Wee Sing America Review

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Basically, it's one of the few CDs we have owned that both kids and adults have loved. We play it several times per week in the car. You WANT your kids to know the words to these songs. And you want to know them, too. (And as a bonus: Within a short amount of time, you'll all have memorized the 50 states, in alphabetical order.)

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The bestselling Wee Sing line is now tailored for the most modernWee Sing fans! These eight classic Wee Sing titles are now in a greatnew package-a book and CD in a reusable blister!

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Notespeller for Piano - Book 1: Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Review

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(More customer reviews)This is pretty good for making a game out of piano theory (which I remember as being horribly boring in my childhood).The characters and games would only appeal to a young audience, probably no more than 8 years old or so.

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Join Spike, Party Cat and friends on an adventure-filled camping trip as they complete activities that help them learn keyboard geography and finger numbers, identify steps and skips, and read and write notes on the treble and bass staffs. Corresponds to Piano Lessons Book 1.

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Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) : (To Everything There Is a Season) Review

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(More customer reviews)I first heard about the picture book, "Turn! Turn! Turn!" back in 2003 when I joined a mighty small and unofficial gathering of St. Paul/Minneapolis children's book enthusiasts for a mock Caldecott discussion.We were going to decide which books were most worthy of the Caldecott that year (though the obvious winner, "The Man Who Walked Between the Towers" swept it).One of those potential winners was a fairly interesting adaptation of what I had only ever known to be a Byrds song.Though credited in large part to Pete Seeger, no stranger to picture books himself, the words are originally from Ecclesiastes.Mr. Seeger gave them to a tune in 1961 and from there the Byrds turned it into a hit.Now it's a book for kids.In my experience, making a kid's book out of a 1960's song is usually a dangerous practice.Take a gander at, "At the Zoo" by Paul Simon if you don't believe me.In this particular case, illustrator Wendy Anderson Halperin has given the design of the book an original feel.The result is a book that works far more often than it falls flat.

You know the words, right?So sing along!"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven".The original verses speak of "a time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away", so this adaptation does the same.The book begins with an open door leading to a grassy place.Turn the page and you see a large circle, one half on each page with the circle's center falling into the center gutter.On the left page is a verse like, "a time to be born".Here we see all sorts of images that illustrate this concept.On the right hand side are the words, "a time to die".Ditto, death is shown in a variety of different ways.This continues throughout the book with a multitude of different races, religions, people, animals, places, and things bringing home every verse.The pictures continue until you get to a final two-page spread with the words, "A time to love, a time to hate; a time for peace, I swear it's not too late".Here we see kids playing in what we can only assume is the grassy place glimpsed through the door on the first page.Children play and frolic and play chess (???) while a border of kids from all over the world (with different abilities and disabilities) make a half-circle over the page.There's also a nice little shot of Mr. Seeger himself, recognizable banjo in hand.The book comes with a note at the end of, "Suggestions for How to Use This Book", which talks about the song's history, but not (surprisingly) how to actually use the book in a class setting or one-on-one with a child.There's a lovely accompanying cd of the original song with two versions on it.One is Seeger's original and the other is the Byrds song we all know so well.

The cd is a lovely touch and one that I wish more picture books would begin to include.Unfortunately, it doesn't work very well with this kind of song.Usually cds are included with picture books when the book can be read along WITH the cd.In this case, the song is just too darn fast.These illustrations demand that the reader do a bit of lingering over them.People need to stop and examine Ms. Halperin's tiny tiny details.No cd is going to slow down to the point where you are able to do so (and if you continually pause it, it's just gonna mess up your enjoyment of the song).So there's that.

The most interesting thing about this book is really Ms. Halperin's interpretation of such weighty subjects as death, killing, war, and the like.She isn't afraid to go all over the world and pull from as many different human experiences (that are appropriate for children) as possible.At the same time, sometimes she gets a bit goofy.I guess I can't blame her.I mean, it's probably extremely difficult to fill a page with images of death without bumming the kids out right from the start.But why is one of the tiny death pictures of a blue winged fairy yawning?Halperin, for the most part, seems up to the task of making a variety of interesting references.Other times, she goes all goofy on you."A time to cast away stones" shows two men (one looking oddly like Mr. Seeger, banjo tucked under his arm) running away from white hooded ghost-like people throwing stones.I looked at this picture and could not figure out why Muslim women were stoning the folksingers.Then I wondered if this was supposed to be the Klan.If so, where were the pointy hoods?Was this an actual incident that happened to Mr. Seeger once long ago?This isn't the only example of a completely random picture popping up on an otherwise interesting page.Halperin obviously got a little slap-happy after a while and would throw in a bizarre picture in the midst of her otherwise legit ones.It makes for occasionally odd reading.

