Early Childhood Songs

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Eight favorites performed with nursery school children. Features melodies performed on folk instruments followed by playful group exercises for melody recognition. Includes Mary Had a Little Lamb, Farmer in the Dell, and Skip to My Lou. "You hear the fits and starts of hesitant children, at first mumbling ditties like This Old Man, then growing confident, until they sing without self-consciousness..." - Entertainment Weekly --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Early Childhood Songs, Music, Ella Jenkins, Children's, Children's Folk, Childrens, Pop

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Early Childhood Classics - Old Favorites With A New Twist

One of the best young children's CDs!

Great Kid Tunes

Great music, great twist

A favorite at library storytime

Early Childhood Classics - Old Favorites With A New Twist
Hap Palmer
Manufacturer: Hap-Pal Music/Newsound
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004RDLD
Release Date: 2000-02-01

Tracks:

Itsy Bitsy Spider
Pat-A-Cake
I'm a Little Teapot
Old Mac Donald
Touch Your Toes To Your Nose
Circle Songs: The Mulberry Bush, Ring Around the Rosy, Hokey Pokey
Open Shut Them
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Bingo
The Elephant
I'm Glad I'm Me
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
The Wheels on the Bus
Good-bye Song

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Hap Palmer may be best known for his vocal contributions to the hugely popular Baby Songs video series, but parents of 2- to 5-year-olds, particularly those with a sturdier than average educational bent, will find a lot to love on Early Childhood Classics: Old Favorites with a New Twist. This release rids itself of tiresome attempts to turn performances of simple songs like "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" into minor personal masterpieces and instead injects its de rigueur dose of creativity directly into familiar lyrics. For instance, while there's the usual cow and pig on Old MacDonald's farm, we're also introduced to Henrietta's House, where there's a cat, Zebediah's zoo with its tiger, and the puppy in Pamelina's pet shop. Similarly, instead of the usual "Pat-a-Cake" cliffhanger, where the cake's put in the oven and that's all she wrote, we get to hear the ding-ding-ding when it's done and layer on the frosting. The sequence of songs is repeated instrumentally after Palmer's interpretations to allow for sing-alongs and the dreaming up of more new lyrics--a useful device for caregivers who think like teachers (those who don't, though, can make use of clever movement and activity suggestions in the liner notes). Each song's wordplay and simple rhymes are catchy enough to fall into the can't-fail category when it comes to enhancing vocabulary, phonics, and vocabulary skills, and the surprise lyrics lend themselves nicely to attentive listening. Early Childhood Classics delivers old-fashioned fun in a satisfyingly unsplashy way. --Tammy La Gorce

Album Description

Here is a joyful collection of all time favorite activity songs for young children. Hap Palmer's unique renditions preserve the charm and simplicity of traditional songs while adding new, original lyrics and melodies to extend and enrich the familiar classics.

The simplicity and repetition of these songs guarantee active participation by encouraging children to sing and move with the music. While having fun and participating actively, children develop motor and musical skills and learn about animals, counting, identification of body parts, and phonics. As children sing along, responding to the imagery and humor of the lyrics, reading readiness is also enhanced. Alliteration and rhyme develop a child's ear for the sounds of language - an important pre-reading skill.

These songs are developmentally appropriate for the very young child - infant to 5 years. However, the familiar melodies and contemporary arrangements also elicit surprisingly gusty participation from first and second grade students. A variety of musical styles adds new life to well known songs with swing, blue grass, country, classical, rock, pop, and blues arrangements.

Fifteen songs are presented with vocal interpretation. The sequence is then repeated instrumentally providing opportunities for singing along and creating new lyrics using children's ideas. The instrumental selections also familiarize children with the sounds of a variety of musical instruments including piano, bass, drums, guitar, violin, viola, cello, trumpet, trombone, tuba, French horn, saxophone, flute, English horn, accordion, and a variety of percussion instruments such as conga drums, bougaraboo drum, ouiro, shaker, wood block and tambourine.

The instrumental versions of each song can be used in the following ways:

1. After children have learned words with the vocal version, they can sing along hearing only the music.

2. Children can create their own lyrics and sing the song using their ideas.

3. The music can accompany sessions in movement exploration and creative movement.

Suggestions for activities and variations are not limited to those presented in this guide book. There are endless possibilities awaiting your creative impulse.

