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