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| Corazón
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Corazón de mi vida is a community education camaign that utilizes the cultural strengths of the Latino community as the foundation for passenger restraint education. The bilingual materials remind everyone of the most important reason to make restraint use a lifetime habit—they love their children! | ||||
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¡Ay Chispas! conveys the importance of fire safety to children and their families. The program highlights three key messages: fires are preventable, everyone has to know what to do in case of fire, and everyone can learn what to do. |
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The materials in the Words for the Future kit are built around 13 messages about early childhood development. The messages remind everyone that parents are the first teachers and that children are learning all the time. | |||
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El
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El Día de los Niños Celebrating Young Americans is a gift from the Latino community to all children. It underscores the tremendous value children have in the community’s life. Anyone can celebrate the holiday, which takes place every April 30; however, official sites receive materials and technical assistance from NLCI, are authorized to use the official logo, and become part of a national network. | ||||
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Onda Sana is a program designed to help Latino youth take the future into their own hands. Developed in partnership with community-based organizations, Onda Sana uses cultural messages and novel strategies to help Latino youth and parents discuss “taboo topics,” including sex and sexuality, substance abuse and other behaviors that put youth at risk. | ||||
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Corazón
de mi vida CV203 Community Video (Spanish)......................................$20.00 CV204 Community Video set (English and Spanish) ...............$30.00 CV205 Te abrocho el cinturón video (Spanish)........................$40.00 CV208 T-shirt adult - large...................................................$10.00 CV209 T-shirt adult - X large.................................................$10.00 CV210 T-shirt adult - XX large...............................................$12.00 CV213 Corazón de mi vida stickers (2.5" round roll of 1000).....$50.00 CV214 Corazón de mi vida bumper stickers (100)...................$30.00 |
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Here are a few of our featured
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Fiestas:
A Year of Latin American Songs of Celebration by José-Luis Orozco |
Carefully crafted for both Spanish and English audiences, this radiant bilingual collection (a follow-up to the highly successful De Colores and Diez Deditos) includes over 20 holiday songs and rhymes gathered from Spanish-speaking countries. The songs focus on holidays that honor Latin American culture—Cinco de Mayo, Carnaval, César Chávez Day—as well as on familiar fiestas celebrated around the world. | |
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Arroz con
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Lulu Delacre has gathered the most popular children's songs from all over Latin America, concentrating on Mexico and Puerto Rico. The lyrics appear in both Spanish and English along with the musical scores. | |||
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¡Que
montón de tamales!/ Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto |
Feeling very grown up after helping to make the tamales for Christmas, María decides to put on her mother’s lipstick and perfume and even dares to try on her diamond ring. When the plate is piled high with tamales, María realizes the ring is missing. Will she be able to eat her way out of trouble? | ||
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"De
colores" and Other Latin American Folk Songs for Children by José-Luis Orozco |
This collection, richly illustrated with exuberant collages, contains 25 songs, ranging from the well-known to current favorites. Spanish and English lyrics are presented side by side, with simple musical arrangements for piano, voice, and guitar. | ||
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El
gallo de bodas/ The Bossy Gallito by Lucía M. González |
In this rendition of a traditional Cuban folktale set in Miami’s Little Havana, a very bossy rooster gets his beak dirty en route to his uncle’s wedding. When he demands that his friends clean it and they refuse, he learns an important lesson about asking first. | ||
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Tortillitas
para Mamá/ Little Tortillas for Mama by Margo C. Griego |
Children and adults alike will enjoy this collection of well-known nursery rhymes from Latin America, enhanced by colorful illustrations. English translations provide the foundation for practice and comparisons of both languages. | ||
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El
coyote y la viejita/ Baby Coyote and the Old Woman by Carmen Tafolla |
In this bilingual story by award-winning poet, children’s author, performer, and educational consultant Carmen Tafolla, Baby Coyote teaches an Old Woman the value of preserving the beauty of the desert. | ||
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