Educational Music

from High School Spanish Teacher/Songwriter
Todd Hawkins

and Elementary Teacher/Songwriter
Thom Miller
 
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from Todd Hawkins and Thom Miller.
 
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from Todd Hawkins.
 
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from Todd Hawkins.
 
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and theOur Government Rocks! collection.


Some teacher and student comments about Mental Note Products...

"The songs are so catchy and upbeat. They...instantaneously pick it up, dance, and move along to the songs. Thank you again and I look forward to subsequent volumes." LV, Minneapolis, MN

"My kids love the music!" RW, Rocky Mount, NC

"They really have taken to all the songs I've presented to them. Now the other teachers want it..." CB, Kokomo, IN

"Every Spanish teacher should have a copy...!" TW (student), Carmel, IN

"I know that some of my returning students will be asking (or begging) to sing the songs again." VB, Greencastle, IN

"I just bought Volume 1 from Blaine Ray workshops and I just love it! Great music; I know my students will enjoy all the songs."  EJD, St. Louis, MO


Singing the Basics, Beginning Spanish, by Todd Hawkins

Fun, effective, music for beginners--ages elementary through adult!

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The Cow Song: 


In making basic sentences in Spanish, you don't use helping verbs. This song holds the key to helping the beginner decide when NOT to use a form of ser. 
 

The Question Song: Covers the basics of making a question, including word order, punctuation, and the question words. 
 

The Stress Song:
The rules of stress have never been this easy to remember! 
 

The Days of the Week: Just try to forget them! 
 

The Weather Song: Teach the months, the seasons, and four weather expressions.
 

The Date Song: 
How to ask and tell the date. The Date Song is included twice--the second time with the date omitted, so that you can sing the current date.

Siete Dias:
Teaches the words for "days", "months", "weeks", "years", and "weekend". All in Spanish.

All songs written by Todd Hawkins, copyrights 1998, 99.
 
 


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This song helps students remember how to tell time, including the difference between "at" and "it is", the one o'clock exception, and quarter and half past and 'til. 
 

LONERS:
Helps students determine the gender of a word based upon its last letter. Also helps students remember the masculine and feminine for "a" and "the".
 

The Taco Song:
Most student pronunciation errors are the five simple vowel sounds. This song will help! 
 

Direct Objects:
Students will be able to identify direct objects, replace them with pronouns, and remember the personal "a" if they know these lyrics! 
 

La Familia Tradicional:
All in Spanish, this smooth rap song does an incredible job of teaching family vocabulary and possessives.
 

AR Verbs:
Teaches the -ar verb endings, as well as the words "infinitive," "stem," and "ending." 
 

I am Yo:
Teaches the subject pronouns. Take care of that nosotros, Ud., Uds. confusion right away. Or is that just my students?