el doble de amigos/twice as many friends

42 Pages·2009·1.55 MB·Spanish

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EL DOBLE DE AMIGOS/TWICE AS MANY FRIENDS
2003 Rounder Kids #82161
Activity Guide/Guía de actividades

Created by/Creado por Brian Folkins-Amador
with assistance from/con la asistencia de:
María Marrero, Tracey Kaplan & Lissa Gilbert
©2003 Brian Folkins-Amador
All rights reserved.

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EL DOBLE DE AMIGOS/TWICE AS MANY FRIENDS
Activity Guide/Guía de actividades
For kids, parents and teachers/Para niños, padres y maestros

Greetings from Sol y Canto! We‟d like to give you this guide, which was developed to
accompany our children‟s/family CD (Rounder Kids #82161, 2003) El doble de
amigos/Twice as Many Friends. We thought this would be a great way to offer fun,
educational activities that amplify the themes introduced in the songs. It was also created as
a teaching tool for parents and teachers. Feel free to print it so you can have it handy when
you‟re listening to the music.

¡Saludos de Sol y Canto! Quisiéramos brindarte esta guía que preparamos para acompañar
nuestro disco compacto para niños y familias, El doble de amigos/Twice as Many Friends.
Pensamos que sería una muy buena manera de ofrecer actividades divertidas y educativas
que amplíen los temas introducidos en las canciones. Fue creado también como herramienta
educativa para padres y maestros. Imprímela si quieres para tenerla a mano mientras
escuchas la música.

1. El doble de amigos/Twice as Many Friends
©2002 Brian Folkins-Amador, Greñudo Music (BMI)

Sometimes with my family I travel
to places far away.
It always makes me happy
to understand what people say.
If they say “¿Cómo te llamas?”
it means “What‟s your name?,”
if they say “¿Quieres jugar?”
it means “Do you want to play?,”
if they say “¿Cómo estás?”
It means “How do you do?,”
and if they say “Te quiero”
it means “I love you.”

Twice as many friends, twice as much fun:
that‟s why two languages are better than one.
Twice as many friends, twice as much fun:
that‟s why two languages are better than one.

Sometimes people come to live here
from places far away.
It always makes me happy
to help them know just what to say.

If they say “¿Cómo te llamas?”
it means “What‟s your name?,”
if they say “¿Quieres jugar?”
it means “Do you want to play?,”
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if they say “¿Cómo estás?”
It means “How do you do?,”
and if they say “Te quiero”
it means “I love you.”

Twice as many friends, twice as much fun:
that‟s why two languages are better than one.
Twice as many friends, twice as much fun:
that‟s why two languages are better than one.

ACTIVITIES/ACTIVIDADES

Do you know how many countries there are in the world where Spanish is the main
language? How about English? Here is a list – see if you can find these countries on the
following maps.

¿Sabes en cuántos países del mundo se habla español como idioma principal? ¿Y en cuántos
se habla inglés? He aquí una lista – a ver si puedes encontrarlos en los siquientes mapas.

Spanish/español Trinidad & Tobago
Spain/España Dominica
Mexico/México U.S. Virgin Islands
Guatemala British Virgin Islands
El Salvador Belize
Honduras South Africa
Nicaragua Bermuda
Costa Rica Zimbabwe
Panamá Nigeria
Colombia Antigua & Barbuda
Venezuela Barbados
Bolivia Bahamas
Ecuador St. Lucia
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic/República Dominicana
Uruguay
Paraguay
Argentina
Chile
Ecuatorial Guinea/Guinea Ecuatorial
English/inglés
United States of America
Great Britain
Ireland
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
Jamaica
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There are many countries where there‟s more than one official language. In Canada, for
example, English and French are the official languages. There are four national languages in
Spain, not just Spanish! In Switzerland, young people study French, German and Italian in
school, and many study other languages as well. In fact, most people in Europe speak more
than one language.

The official language of India is Hindi, but there are more than 30,000,000 Indians who
speak English, and there are more than 1,000 different languages spoken in that country!
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Of course people move around, so there are many, many countries where many people speak
other languages than the official ones.

