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Reproducible Kit
Éste Es La Navidad
by
Mike Wilson
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A spoken pronunciation guide can be found among the MP3s included with this song as well as under “Downloads” at MusicK8.com
© 2007 Plank Road Publishing, Inc.
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A spoken pronunciation guide can be found among the MP3s included with this song as well as under “Downloads” at MusicK8.com
© 2007 Plank Road Publishing, Inc.
International Copyright Secured • All Rights Reserved
Éste Es La Navidad
Éste es la Navidad.
Éste es la Navidad.
Niños cantan campanas suenan.
(optional English: Children singing and bells are ringing.)
Éste es la Navidad.
This is Christmas time.
This is Christmas time.
Children singing and bells are ringing.
This is Christmas time.
Éste es la Navidad.
Éste es la Navidad.
Niños cantan campanas suenan.
(optional English: Children singing and bells are ringing.)
Éste es la Navidad.
This is Christmas time.
This is Christmas time.
Children singing and bells are ringing.
This is Christmas time.
Niños cantan (optional English: Children singing)
campanas suenan. (optional English: and bells are ringing.)
¡Éste es la Navidad!
ÉSTE ES LA NAVIDAD, Mike Wilson
© 2007 Plank Road Publishing, Inc. • All Rights Reserved
Notes for
Éste Es La Navidad
This short, snappy Christmas song has two lines of Spanish/English alternating
text to teach your students. Instrumentally, you’ll hear a rhythm section, brass, lots
of percussion, and claps. The claps are part of the tracks, but you can let your
students join in if you want. Claps occur in measures 4, 6, 10, and the last bar. The
rhythm of the claps is like the rhythm in the last bar: cha cha cha!
You might also want to have your students add their own
percussion to this tune. Shakers, guiro, rhythm sticks, etc.,
can add simple rhythms throughout as you wish.
It should be noted, we took a little liberty with our
Spanish for the sake of syntax.* The second line, “Niños
cantan campanas suenan” (children sing, bells ring),
would be more grammatically correct by placing the action
before the subject such as, “Cantan los niños, suenan las
campanas” (sing, the children; ring, the bells). The
liberties taken here are allowable, however. Besides, it makes
the song work.
Regarding that second line, we found it helpful, as we
sang, to focus on the “ah” vowel sound. After “Niños,” almost
every vowel sound is “ah.” Also, make sure your English speakers don’t use a hard
“d” on “Navidad.” It’s sort of in between a “d” sound and a “th” sound as in the
word “that.” If they have to err one way, make it toward the “th” sound. And
remember, Spanish always seems to sound better with a smile on your face because
it widens your mouth.
Though we trust that your Spanish-speaking students help out with
pronunciation in the classroom, we have provided a pronunciation guide. (See
details following here.)
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Online extra – The pronunciation guide mentioned can be found
among the MP3s included with this song as well as under
“Downloads” at MusicK8.com
*Note: It has become apparent, from the notes we have received from several
educators, that an explanation is needed for the choice of the demonstative
pronoun “éste” used in this song. Some have suggested the use of the
demonstrative adjective “esta” as the alternative. As a (Spanish) demonstrative
adjective is usually placed in front of the noun to which it refers, “esta” would
seem the logical choice, provided “la Navidad” (singular feminine) is the noun
being modified. Per the author’s intention, however, the noun being modified in
this case is “bells ringing and children singing” (global). Though this author does
not claim to be a Spanish grammarian, the use of the demonstrative pronoun
“éste,” pointing to a singular, male noun seemed the appropriate choice.
That said, it may just be easier to use “esta,” concede the noun as “la
Navidad,” and avoid any ambiguity or necessity for explanation. You decide, and
make it easy on yourself.
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