Spanish storytime

Ideas for introducing the theme:
Spanish is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world. Talk about different countries that speak Spanish, such as Chile, Mexico, Spain, Easter Island, Peru, etc.

Stories:
1. We are different/Somo diferentes; by Maribel Suárez; translated by Esther Sarfatti; c. 2010
2. Little Red and Sly!/Rojita y Sly; retold by Henriette Barkow ; illustrated by Richard Johnson ; Spanish translation by Maria Helena Thomas.; c. 2002

Finger rhymes:
Yo puedo, tú puedes (I Can, You Can)
Yo puedo alzar las manos. Y tú? (I can put my hands up high. Can you?)
Yo puedo guiñar el ojo. Y tú? (I can wink my eye. Can you?)
Yo puedo sacar la lengua. Y tú? (I can stick out my tongue. Can you?)
Yo puede tener la boca bien abierta. Y tú? (I can open my mouth wide. Can you?)
Yo puede doblar los brazos. Y tú? (I can fold my arms. Can you?)
Yo puede taparme los oídos. Y tú? (I can cover my ears. Can you?)
Yo puede tocarme la nariz. Y tú? (I can touch my nose. Can you?)
Action songs:
If you're happy and you know it
If you're happy and you know it clap your MANOS (hands)
If you're happy and you know it clap your MANOS (hands)
If you're happy and you know it, and you really want to show it
If you're happy and you know it clap your MANOS (hands)

If you're happy and you know it stamp your PIES (feet)...

If you're happy and you know it touch your CABEZA (head)...

Mi cuerpo
My body makes music, it's easy, you can see
My body makes music, it's easy, you can see
My hands, my hands go (clap clap clap)
My feet, my feet go (stomp stomp stomp)
My mouth, my mouth goes la la la
My body does the cha cha cha (wiggle hips)

Mi cuerpo, mi cuerpo hace musica
Mi cuerpo, mi cuerpo hace musica
Mis manos hacen (clap clap clap)
Mis pies hacen (stomp stomp stomp)
Mi boca hace la la la
Mi cuerpo hace cha cha cha (wiggle hips)

If you don't know this one from Play School, the tune is on this website: http://www.thelearninggroove.com/
For an example of how it could be presented, try this YouTube video.

Heads, shoulders, knees and toes
Heads, shoulders, knees and toes
Knees and toes
Heads and shoulders, knees and toes
Knees and toes
And eyes and ears and mouth and nose
Heads, shoulders, knees and toes
Knees and toes

Cabeza, hombros, rodillas, pies
Rodillas, pies
Cabeza, hombros, rodillas, pies
Rodillas, pies
Y ojos, oidos, nariz y boca
Cabeza, hombros, rodillas, pies
Rodillas, pies


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