Creating new resources, especially the composition of new educational songs, is a time consuming project. Luckily, it’s also a labor of love.

After six months of working on Resta cantando and Divide cantando and countless days in the studio adding the final vocal parts, we see the end in sight.

We plan to hold an office party, at the local Mexican restaurant, to celebrate the launch of Resta cantando and Divide cantando (Subtraction and Division songs in Spanish).

You can listen to Practiquemos la resta, the introductory song from Resta cantando below. Are we proud? You bet.

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What better place to launch Multiplica cantando and Suma cantando (Addition and Multiplication songs in Spanish) than San Antonio, Texas?

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Earlier this month, we spent an enjoyable time at NSSEA’s school supply convention and actually being able to see everyone in person was great! Approximately 327 dealer companies were in attendance and our booth seemed to be a meeting place for Hispanics who instantly fell in love with our new titles.

If you ever visit San Antonio, make sure you dine at Mi Tierra. A well known Mexican food restaurant and bakery, Mi Tierra, which is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, is a favorite with the locals.

What better time to teach Canadian history, Canada’s upcoming election and learn all about Canadian Prime Ministers! You can purchase our CD/book kit Prime Ministers of Canada on Special, (HALF PRICE!) right now, and have your students learn Canadian history through songs about all of Canada’s Prime Ministers from from Sir John A. Macdonald to Stephen Harper.

During March Break, many of us take off a little extra time for ourselves and our families. One of my own favorite pastimes is to go and jam on weekends with a local band. These guys are great, great players and the cost of admission is really buying something to eat or drink. It’s always nice to see families bringing in their kids to hear some good music. Some of life’s best lessons are not necessarily learned in school. Hope you have fun this month!

As you read this, thousands of English teachers in mainland China are singing The Body / 身体歌 from the album Bilingual Songs: English-Mandarin, vol. 1. It seems that this song has become a big hit in the “Motivating Young Learners” workshops put on by the British Council. We’ve made this song available for all of those teachers (free streaming online) and thought that you might enjoy it too. Here is the link. Enjoy!

Twenty years ago, on Dec. 24th, I was still teaching school. I had the day off, and so did my kids. So with my children in tow, I trudged down to the incorporation office and filed the documents to incorporate my company. The government office was quite empty. Who in their right mind would spend Dec. 24th filing incorporation documents except perhaps a teacher who had prepared everything from a do-it-yourself manual and had no other days off? I remember my son and daughter taking over the deserted office area, pelting rolled up mittons at each other, while the documents were being processed.

We’ve probably sold over a million resources by now used in dozens of countries around the world. It’s a happy anniversary. Sometimes taking a chance is a good thing.

This year’s Guadalajara Book Fair was exciting as usual. New partnerships were made and old friendships renewed. It appears that we will soon have very good distribution in Peru, Chile, Mexico and Panama. It was great to also meet many local parents and teachers who live in Guadalajara. Thank you for stopping by our exhibit to say, “Hello” and for letting us know how much your students enjoy our songs.

Before returning home, I spent a few days in Ajijic, one of my favorite places. Ajijic is a very small city, located very close Guadalajara’s airport, on the shores of Lake Chapala. The Los Artistos Bed and Breakfast, where I stayed, proved to be the most beautiful, restful place one could ever imagine.

Young artist, Rosaria, with her hand drawn Christmas cards.

A mural on the wall of Centro Escolar Marcos Castellanos.

It was a pleasure to meet everyone in Boston, during the ACTFL Annual Convention and World Languages Expo. Thank you for visiting our exhibit, coming to see us during the NNELL swap shop and attending Anna’s Linguascope workshop on Saturday afternoon.

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Anna and Sara presenting at ACTFL .

A great time was had by all at the OMLTA (Ontario Modern Language Teacher’s Association) Fall Conference held last weekend. By far, the most colourful character in attendance was Jay Bailey who met with teachers and spoke of his various canoe trips across Canada retracing the expeditions of the original voyageurs.

Congratulations to Ria Pratt, and Rose Masurkevitch both of whom won One Year Subscriptions to EduActiveLearning.com (our new online subscription site for schools). Please feel free to visit www.EduActiveLearning.com/trial and sign up for a free trial subscription. Enjoy!

Jay Bailey, who spoke of his various canoe trips across Canada.

Ria Pratt, the winner of the lunch prize draw.

This fall the Ontario Modern Language Teacher’s Association Conference will be held Saturday, October 23rd. The conference will host hundreds of teachers attending dozens of seminars. We’ll be there too, proudly demonstrating our new online website: www.EduActiveLearning.com, and the internationally known languages website: www.Linguascope.com. One lucky conference attendee will win a twelve month subscription to EduActiveLearning.com for their school. If you plan to attend, please look for us!