La Vaca Lola and more can be found in our new Spanish Nursery Rhymes book, La Vaca Lola. This fun and popular sound book also contains 5 other short nursery rhymes in Spanish, para cantar en español! All the lyrics are written en español and have the English translation, to help create a fun educational moment for Bilingual Children or for children to learn Spanish!
La Vaca Lola, or Lola the cow, is a very modern kids’ song! It was actually written in 2011, for an Argentinean children’s Youtube channel, based on an old Spanish Nursery Rhyme called “Arroz con Leche”, or Rice Pudding. Children and parents, alike, love to sing this Nursey Rhyme as a bedtime story.
Debajo de un boton tells a story, which is rare for nursery rhymes, about Señor Martín and a Mouse. When singing this song, if your child is old enough, you can engage your little one’s brain by asking them questions such as: What did Martin find under a button? Or was the mouse big or small?
Cu Cu Cantaba La Rana tells the story of a frog singing under the water. As the frog sings, he meets different characters, which is why it says he meets a “caballero” with his cape and hat This song has a lot of history. It’s first version was created in 1657! Of course, many versions have been created until what we sing to our children today; this sweet nursery rhyme for children!
Estrellita is Twinkle, twinkle, little star in Spanish! Both the Spanish and English songs are very popular, but the origins of this song are really interesting! It is a little-known fact that the French Version of this song came first! The first version ever written was in 1761 and you can find it in our French Nursery Rhymes book!
La Araña Pequeñita is the Spanish version of itsy bitsy spider! The Spanish version is almost the same as the one in English– except for the”itsy bitsy” part. It’s a finger play song, which we know is super important for a child’s development of motor skills. But the cool thing about the Spanish version, at least for non-spanish speaking children, is that children learn how to associate hand movement with the lyrics or the words, which enhances their learning. Another very cool thing is that you have two words with the letter ñ which doesn’t exist in English so it’s a good way to get them familiar with the Spanish alphabet!
Un Barquito Chiquitito is a classic! This traditional song is about a poor little boat that couldn’t navigate because he was so little! As children sing this Spanish Nursery Rhyme, they can learn the numbers by counting all the weeks that go by while the tiny little boat learns to navigate. Also, the song teaches them the importance of not giving up when faced with a challenge. This song’s lovely moral tells us that in the end you'll see what can be achieved with dedication and hard work when you really want to learn something!
I hope you enjoy singing these classic nursery rhymes in Spanish as much as we do! Check out our Spanish bundle which includes two more books full of catchy Spanish tunes!
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I'm a mom of two young children who trained as an engineer and worked in investment banking and at Disney. A French of Caribbean origin (Martinique to be precise!), I grew up in Paris. Los Angeles is now the place I call home!