The only real problem with this book (aside from the already discussed jolts of Dadaism) is that the pictures fall into the center of the book far too often.You can miss out on a lot if you don't spread your book dangerously apart (dangerous to the binding, I mean).I understand that the format of the work demands that these picture fall there, but I wish Halperin could have found a way to avoid it.Ah well.These objections, such as they are, stand small against what is otherwise a lovely and interesting little book.For offspring (or, dare I say, grandchildren) of the children of the 60's, this can make for fun family reading.Little children will adore findings something new on every page and parents will find some of the more difficult images (like a child fingering its parents' gun) a good way to discuss unpleasant subjects.Though it doesn't always work, I still recommend this to anyone who would like to instill in their child a sense of connection with the world around them.Lovely if flawed.

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Wee Sing Bible Songs (Wee Sing) CD and Book Edition Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a wonderful collection of 63 Bible and Sunday school songs. This has all the old classics I remember from child hood, like "Zaccheaus was a wee little man," "Father Abraham," and "Deep and wide." I play this often for my children, and they love it. Full of wonderful songs, it is a good investment for my children.

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The bestselling Wee Sing line is now tailored for the most modernWee Sing fans! These eight classic Wee Sing titles are now in a greatnew package-a book and CD in a reusable blister!

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EZ-Play 323 High School Musical Disney Channel Original Movie HSM (E-Z Play Today) Review

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(More customer reviews)As a piano teacher, I find this a great book for elementary school
children playing at a level 1 or 2.The chords are written above
each grand staff so the students have options on playing the music.
It is great to have music that the children are excited about playing.

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Children's TV Songs (Easy Piano) Review

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(More customer reviews)"Children's TV Songs" features many themes from children's television shows, including "Mister Rogers Neighborhood, "Blue's Clues," "The Book of Pooh," "Bob the Builder" and "Bear in the Big Blue House." It has lyrics and piano notes for all of the themes except "Linus and Lucy" from "Peanuts" (which has no lyrics.) It's worth noting that the Blue's Clue's "Theme" in this book is actually just the "Hear a Pawprint" song from one of the albums. The actual "Blue's Clues" theme ("Another Blue's Clues Day") isn't heard until the fifth season of the program, which came out after this book was made.The variety of shows in this book is excellent. However, the quality of this book is dragged down by the obvious inaccuracy of some of the lyrics. For example, on "Welcome to the Blue House," where Treelo shouts "Whoop-te-do!" their lyrics read "all brand new." I know it's hard to understand what Treelo's saying sometimes, but that definitely cannot be construed as "all brand new." Another is on the theme for "The Book of Pooh," at one point it reads "I know my friends here," when the actual line is "And all my friends here."

I can't vouch for the accuracy of the piano notes, as I don't have a piano.

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A collection of 13 favorite theme songs, including: Barney Theme Song * Blue's Clues Theme * Bob the Builder "Intro Theme Song" * Everyone Knows He's Winnie the Pooh (Book of Pooh Opening Theme) * I'm Popeye the Sailor Man * Linus and Lucy * Sesame Street Theme * SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song * Won't You Be My Neighbor? (It's a Beautiful Day in This Neighborhood) * and more.

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Dukas' "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" & Chabrier's "Espana" in Review

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(More customer reviews)Great score book. It's cool to see all the instruments that go into the sorceror's apprentice

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Musicians and music lovers will applaud this convenient one-volume compilation of a pair of perennial concert favorites. The Sorcerer's Apprentice, a gripping masterpiece of modern music, is coupled with España, a spirited rhapsody based on original Spanish airs. Reproduced from authoritative French editions. Instrumentation.