Customer Reviews:

Early Childhood Classics - Old Favorites With A New Twist.......2007-05-26

We listen to this CD almost evry day while driving around in the car. My daughter loves singing the songs!!! They are all good. Well worth the money!!

One of the best young children's CDs!.......2006-02-24

My almost 4 year old is a huge Hap Palmer fan, and it's catching on to me. Just listen to one of his CDs, and you'll understand. This one in particular is great. I love how he makes beloved children songs even better. I never thought I'd be just as happy to hear a children's CD as one of my own, but this is so catchy, and it is priceless hearing my young daughter singing along to the words! It's great for her memory skills, remembering and singing to all the songs, and it's great for her learning rhyme and rhythm. The lyrics he adds are sooo fun and cathy and sweet. I love this guy!

Great Kid Tunes.......2006-02-18

I bought this for my daughter, who is two, and my older kids love it as much as she does. Easy to remember lyrics and catchy tunes make this a great cd to listen to.

Great music, great twist.......2005-10-28

If standard kid's tunes play in your house or car all day long, you will love this refreshing cd and your kid's won't miss a beat. I don't understand the 2 star review. If you don't like something, that's fine. But the reviewer's logic is very skewed in that they said it didn't meet their expectations, even though 1) The cd was a gift, and 2) The title of the cd tells you that it's not an album of "to-the-letter" standards. So if you don't like the music or your child doesn't like it, fine. But don't rate it down because you had ridiculous expectations from something you didn't even want or buy. If you are open-minded and enjoy good, fun, music you will love this. There is varied musical accompaniment and Hap sings great and truly seems to feel the music (unlike most performers of children's standards). Of course, the ultimate critic is the child. My daughter LOVES this cd (she's 21 months old now and has been listening to it since 12 months). Again, if you want standard kid songs, you may be disappointed with this because the music and words are different (usually, each song starts in a traditional manner but then non-standard lyrics and music follow). But if you want a twist without leaving the traditional songs altogether, buy this. I don't think you will be disappointed.

A favorite at library storytime.......2005-10-19

I'm a children's librarian in Illinois and this cd has become one I use at almost every storytime. I especially love "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" because it contains a verse inserted by Hap Palmer which allows me to introduce Shakespeare to the tiniest child. He uses a line from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" -- "silver bow new bent in heaven" to describe the moon. I have entire families singing along, learning a famous quotation painlessly! And it's a beautiful, calming song to use at the end of a storytime. Parents and kids love it!

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Early Childhood Songs
Ella Jenkins
Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Folk | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000001DN0
Release Date: 1996-08-20

Tracks:

Mary Had A Little Lamb
Farmer In The Dell
Skip To My Lou
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
London Bridge
This Old Man
Pop Goes The Weasel
London Bridge
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
ABC's
Ba-Ba Black Sheep
Farmer In The Dell
Pop Goes The Weasel
This Old Man
Skip To My Lou
Mary Had A Little Lamb

Album Description

Eight favorites performed with nursery school children. Features melodies performed on folk instruments followed by playful group exercises for melody recognition. Includes Mary Had a Little Lamb, Farmer in the Dell, and Skip to My Lou. "You hear the fits and starts of hesitant children, at first mumbling ditties like This Old Man, then growing confident, until they sing without self-consciousness..." - Entertainment Weekly

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Great CD for Toddlers
my children's favorite tape

Hunk-Ta-Bunk-Ta BOO!
Katherine Dines
Manufacturer: Hunk Ta Bunk Ta
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000G1SE
Release Date: 1991-03-15

Tracks:

2:58 Treehouses Mudpies and Frogs
2:16 Goosebumps
3:50 Blood!
2:54 Bubble Trouble
2:55 Chomp Chomp Snort Awoooo!
2:14 Funnybones
2:02 Hunk-Ta-Bunk-Ta Boo!
2:32 Are We Ever Gonna Get There?
2:41 Goodness Gracious Snakes Alive!
2:51 Yummy Yum Yum; Yucky Yuck Yuck
3:21 The Ticklebug
2:13 Down in Sleepytown

Album Description

12 lyrical songs written especially for ages 3 years and up. Singable songs with strong images and a wonderful acoustic production.

Customer Reviews:

Great CD for Toddlers.......2006-07-25

When we saw Katherine perform, she sang a song from this album called Goosebumps - every time she sang the word "Goosebump", she shrugged her shoulders. My son is fascinated and we get a good shoulder stretch because he likes to do over and over again. This CD has quickly become one of our favorites.

my children's favorite tape.......2000-11-04

This is my 5 and 3 year old children's favorite tape. We went to see Katherine perform and bought the tape that day. That was a year ago. We have listened to it so much that the tape wore out. I am purchasing it again!! Even my 13 year old step daughter and her friends like it.

