Cuentos Infantiles con La Tía Botas
By Debra Alvarado,
Common Sense Media Reviewer
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Fun stories and music in Spanish teach values and lessons.
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What’s It About?
CUENTOS INFANTILES CON LA TIA BOTAS is a collection of fairytale retellings and original stories that includes music to draw in her audience. Magda Botteri (Tía Botas) brings stories to life with a conversational tone that pulls in listeners of all ages. The podcast includes lessons on friendship, emphasizing values and morals including optimism, confidence, honesty, and patience. Orlando the mimic octopus is a recurring character in Tía Botas' original stories who demonstrates bravery, earning the respect and gratitude of his sea creature friends. Other characters that may be familiar are drawn from retellings of classic fairytales. The morals from these tales are highlighted and discussed both in the introduction of each episode as well as in the Q&A session at the end of the story.
Is It Any Good?
Kids will love Tía Botas' soothing and joyful voice, stories, and songs in addition to the interactive feeling of hearing short recordings of kids who've called in to ask questions or make requests. Cuentos Infantiles con La Tía Botas offers quality, exciting new stories and comforting classic tales with a warmth that is very familiar and feels safe- she really does speak to kids as if she were their loving aunt. She is engaging and authentic, and her professional voice skills are top-notch.
While Tía Botas' accompanying songs may be more popular with kids than parents, they do add to a child's experience and support learning. Come for Tia Botas' engaging storytelling, stay for the richness of her lessons and the feeling of family she provides all listeners.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about how Cuentos Infantiles con La Tía Botas presents an important life skill or lesson before each episode and reviews this lesson after. Were you able to relate to some of the stories and the lessons learned within them? Did it help you to listen differently hearing the lesson before the story?
Tía Botas gives lots of examples of courage in her stories. Who is someone in your life you consider brave and why? Can you think of a time you felt brave? Why is courage an important character trait?
Tía Botas introduces us to powerful people in some of her stories, and some of them show humility. What makes a person humble?
Podcast Details
- Release date: August 28, 2019
- Genre: Kids & Family
- Average Run Time: 18 minutes
- Website: https://anchor.fm/la-tia-botas
- Host: Magda Botteri
- Production Company and Network: Independent
- Pricing structure: Free
- Topics: Magic and Fantasy , Princesses, Fairies, Mermaids, and More , Adventures , Fairy Tales , Friendship , Music and Sing-Along , Ocean Creatures , Science and Nature
- Character Strengths: Courage , Humility
- Award: Common Sense Selection
- Last updated: June 14, 2023
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