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The Disney Collection: Book/Instrument Pack (Recorder Fun!) Review

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(More customer reviews)This was the best Christmas purchase of the year for my 4-year-old little girl.The music she plays is dreadful, but she absolutely loves it and wants to take it everywhere.The songbook is difficult and I don't think young kids would be able to comprehend it, nor reach the recorder notes with their tiny hands, but the recorder itself has provided hours of (deafening) entertainment.

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Sing It Yourself: 220 Pentatonic American Folk Songs Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a vast collection of pentatonic songs, arranged in order of difficulty.It includes a wide variety of songs, including Black spirituals and Native American songs.

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A collection of 220 folk songs representing different parts of the United States, some with foreign roots. The songs are based on pentatonic scales making it easy for children to learn the melodies. All of the songs are playable on Orff instruments. These songs can be used as a springboard for discussing other states and cultures.

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Suzuki Parent's Diary: Or How I Survived My First 10,000 Twinkles (Suzuki Method International) Review

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(More customer reviews)I got a great deal of insight into the Suzuki program. It was great to hear a description of what the program was like, especially the humor to it.My only complaint is that the book binding was poor, so each time I turned a page it tour out of the book.I need to have it rebound.

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What is it like to be a Suzuki parent? Morris gives a humorous and realistic view of what being in Suzuki is like.

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Songs for Kids (Book & Recorder) Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought this for my 8 year old daughter.It was great for the first few pages, then it just got extremely hard, and she put it down.Playing the recorder was one of the things she most looked forward to in her homeschooling this year, and this book was a huge let down.

One of the biggest problems was that the second song in it, "Aura Lee," was totally unfamiliar to us.It is tough for a kid, just learning how to make music, to try and play something when she doesn't know if she is playing correctly because she's never heard it!In addition, you really can't advance until you have mastered Aura Lee!

If she could get past this, it might be good, but since she never will, I can not give it a good rating.

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14 songs, including: London Bridge * This Old Man * Take Me Out To The Ball Game * and more. Also includes a high-quality recorder and easy-to-follow instructions.

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The Sound of Music: Book/Instrument Pack (Recorder Fun) Review

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(More customer reviews)The Sound of Music book and recorder set is a good beginning book. My sons have enjoyed learning the recorder and have also used the book for their other instruments (guitar and lapharp).

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7 songs, including: Climb EvÕry Mountain * Do-Re-Mi * My Favorite Things * and more. Also includes a high-quality recorder and easy-to-follow instructions.

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Wee Sing Mother Goose Review

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(More customer reviews)The Wee Sing series of CD's are wonderful for young children! They LOVE them! I have no complaints or suggestions for improvement. They are priced low for what you get and will be favorites for a long time!

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Wee Sing Mother Goose is the newest addition to the perenniallypopular Wee Sing line. With nursery rhyme favorites set to greattunes, this book and CD set will have kids everywhere dancing andsinging along!

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Wee Sing for Christmas (With CD) Review

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(More customer reviews)After purchasing the Wee Sing Halloween and LOVING it...I was disappointed when I played the Christmas CD.My daughter was as well...there aren't very many songs where the children are singing.If my daughter wanted to hear adults sing Christmas songs, I could just turn on the radio.I highly recommend Halloween but I think that they could do better for Christmas.

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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" Review

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(More customer reviews)i like the doll song best

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Eleven titles from this delightful movie include: Toot Sweets * Chitty Chitty Bang Bang * Lovely, Lonely Man * The Roses of Success * You Two * Truly Scrumptious * Doll on a Music Box * Me Ol' Bam-Boo.

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100 Songs for Kids: Sing-along Favorites Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a great book for fun easy songs. Has a lot of the classics. I am a beginning piano player and I can play quite a few of the songs and sing along with my little one. I would buy this book again for sure.

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This big collection of childhood favorites in easy-to-play arrangements by Dan Coates is designed to encourage parents and teachers to sing along with their kids. Titles include: Baa Baa Black Sheep * Daisy Daisy * Do Your Ears Hang Low? * The Farmer in the Dell * Happy Birthday * Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush * I'm a Little Teapot * Jack and Jill * London Bridge Is Falling Down * Mary Had a Little Lamb * On Top of Old Smokey * Pop Goes the Weasel * Skip to My Lou * Three Blind Mice and more.

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