You have a copy of Paletas 1-2-3!! Let’s get to the sound of the different languages first! Below is audio of numbers 1-10 in the five languages included in Paletas. They all include the English version of the numbers so you know how to pronounce them.
Listen to the languages! / ¡Escuchemos los idiomas!
Spanish / español
German / alemán
Vietnamese / vietnamita
Mandarin / mandarín
Why these languages?
The official language of the United States is English, yet there are many languages spoken within the country. Texas, specifically, has the highest percentage of Spanish speakers in the country. Need I say more?
Texas also has German heritage in the hill country in places like Fredericksburg, New Braunfels, Gruene, Brenham –There’s even a New Berlin, Texas! I learned German in high school, and took classes at San Jacinto College. The University of Houston offers German as a modern language major and minor, as well as Rice University. The German language and culture is alive and well, and I wanted to give children opportunity to see this language before a high school or college course.
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