These are the songs our grandparents learned as children here in the
Southwest United States. The songs and games in the Lucerito's
Music collection represent children's music from New Mexico and California
gathered since 1966 from relatives, friends, neighbors, musicians,
teachers and old music books. Most of the songs are over 100 years old and
are currently being sung by Spanish speaking children throughout the
Spanish speaking world. I suspect that most of the songs and games came
with the Spanish conquistadors as early as 1492. The songs and games
recorded by Stanley A. Lucero are in use in many bilingual and ESL
classrooms throughout the Southwest. They are excellent gifts for the
children and grandchildren in your life. In addition to children's music, we have recorded several popular and traditional songs for your enjoyment.
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The songs and games have been recorded on the following CDs.
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List of songs on all five cds.
Click here to get the lyrics to all of the songs I've recorded. [22 pages in small print]
The lyrics to the songs are on the following pages.
CD:Turquoise (1995)
CD: The Best Of Stanley A. Lucero (1998)
CD: Dos
voces un espíritu (1999)
CD: Fiestas y cuento-cantos (2001)
CD: Marimba Lucero Volume 1, (2006)
Stanley A. Lucero, a Manito from New Mexico, was born in Leadville, Colorado and
attended more than twenty-five schools in Colorado and New Mexico as a child. Mr. Lucero
began teaching in 1974 in the San Joaquin Valley in California. He has an Elementary
Teaching Credential in Music and Spanish, a Bilingual Certificate of Competence in
Spanish, a Learning Handicapped Credential, a Liberal Arts Bachelors Degree with a triple minor (Music, Spanish, and History), and a Master of Arts in Teaching in three areas: Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, and Early Childhood Education.
He is
well known for his soft voice and artistic musical presentations. As of June 12, 2007, Stanley is retired after working thirty and a half years as a bilingual teacher. He is currently teaching one period of Advanced Guitar at Madera South High School and providing private guitar lessons at Venturi's House of Music in Madera. He is teaching a BCLAD class at CSU, Fresno and helping LitConn promote their products.
Stanley loves to sing with children in the classrooms. He also performs
concerts for parents with their children, sings with children in their
classrooms and conducts Children's Music in Spanish workshops for school
staff. Many of you have attended his
music workshops at CABE and AMAE Conferences in
California in addition to the COSECHA Conferences in New Mexico.
Mr. Lucero learned how to play guitar from his friend, college roommate and co musician, Ronnie Vigil, from San Cristobal. Ronnie was taught how to play the mandolin by his father, Cleofas Vigil, at the age of three. Cleofas Vigil played mandolin and sang the alabados for the San Cristobal Penintentes. Here is a short power point presention about New Mexico Music. 
Yolanda M. Lucero, a
Tejana, was born in Donna, Texas. She attended schools in
Parlier, California. Mrs. Lucero has been teaching since 1988 in the San Joaquin Valley in
California. She has a Bilingual Cross-Cultural Specialist Credential with a Spanish
Emphasis, a Bachelor's in Liberal Arts, and a Masters in Reading and Language Arts with a Specialist Credential.
Yolanda is an excellent bilingual storyteller who has
written many of the songs found in our newest CD Mas Cuentos y Cantos including
Gallinita Roja, and Hombrecito de 
Jengibre.
Yolanda is currently working as a PAR Teacher for Fresno Unified School District. She also works for the California Reading and
Literature Project out of C.S.U. Fresno where she works as a Professional
Development Specialist focusing on Spanish Reading and Writing Skills.
Yolanda
does workshops for teachers in Read Aloud Strategies and Parent Involvement as
well as classroom management and theme activities. She enjoys working with her colleagues at Ann Leavenworth School where she has been a part of many special projects and programs for the Two Way Program there. She also loves teaching her Sunday School Class, cooking and reading.
We can come to your school and do mini assemblies, parent/child concerts or staff workshops!
Please contact us if you are
interested in having Stanley and/or Yolanda come to your conference or your
school to do workshops, classroom presentations or parent/children concerts. Mr.
Lucero's FLYER. Pictures of Stanley. Resume June 2007
CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES
Cosecha Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico November 18-21, 2009
Thank you for inviting us to be a part of Cosecha 2009. It is an honor to participate as a musician, guitarist, presenter, exhibitor and, most of all, a friend. If any of you took pictures of us, we would be very happy to recieve copies via email. We will soon be moving the information about the workshops and handouts to the sections entitled Presentations and Calendar of Activities. If you are interested in receiving a copy of a specific powerpoint, please send an email request. We would also appreciate any feedback you are willing to email us about the workshops and other performances. We were able to perform for the students at Cien Aguas, Dolores Gonzalez, and La Escuelita. We also did a Child/Parent evening concert at Cien Aguas. Thank you Dair for inviting me to perform with you throughout the conference. Thank you Ana and Teresa for opening your homes for us. Thank you to the Cosecha Committee for your continued support in more ways than we can express. Abrazos a todos.
Spanish Songs for Día de los Muertos
Rosie Gonzalez-Rogers and Stanley A. Lucero
Sandia & Santa Ana; Thursday 11/19/09; 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Your search for Day of the Dead songs in Spanish is over! Come to this workshop to learn and sing these songs. Compare and contrast Dia de los muertos with Halloween. The cancioneros for this holiday and others can be downloaded from www.lucerito.net. Handout: Cancionero para Dia de los muertos.
New Mexico history through the eyes of Manitos
Lorraine Aguilar and Stanley A. Lucero
Sandia & Santa Ana; Friday 11/20/09; 11:10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
We have both done Social Studies units on family ancestry with our students in New Mexico and California. We have discovered little known New Mexico historical information linked to our newly discovered ancestors, the Tlaxcalan Indians. Now DNA testing is leading us into using Science to confirm our ancestry. Learn about the Tlaxcalan Indians in New Mexico and how to use family history and DNA in your classrooms to preserve our heritage language and culture. Handout: Tlaxcalan Indians and Genealogy Ideas Handout: ¿Quién somos? Who are we?
Children's Games in Spanish
Yolanda Lucero and Stanley Lucero
Apache; Saturday 11/21/09; 8:30 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.
Come and learn fun traditional Spanish songs and games to teach today that involve movement and rhythm! Our grandparents learned to sing these songs when they were children, and they reflect and reinforce our cultural community and family values. Bring back the cultural musical hisstory into your daily curriculum. Teach concepts like body parts, cooperation, teamwork as well as call and response. Guaranteed to get everybody up and moving! Motivate your classroom with music and movement! Handout: Children's Games in Spanish
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Stanley also performs with Marimba Lucero for family, community and private events with Nora
Guillen on marimba and vocals and Pedro Lucero on the stand up bass (tololochi).
Occasionally they are joined by up to
four other guest musicians at special events. For more information, click 