The Life and Works of Antonín Dvorák, Narration with Musical Excerpts

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An Extraordinary User-Friendly Multimedia Dvorák Biography

The Life and Works of Antonín Dvorák, Narration with Musical Excerpts

Manufacturer: Naxos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001HOXLO
Release Date: 2004-04-20

Tracks:

Slavonic Dance In G Minor, Op.46 No.8/Childhood, Boyhood, Youth
Symphony No.8 In G, Op.88 (Mvt 3: Allegretto Grazioso - Molto Vivace)
A Secret Life: Early Manhood, Determination And First Love
Cypresses, B.152 (No.3: When Thy Sweet Glances)
A Change Of Job, Marriage And Increasing Success
Symphony No.3 In E Flat, Op.10 (Mvt 1: Allegro Moderato)
Hope, Grief And Sublimation/Stabat Mater, Op.58 (Quando Corpus Morietur)
International Celebrity And Deceptive Simplicity
Serenade In E For Strings, Op.22 (Mvt 2: Walzer)
A New Championing, A New Friendship: Brahms Weighs In
String Quartet In D Minor, Op.34 (Mvt 1: Allegro)

Tracks:

A Populist Commission
Slavonic Dance In C, Op.46 No.1
An Amateur Pianist's Dream
Slavonic Dance In A, Op.46 No.5
A Token Of Gratitude
Serenade For Wind Instruments, Op.44 (Mvt 1: Moderato, Quasi Marcia)
An Explosion Of Popularity - On Both Sides Of The Atlantic
Romance In F Minor For Violin And Orchestra, Op.11
Personal Glimpses: The Outer Man
Symphony No.6 In D, Op.60 (Mvt 1: Allegro Non Tanto)
The Anti-Czech Stance Of Vienna
Piano Trio In F Minor, Op.65 (Mvt 3: Poco Adagio)
Dvorak In London
Vysoka: A New Home, A Simple Life
The Second London Visit
Symphony No.7 In D Minor, Op.70 (Mvt 1: Allegro Maestoso)
Dvorak The Conductor
Czech Suite, Op.39 (Preludium: Pastorale)
London, Birmingham - And Brighton Belles
Dvorak The Czech
Symphony No.6 In D, Op.60 (Mvt 3: Scherzo: Furiant)

Tracks:

Discord With Simrock
Slavonic Dances In A For Piano Duet, Op.72 No.15
'Orchestra!'
Slavonic Dance In B, Op.72 No.1
Dvorak In Leeds
Piano Quintet In A, Op.81 (Mvt 3: Finale: Allegro Con Brio)
Dvorak And Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin: (Act III: Polonaise)
Dvorak In Russia
Schezo Capriccioso, Op.66
Dvorak The Teacher
Mozart: Symphony No.29 In A, K.201 (Mvt 4: Allegro Con Spirito)
Dvorak In Cambridge
Dvorak In New York
String Quartet In F, Op.96 ('American' - Mvt 1: Allegro Ma Non Troppo)

Tracks:

Dvorak In Iowa
Sonatian In G For Violin And Piano, Op.100 (Mvt 2: Larghetto)
Niagara Falls
Symphony No.9 In E Minor, Op.95 ('From The New World' - Mvt 1: Adagio - Allegro Molto)
The Dark Side
Cello Concerto In B Minor, Op.104 (Mvt 3: Finale: Allegro Moderato - Andante - Allegro Vivo)
Home Again
Symphony No.9 In E Minor, Op.95 ('From The New World' - Mvt 4: Allegro Con Fuoco)
The Death Of Brahms And A Change Of Direction
A Hero's Song, Op.111
The Return To Opera
Rusalka (Act I: Song To The Moon)
Distraction, Disappointment And Death
Symphony No.6 In D, Op.60 (Mvt 4: Finale: Allegro Con Spirito)

Customer Reviews:

