January 21, 2009

Homeschool Favorites- Boca Beth Review and Giveaway!!

**This giveaway is now closed. Winner will be announced soon!!**


We have a fabulous Homeschool Favorite- Product of the Week this week: Boca Beth is an easy and affordable solution for bringing Spanish and English together in a fun and inspiring way. Boca Beth's amazing selection of products, geared toward young children, allows parents the joy of watching their children learn Spanish and have FUN!!


Boca Beth was created by Beth Butler, a bilingual educator of young children who has lived in both Chile and Mexico, allowing her the time and opportunity to perfect a second language. She has also spend many years working with young children and out of those experiences, she has written and recorded four bilingual music CDs in Spanish and English, produced two bilingual educational movies and four children's music videos, published a fun coloring/activity book in both languages and speaks nationally with parents and educators – encouraging second language fun.

The fabulous Boca Beth language learning series has garnered various parenting awards including but not limited to the following: 2008 Editors' Choice Award/Family Review Center, Learning Magazine 2007 Teachers’ Choice Award for the Family, Best Educational Product of the Year (2005 & 2006) –Parent to Parent/Adding Wisdom Award.

The Boca Beth line of learning products include:

Language Learning Sets:

  • Boca Beth Beginner Set
  • Boca Beth Grande Bag
  • Boca Beth Gigante Bag
  • Boca Beth Backpack Set

Music CD's:

  • My First Songs in Spanish
  • Sing Along with Boca Beth
  • More Boca Beth
  • Sing Praise for Children

DVD's:

  • Boca Beth Music Video Collection
  • My House
  • I Like Animals

Activity Books:

  • Boca Beth Language Learning Book
  • My First Songs in Sign with Spanish

Puppets & Musical Instruments:

  • BOCA puppet
  • Mini Maracas
  • Egg Shakers

Go check out their amazing selection of products and pick some out for your little one. You'll be amazed at how fast your child will pick up a second language (and you might too)!!

Our Experience:


We were given two of Boca Beth's Music CD's for review: My First Songs in Spanish and Sing Praise for Children.



The very first day we tried the My First Songs in Spanish, my children were singing and dancing around the living room, trying to imitate the words on the CD. I was very impressed with the clarity of the words on this CD as well as well as with the child friendly music. Even as I sit here now, I hear my little guy singing one of the songs he learned on this CD. It truly warms a mom's heart!! Listen to sample songs from this CD here.



The second CD we tried out was the Sing Praise for Children CD- which is a sweet selection of praise songs sung in both English and Spanish. Again, the lively and inspiring tunes won over my children the first time they listened to it and it is now the first thing they ask for when we get into our van. The only "problem" with teaching my children a new language is their insistence that they are now proficient Spanish- speaking people and they often make up words and say them proudly with a strong Spanish accent. It keeps us laughing for sure!! Listen to sample songs from this CD here.


We give Boca Beth a very happy

TWO THUMBS UP!!

To Buy:

Boca Beth products can be found on their website, which is full of great tips and information as well. You can also check out the Boca Beth Blog for the most recent news and updates.

To Win:

Boca Beth has generously donated a Boca Beth Beginner Set including a bilingual music CD, a bilingual DVD, BOCA the puppet, a coloring book, and an easy reading How to Guide to one of our lucky readers.



To Enter:

  • Go visit the Boca Beth site, then come back and leave us a comment telling us which Music CD is your favorite and why. Please include a valid email address in your comment.
  • For Extra Entries:
  • Blog about this giveaway including our Homeschool Favorites button at the top of this post and leave us a comment including the link to your blog post.
  • Subscribe to our Review Blog (or tell us you already do).
  • Follow us on Twitter and Tweet about this giveaway.

Giveaway is open to US Residents only.

Giveaway ends Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at midnight. Winner will be drawn at random using Random.org.

Winner will be notified by email and has 48 hours to respond to the email with their shipping address. Failure to do so will result in a new winner begin drawn.

For more giveaway fun go check out the Bloggy Giveaway Carnival!!

Good Luck!!

50 comments:

  1. My favorite music CD is the Sing Praise For Children. I love it because I'm already trying to teach my kids Spanish and it would be awesome for them to learn praise songs in spanish.

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  2. I follow on twitter and tweet:

    http://twitter.com/calliesan/status/1137060283

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  3. I blogged about the giveaway

    http://jamericanspice.wordpress.com/giveaways/

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  4. I like the My House DVD! We have 4 children that pick up spanish quickly and love to have watch this educational movie!
    SG19816@yahoo.com

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  5. I'd like the My First Songs In Spanish
    My First Songs In Spanish. I have 2 Hispanic students this year. ( I usually have 4-5.) This CD would be great for my "other" students to hear songs in Spanish! Maybe then they'd begin to understand why it's hard for the Hispanic students to catch on quickly. This would be great for talking about cultural differences too!

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  6. We liked the my first songs in spanish. (My daughter listened to all the sample ones and chose that cd!)

    bs.webster(at)sbcglobal(dot)net

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  7. Sing Praise for Children CD would be my pick too! My children love to sing praise songs and what a great way to teach spanish to them with praise music!
    thebovees49091 at yahoo dot com

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  8. My First Songs In Spanish would be really great. My 4 year old granddaughter can count to 10 in Spanish and she is really enjoying learning. I know she would love this. Thank you!

