Music playlist
Download or stream our songs and sing along at home to to maximize learning!
Why is music an important tool in my language classes?
It helps with memorization
It encourages good pronunciation
It builds phonemic awareness
Authentic music allows kids to connect with the cultures we’re exploring
…and all ages can enjoy it and learn!
Studies suggest that a student needs to hear a new word 28 times on average to remember it. It may take even more times before we actually verbally reproduce the word accurately and independently. We don’t learn right away, but over time with much input, repetition and practice of the language in various, authentic contexts. Music helps with this!
Explore our songs, make a playlist or download the complete albums from these great artists! Many are even stream-able via Instagram.
Buenos días, buenos días (Good morning), or free video here by José Luis-Orosco
Diez deditos (10 little fingers), or free video here by José Luis-Orosco
Nos vamos en avión (Let’s go on a plane), or free video here by el Trotamundos
Veo, veo (I see, I see) - video
Una tortillita para mi mamá (a tortilla for my mom), free video here
La Raspa (traditional Mexican music & dance), or free video here
Vamos a cantar (let’s sing) by José Luis-Orosco (free video)
Hojas, hojas (leaves, leaves) by Fun for Spanish Teachers
Vuela, vuela (fly, fly) by 123 Andrés
¿Cómo te llamas tú? (What’s your name?) by Sing with Señor, or free video here
Alrededor del círculo (Around the circle), by Music with Sara
Mi familia (my family), by Spanish with Johanna (video only)
Los colores by Risas y Sonrisas Spanish for Kids (video only)
¿Cuál es tu color favorito? by Señor Soto (video only)
Veo colores by Spanish All Year Round (video here)
Noche de paz (Silent Night)
Prende las velitas (Light the candles) by Enrique Kike Núñez
Dale, dale, dale (the piñata song)
Mi burrito sabanero (a carol/folk song popular in many Latin American countries, originally from Venezuela or Colombia)
Chocolate, Jose Luis-Orosco
Hace frío, by the Okee Dokee Brothers - download album here*.
Soy un muñeco de nieve (i’m a snowman), by Super Simple español; video here
Copo de nieve (snowflake), by Super Simple español; video here
¿Dónde están los animales? by The Okee Dokee Brothers - album here
Marcha, marcha, marcha, by SingALingo
La Raspa (Mexican ‘hat dance’)
La primavera, by ABC Spanish in Motion
Los pollitos (the chicks), Traditional Nursery Rhyme sung by Jose Luis Orosco
Somos como las flores (we are like the flowers) by Charlotte Diamond
La primavera, (Spring) by Los Pompillos
Vuela, vuela (Fly) by 123 Andrés
¡Salta, Salta! (Jump!) by 123 Andrés
El conejito blanco, (The white bunny) by Spanish Together
Como los animalitos, (Like the animals) by el Reino Infantil
Muévete como los animales (Move like the animals) by PinkFong (video)
El coquí (The frog) by Wee Sing
El coquí (The frog) by Jose Luis-Orosco
Puerto Rico, yo te quiero (Puerto Rico, I love you) by Yubá-Iré
El quetzal, by Canciones Infantiles para ninos Guatemala
Viva Guatemala, by Marimba Chapinlandia (traditional Guatemalan marimba)
Manos limpias (Clean Hands), by José Luis-Orosco
Lavarse las manos (wash your hands), by Villazul
Vamos a comer (Let’s eat), by Villazul
Tengo hambre, tengo hambre (I’m hungry - to tune ‘Oh My Darling Clementine’)
Julia Pela la Yuca (Julia peels the yucca), by Los de Azuero
Bailan las frutas (The Fruit Dance), by the Okee Dokee Brothers - album here
Conga de las frutas (Fruit Conga), by José Luis-Orosco
Me gusta comer (I like to eat) , by Jorge Guerra
Las palabras mágicas (the Magic Words), here and here and video here
*Mil gracias/many thanks to the GRAMMY® Award-winning Okee Dokee Brothers, who kindly gave me permission to share this album with my aventurero/a/e(s) and their families, for free!