Teaching Filipino is a challenge and in one of the tips we shared to encourage kids to love the language is thru songs.

Pitong Araw sa Isang Linggo Song was one of the first songs Gab learned.

Pitong Araw Sa Isang Linggo

(days of the week in Filipino, check lyrics here)

 

Here are some of the favorite songs, we have compiled our favorite so we can easily listen to and sing along with them.

Bahay Kubo

(to learn the different vegetables)

Sampung mga Daliri

(about counting and parts of the body)

Paa Tuhod Balikat Ulo

(about some parts of the body, tagalog version of “My Head My Toes” nursery rhymes)

Lubi-Lubi 

(months of the year in Filipino)

Tong Tong Tong Pakitong Kitong

(about a crab)

Leron Leron Sinta

(adventures of picking fruits – Papaya and Tamarind – from trees)

Ang Pipit

(about the bird, Pipit)