An Extraordinary User-Friendly Multimedia Dvorák Biography.......2004-04-28

I have followed with interest the series of CDs explaining popular operas by Jeremy Siepmann, an American musicologist long resident in Britain. Each of those is a single CD with a spoken text interspersed with longish excerpts from the opera in question. This 4-CD set, though, is something else again. It is a combination of music/audio CDs with superimposed CD-ROM material (on the same discs). One plays the audio portion on your regular stereo equipment. When put in your PC or Mac CD drive, the CD-ROM portion of the discs brings up an extensive set of hyperlinked text materials as well as links to the CDs from which the musical examples are taken (all from the Naxos music recordings library, of course). Also included in the CD-ROM material is the full text of Siepmann's detailed biography of Dvorák. There is also a thick booklet that includes cast lists (various actors playing various important people in Dvorák's life), an extensive essay about the sociopolitical and cultural conditions extant during Dvorák's life, an longish essay about his major works and their significance, a graded listening plan, an article outlining recommended reading, biographical snippets about each of the important people in Dvorák's life, a chronological calendar of Dvorák's life, and an extensive glossary of musical and other pertinent terms.

Siepmann's four-and-a-half-hour exploration of Dvorák's life and works is in his wonted polished, often witty, prose. It is read gracefully by Siepmann himself. Dvorák is played by the suave-voiced British actor, Sean Barrett. The musical examples are extensive, often including complete movements, arias, etc., and are placed expertly within the flow of the text. Production values for this budget-priced set are quite high.

I will admit that I had a particular interest in this production as I grew up in a rural Oklahoma town settled by Bohemians (Czechs) and came to love some of Dvorák's music before even that of Bach, Mozart and Beethoven. I've already recommended this set to the public schools and town library in my hometown.

I am not quite sure who the intended audience for this set is. Presumably there are those, like me, who are insatiable when it comes to increasing their knowledge of classical music, its composers and their sociocultural milieu. One also imagines that even in these days of decreasing support for music and music appreciation courses in our schools, there are teachers who could make wonderful use of this material for their students. Whoever the audience is, I cannot imagine a listener coming away from this set without a great deal more information and appreciation for the genius of Antonin Dvorák.

Recommended.

Scott Morrison

Touched by a Song
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Touched by a Song
Miss Jackie Silberg
Manufacturer: Miss Jackie Music Co.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007Q740Q
Release Date: 2005-02-22

Tracks:

What Are Friends For
Food Song Polka
Fruits and Vegetables
Dr. Jane
Wash Your Hands
Dentist Is Your Smile's Best Friend
Boo Boo Waltz
Chinese New Year
Mi Casa, My House
April Fool
Names
Boris the Singing Bear
Furry Squirrel
Apple Seed
Conversation with a Tree
Mango Song
Wonder What It's Like to Be a Star
Lady of the Light
Hooray for Mr. Lincoln
You Are Super the Way You Are
Human Touch

Product Description

Touched by a Song is Miss Jackie Silbergs new CD. 21 original songs about animals, health, history, friendship, fun, nature, other cultures and self esteem. Singable, easy to learn songs with a variety of arrangements including calypso, waltz, rock, polka, marches and more. Original Titles include The Food Song Polka, Furry Squirrel, Boo Boo Waltz, Whats a Friend For, Dr. Jane, Hooray for Mr. Lincoln and many more. In addition, a very special song "The Human Touch" written and sung by Danny Cox.

The Complete Sniggles Squirrels and Chickenpox

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The Complete Sniggles Squirrels and Chickenpox

Manufacturer: Miss Jackie Music Company
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000B413R4

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Using a variety of musical styles including calypso, blues, rock and roll, marches and waltzes, the songs on this double-length CD promote creativity and enhance language and motor development. Originally written for the Instructor Magazine, songs include Hooray for Mr. Lincoln, Baby Bear's Chicken Pox, Furry Squirrel and 37 more delightful songs. The musical notes, lyrics and chords to these songs can be found in the "I Love Children songbook." For children 3-8 years

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Peek-a-boo, I Love You! Volume 1
Cheryl Melody
Manufacturer: Cheryl Melody
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | New Age | Styles | Music

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Tracks:

Peek-a-boo, I Love You!
Duckies Hiding
Round And Round
Eye Winker
This Little Piggy
This Little Cow
Old MacDonald
My Little Green Bag
Eensy Weensy Spider
Peas Porridge Hot
Cobbler Cobbler
3 Little Monkeys Game
Jig Jog, Macaroni
Clap Together
'Hello' From Around The World
Clap & Stop!
If You're Happy
ABC Song
Ring Around The Rosy/Ring Around The Airplane
Row Your Boat
People On The Bus
I'm An Amazing Person Today!
3 Cute Kids
Tra La La Spring Opera
Baa Baa 'Polka Dot' Sheep
Mary's Lamb Drama
Sing La La La, And Dance!
Parade Medley: (Ants Go Marching/Marching/This Old Man)/One Planet Parade
Inside-Out!
Music In My Heart
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
You're Very Special