This is how you say the names of the Spanish-speaking countries in Spanish:

Argentina - Ar-hen-TEE-na
Bolivia - Bo-LEE-vya
Chile - CHEE-leh
Colombia - Co-LOM-bya
Costa Rica - Coh-sta REE-ca
Cuba - COO-ba
Ecuador - Eh-kwa-DOR
El Salvador - Ell Sahl-vah-DOR
España (Spain) - Eh-SPAH-nya
Guatemala - Gwa-teh-MA-la
Honduras - Own-DOO-ras
México - MEH-hee-co
Nicaragua - Nee-cah-RAH-gua
Panamá - Pah-nah-MAH
Paraguay - Pah-rah-GUAY
Puerto Rico - Pwehr-to REE-co
República Dominicana - Reh-POO-blee-ca Do-mee-nee-CAH-na
Uruguay - Ooh-roo-GUAY
Venezuela - Veh-neh-SWEH-la

Hay muchos países donde hay más de un idioma oficial. En Canadá, por ejemplo, los
idiomas oficiales son el inglés y el francés. Hay cuatro idiomas nacionales en España, no
sólo el castellano, que conocemos como “español”. En Suiza, los niños y jóvenes estudian
francés, alemán e italiano, y muchos estudian también otros idiomas. En Europa, la mayoría
de la gente habla más de un idioma.

El idioma oficial de India es el hindí, pero hay más de 30,000,000 de indios que hablan
inglés,¡ y se hablan más de 1,000 idiomas en ese país!

Y por supuesto, la gente se muda de lugar, así que hay, muchos, muchos países donde la
gente habla otros idiomas además de los oficiales.

There are approximately 475,000,000 people
in the world who speak English? There are
about 340,000,000 who speak Spanish. That
means that if you speak both English and
Spanish, you can talk to 815 million people!
Wow!!! Better get started!
Did you know…

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¿Sabías que… español. De modo que, si hablas ambos
idiomas, ¡puedes hablar con 815 milliones
Hay aproximadamente 475,000,000 de de personas! ¡¡Guáu!! ¡Más vale que
personas en el mundo que hablan inglés? empieces ya!
Hay alrededor de 340,000,000 que hablan

WORD SEARCH/Búsqueda de palabras

See how many Spanish-speaking countries‟ names you can find (use the names in Spanish).
A ver cuántos países hispanoparlantes puedes encontrar.

A A L A M E T A U G U A
C E C U A D O R P E M I
B A P R P A N A M A E V
S A R U D N O H S C X I
E Q R G U A Y A Q H I L
S E P U E R T O R I C O
P R I A S N O C O L O B
A L O Y O I T E N E B I
Ñ C O L O M B I A C A V
A U G A R A C I N V L I
Y V E N E Z U E L A S A
R D O M I N I C A N A N

V P V C O S T A R I C A
R O D A V L A S L E O M

Connecting with Books/Explorando libros:

The Tamarindo Puppy and Other Poems
by Charlotte Pomerantz

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These 13 poems slip back and forth between English and Spanish. Each poem describes
something familiar – a puppy, a mirror, a cat – with lively rhythm and rhyme.

2. La fiesta del tren/The Train Party
©2000 Brian Folkins-Amador, Greñudo Music (BMI)

Chévere que chévere
que chévere que chévere. . .

Detrás de nuestro patio
está la vía del tren
que pasa varias veces
cada día en su vaivén.
Empieza despacito,
apenas un rumor,
y cuando ya se acerca
en mi casita hay un temblor.

Y los muebles
se ponen a vibrar
y los cuadros
se ponen a bailar
los peluches
empiezan a gatear
y los juguetes
salen a jugar.

Right behind our backyard
there is a railroad track
where many times each day
the train goes by and then comes back.
At first you hardly hear it,
just the slightest sound
but when the train comes near
you feel a trembling in the ground.

and the furniture
starts to move and quake
and the pictures
start to dance and shake
the stuffed animals
crawling every way
and all the toys
come out to play.

There‟s a party
hay parranda
cada vez que pasa el tren.
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