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  9. The sing along with Boca Beth would be great because my son loves animals so the "spelling animals" song would be perfect!!! Thanks.

    chericehodges@gmail.com

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  10. My First Songs in Spanish would be a wonderful gift for my 3 year old granddaughter who LOVES learning new songs. She sings in English and German now and this would be great to teach her Spanish.
    vinter@warwick.net

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  11. I liked the My first spanish songs CD. This seems like a really fun way for my kids to learn Spanish.

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  12. I'd love to try their My First Songs in Sign With Spanish - with CD. I want to teach my kids Spanish and sign so that would be perfect!

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  13. I like The Boca Beth Beginner Set because of everything it includes.

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  14. I would love the Sing Praise for Children because it's praise songs and environmentally friendly and because it donates to World Mission Outreach.

    thezimmermanfamily[at]yahoo[dot]com

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  15. I like the sing Praise for children. This would be great for homeschooling my son.
    ddashby16@hotmail.com

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  16. I have been wanting to get Boca Beth for a while! I would love to teach my sons Spanish, but even after 4 years of it in high school I have to admit I'm terrible. This would be great to have. I like the basic children's songs CD, it looks cute and like my kids would enjoy it.

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  17. Our favorite CD is My First Songs In Spanish/Mis primeras canciones en Inglés. It is so magically spirit of play and inspires kids to learn Spanish in a very magical way! My ds and I so love Boca Beth!

    Thanks so much for this fabulous give~away! : )))

    leahita[at]gmail[dot]com

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  18. I am following you on TWITTER....username leahita.

    And, I TWITTERED about this give~away.

    http://twitter.com/leahita/status/1150094409

    Thanks again! : )))

    leahita[at]gmail[dot]com

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  19. I love the Sing Praise for Children - my son is singing all the time right now, and I would love to get him started with Spanish... and what a better way to worship the Lord!!!

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  20. I like the Sing Along with BOCA BETH CD because it has some songs that are familiar to my kids in English

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  21. I'm an email subscriber

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  22. The first songs in spanish would be great!

    piper3301 at msn dot com

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  23. I'd like the "My first songs in Spanish" cd!

    Jenny

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  24. I'm a christian mommy and I like the cd Sing Praise For Children
    Sing Praise For Children! I think it's important in our society to know another language.

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  25. I'm jut became a subscriber.

    ellybean (at) connected2christ.com
    http://www.connected2christ.com/theblog

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  26. I have been wanting to get this for our homeschool curriculum for a long time. I would like to have the Sing Praise for Children Cd.

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  27. The my first song book and audio CD set looks cool, spanish and sign language cool! My hubby is fluent spanish speaker but the kids have no interest in speaking spanish and this might help them! Since half of their family speaks spanish they need to learn it! Thanks for the giveaway!

    Crystal42683(at)aol(dot)com

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  28. I suscribed through google reader!

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  29. boca beth singalong is my fave. my neighbor actually owns this allready and i have seen how much her kids like it, which i why its my fave

    thanks ! hope i win !

    luckymatt5 AT gmail DOT com

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  30. Sing Praise for Children is my favorite! Great small business company. love what they do.
    cathy b
    project hope 7 at g mail dot com

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  31. I subscribe!
    cathy b
    project hope 7 at g mail dot com

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  32. I'm very interested in the cds, thanks!!!
    firstrosegrrl@yahoo.com

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  33. The Sing Along with BOCA BETH CD is my favorite because my son already loves it (okay so I do to)Thanks for the giveaway!!

    dlfrx(at)sbcglobal(dot)net

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  34. I like the Sing Praise for Children cd because singing praises to Jesus in any language is awesome. :) I also find the My First Songs in Sign with Spanish interesting. :) Thanks. :)

    adashofsassitude(at)gmail.com

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  35. I love the Sing Praise for Children

    Freebiegoddess03(at)aol(dot)com

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  36. sing praise for children looks good.

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  37. I like the Sing Along with BOCA BETH CD because my daughter can belt out a tune and would love this.

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  38. I like the my first songs cd because it covers all the basics: counting, days of the week, animals, etc. It looks like a great program!

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  39. My First Songs in Spanish CD would be a great starter CD.
    Thanks for the giveaway!

    kimspam66(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  40. My favorite is the praise cd. You can never ever have enough ways for your children to praise the Lord!

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  41. I like My First Songs In Spanish CD. My great nephew is half spanish. He knows some of the spanish language but I think it's important for him to learn to speak it fuently. The first songs cd would just add to the fun. thanks for the giveaway!

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  42. I have not had the chance to hear any of these cd's but from knowing my girl's love of puppets I think that the My First Songs in Spanish CD with BOCA the puppet would be a huge hit! What a fun giveaway, I would love for them to learn spanish but I am not sure how to even get started - thank you!

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  43. I really like the Sing Praises CD and the fact that they donate a $1 from each sale to World Mission Outreach Efforts. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  44. The sing praise for children is what I would like because my kids dont typically prefer the traditional catholic music so this might get us to praise in a new beat. Thanks, Godesseablu@msn.com

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