Album Description

"PEEK-A-BOO, I LOVE YOU!" A perfect 1st CD/Tape! Join Cheryl Melody's live class, over 32 interactive songs, 60 min. of healthy values messages filled with singing, marching, dancing, lullabies, creativity, finger plays, tickles, bounces, updated nursery rhymes, self-esteem messages, original and familiar repertoire. Cheryl Melody clearly communicates to the listener. Child & adult can initiate activities together, or child can do activities alone. Perfect for car or home, and with teddy bears too. Personal, warm, interactive touch. Birth to 6 years

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In Spirit At the Wall
Linda & Jeanie
Manufacturer: Oasis
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00008OD8U
Release Date: 2001-08-17

Tracks:

Liberty's Bell
Walnut and Pepper
Suzi
Only the Name
Pizza Parlor Singer Blues
In Spirit At the Wall
Long Way Home
So We'll Fly
Sunshine Key and Seafood (Conch Frettin')
So Hard To Go On Alone

Album Description

LIBERTY'S BELL - The girls sang this upbeat song in every USO show they did during the Vietnam War. You can just visualize American flags in abundance and spirits ever so high -- 'let their lives not be wasted nor their cause be forgot -- for the sound of freedom is the cause we have fought --.'.

WALNUT AND PEPPER - An emotional portrayal of an event shared by best friends. When love is true, it will transcend beyond.

SUZI - Written about Jeanie's motorcycle adventures from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast. All stories are true.

ONLY THE NAME - This song was written just prior to a millennium performance for the Vietnam Helicoptor Pilots Association in Washington DC. Featuring Jeanie's rich alto voice, the sweet harmony of Linda completes the sound that brings tears to the listener's eyes. The message is of an American soldier who had dreams of love, children, holidays and service to his country that all came to an end as his name is written on the wall and only the name remains of his life.

PIZZA PARLOR SINGER BLUES - A protest song (in jest, of course) from the times when we sang at the Village Inn Pizza Parlor in Roanoke, VA.

IN SPIRIT AT THE WALL - After our visit to the wall, Jeanie felt compelled to write more.

LONG WAY HOME - Just a look down a long path - searching for the comforting feelings of home.

SO WE'LL FLY - Was written just before going to Vietnam to surprise our friends and say goodbye to them. First song at the theater in Wellsburg, West Virginia, where we announced our upcoming tour.

SUNSHINE KEY AND SEAFOOD (CONCH FRETTIN') - My first Florida Keys song. Was written for Lower Keys seafood festival where the Conch Fretters and The Key Lime Pie Band were the entertainment. The bandstand was right beside the Old Milwaukee beer stand. All ya had to do was fall off the stage to get another beer.

SO HARD TO GO ON ALONE - Was written about Linda. Actually, it came about when Jeanie was singing in Steubensville, Ohio, and it was noticed that she did not sing in some places, then started as if nothing had happened. When asked, she said it was Linda's part. Of course, Linda wasn't there to sing it.

Flower Is An Educated Weed
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Flower Is An Educated Weed

Manufacturer: Judy Caplan Ginsburgh
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Children's Music | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CAGDLI
Release Date: 2003-06-24

Sing It Again, Please
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Sing It Again, Please
Miss Jackie Silberg
Manufacturer: Miss Jackie Music Co.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Children's Music | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0009YLBAA
Release Date: 2005-05-31

Tracks:

All About Me
Take Your Little Hand
I Brush My Teeth
Tarzan of the Apes
Peanut Butter
On Top of Spaghetti
Lollipop Tree
I'm So Mad I Could Scream!
Hush Little Baby
Alouette
Aiken Drum
All the Fish
Abi Yoyo
Everybody Loves Saturday Night
Little Children
Let's Be Friends

Product Description

This best of CD includes favorites from several of Miss Jackie's cassettes. These are the songs that children say sing it again....please. All the Fish, Im so Mad I Could Scream and Lets Be Friends plus 13 other special selections. All of Miss Jackie's ideas and inspirations come from children. Enjoy this lovely CD

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