21. Tortuga Concha: call and response song
Learn this fun call and response song from El Salvador! Ms. Elizabeth and Abbey will teach a few words in spanish and then introduce a fun way to sing this song
Tortuga Concha, it’s time to sing
No tengo manos, no tengo pies
Tortuga Concha, it’s time to read
No tengo manos, no tengo pies
Tortuga Concha, it’s time to dance
No tengo manos, no tengo pies
Tortuga Concha, it’s time to write
No tengo manos, no tengo pies
Tortuga Concha, it’s time to clean
No tengo manos, no tengo pies
Oh baby turtle, it’s time to eat
Si tengo manos, Si tengo pies
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Here are a few ways to extend the fun of this song:
- Craft idea: Make a turtle puppet: here is a paper hand puppet idea, and here is a cute glove puppet. Put the puppet on, and tuck your fingers under the “shell” to hide the hands and feet, until the end when the turtle says “Si tengo manos, si tengo pies.”
- Check out this awesome art activity based on one of El Salvador’s most famous artists, Fernando Llort.
What your child is learning:
- Call and repeat
- Spanish vocabulary: manos (hands), pies (feet)
- Fine motor skills (finger and toe dexterity)
- Gross motor skills
- Keeping a steady beat
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