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Archive for the ‘Children's Music / CDs’ Category

August 8th, 2006

Do you know Big Idea’s Veggie Tales?

I love VeggieTales. And, I have to admit, I was not introduced to them after my children were born. No, I’ve known Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber longer than I’ve known my own children.
Big Idea Productions started releasing these videos of computer animated vegetables when my husband and I were in […]

By Kerri Aldrich -- 4 comments

July 16th, 2006

Kid’s Meal Toys

The kids and I have been to fast food joints twice this week. I know, I know, I’m not going to win any mother of the year awards with that kind of nutrition record, but it gives me another kid topic to share with you, our wonderful readers.
Early in the week, after our visit […]

By Kerri Aldrich -- 7 comments

July 4th, 2006

Same Toys, Different Continents #1: Live Hot Potatoes!

Welcome to the World Premiere (makes it sound really important, aye?) of the new Play Library series “Same Toys, Different Continent.” Each Tuesday, Hsien (speaking in italics) and I will be taking a look at our respective homes across the ocean, find a toy, video, or other kid object we both have, and discuss […]

By Kerri Aldrich -- 5 comments

May 28th, 2006

Toy Talk #12: The Lovely Mrs. Davis

This week’s Toy Talk features The Lovely Mrs. Davis - “a cool mom’s views on kiddie culture, pop culture & motherhood.” Sounds like a tall order but I think Mrs. Davis really delivers.
Last Friday, Mrs. Davis talked about one of my favorite children’s musicians, Raffi:
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By Hsien-Hsien Lei -- 0 comments

March 28th, 2006

Popular Music for Children

Last week at Hamley’s toy store, I came across these personalized music cd’s for kids. It sounds cheesy, but the songs were actually quite catchy and it was fun to hear them singing out my son’s name. In London, the price is practically double what we’d pay in the U.S., so I’ll have […]

By Hsien-Hsien Lei -- 2 comments

August 2nd, 2005

Introducing Your Children to Classical Music

Do your children listen to and love classical music? Mine got their start listening to these. It was the album “Vivaldi’s Ring of Mystery” that awakened my kids’ interest. From there we graduated to full orchestra recordings of Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons”, which eventually led to my 7 year old (now 9) […]

By Stephanie Patag -- 2 comments

July 11th, 2005

Children’s Audio Books at Audible.com: The Redwall Series

My kids are totally engaged right now. They’re listening to CD 2 of Mossflower, one of Brian Jacques’ books in the Redwall series. They’ve been major Redwall fans for the past several years. We read the books, listen to the audio books, watch the PBS series, and play lots of Redwall games […]

By Stephanie Patag -- 5 comments

May 12th, 2005

Children’s CD’s for a A Musical Start

Music has been an integral part of my son’s life since he was born. At first, we tried playing our own collection of CD’s for him from Fat Boy Slim to Tim McGraw because we didn’t think we could stand listening to kiddy music all day long. We were obviously clueless about the […]

By Hsien-Hsien Lei -- 11 comments