(with courtesy from Gabriella Montoya)
Bate-bate (Stir the Chocolate)
Bate bate bate bate, Chocolate
Conarozy contomate
Uno dos tres CHO
Uno dos tres CO
Uno dos tres LA
Uno dos tres TE
Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate
Audio

Finger play
A, el burro se va
A, el burro se va        Ah, the donkey is leaving
E, el burro se fue        Eh, the donkey left
I, el burro esta aqui    Ee, the donkey is here
O, el burro se ahogo    Oh, the donkey drown
U, el burro eres tu    Oo, the donkey is you
Audio

Tickle
Una viejita
Una viejita        The little old lady
Juntando su lenita    Gathering wood
Le agarro el aguacerito    She caught in a little torm
Y se metio a su covalita    And she ran to her home
Audio

Las estatuas de marfil
Alas estatuas de marfil
Uno, dosy tres
    To the marble statues
    One two three

Game: One child in the center. All walk in a circle. At the end of the song, the children freeze in a pose. The child in the center brings the one he or she likes best into the middle.
Audio
Simple Circles
San Sereni (Roots Branches, p. 131)
San Sereni de la buena, buena vida
Hacen asi asi (los zapateros)
Asi asi asi
Asi me gusta a mi
    (las bailadoras) — the folk dancers
    (los carpenteros) — the carpenters
    (las pianistas) — the pianists

San Sereni of the good, good life
(The shoemakers) do like this
I like it this way

Recorded Music
Las Raspa
Audio 1
Audio 2

Books
1.    Musician of the sun, by McDermott, Gerald. ISBN: 0-689-80706-6.
2.  The desert is my mother, by El Desierto Es Mi Madre. ISBN: 1-55885-121-6.
3. Say Hola to Spanish, Otra Vex, by Susan Middleton Elya. ISBN: 1-880000-83-0.


Video
Cinco de Mayo

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