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The new bilingual DVD “Cantos y Rimas – Nursery Songs & Rhymes” from Cantarima receives the prestigious Dr. Toy Smart Play/Smart Toy Award.

Tenafly, New Jersey, May 1, 2006 -- The new bilingual DVD “Cantos y Rimas – Nursery Songs & Rhymes” has recently won a Dr. Toy Smart Play/Smart Toys 2006 Product of Excellence Award. 

Since its release in October 2005, the DVD has earned multiple awards, including a Dove Foundation Family Approved Seal, an iParenting Media 2006 HOT Product Award and an iParenting Media 2006 Best Product Award.

The Dr. Toy Smart Play/Smart Toy review cited, “This is a skill building DVD that will help your little one develop language. It features well-known traditional children's nursery rhymes and songs in Spanish and English …. Learning a new language at an early age enriches and enhances a child's mental development….On-screen children performers help encourage children at home to sing and dance along which is a great way for them to engage in physical activity.”

“Cantos y Rimas – Nursery Songs & Rhymes” is produced by Cantarima Multimedia and is part of a new series of DVDs, which includes the bilingual title “Canciones de Cuna – Songs for Bedtime” and the Spanish-only title “Números y Figuras – Numbers & Shapes,” both of which are also award-winning.

Upbeat and interactive, Cantarima videos are designed to help build young children’s language skills through traditional well-known children’s songs and rhymes. Cantarima’s bilingual videos introduce simple words simultaneously in both Spanish and English and reinforce those words with visual images and song. Amusing puppets, colorful toys, and other playmates bring the words to life. This approach not only provides the ability to learn a second language, it also reinforces native language learning, culture, and heritage. 

Cantarima products were specifically developed to address the shortage of high-quality entertainment products developed for young children of Hispanic or mixed-Hispanic heritage.  As the majority of Hispanic children in the U.S. are raised with lifelong exposure to both English and Spanish, there is a persistent demand for products which reflect how they hear their world.

Retail price for the DVD is $16.95. To order Cantarima DVD products, visit www.cantarima.com or call 1-888-226-8225.  In recognition of it awards, Cantarima is offering a special promotion of 15% off any purchase by using code AWARD15 at checkout.