Children will be singing along with the songs quickly because there is plenty of repetition and guidance form Jenkins throughout the songs. The tunes are simplistic with a steady beat in traditional 4/4 time. Jenkins tells listeners exactly what she wants them to do in each song, whether it's listening to her sing a verse first, repeat after her, sing along with her, fill-in-the-blank, or make a specific noise or action. The songs can be listened to in any order, and easily picked back up after a break.
Your child will love listening to this CD anywhere, as the activities will keep them entertained and engaged. The "Greeting and Farewell Song" teaches all about names, where you little one gets to fill in their own first, middle, and last name. "I got a job" covers quite a few different professions and what they do all day long. "Farmer Brown Had Ten Green Apples" And "Ten Green Bottles" work with numbers and provide practice counting backward from ten. The song, "Show Me" asks listeners to demonstrate an activity such as skipping, walking, jumping, and tip-toeing but the catch is that the children should only do the activity when the kazoo is playing. Your little one is also encouraged to join in on other songs by counting, singing, whispering, slapping thighs, tapping toes, lifting knees, snapping fingers, and clapping hands. Even the familiar nursery rhyme, "Hickory Dickory Dock" is given a new twist when Jenkins directs listeners to listen very carefully and identify what she changes in each; she changes the clock to a cookoo clock, and alarm clock, and a Grandfather's clock, as well as changing the time when the clock strikes.
My three-year-old friend, Sam, is sure to pop this CD in whenever he's on a car ride. He loves to sing along with "Inside and Outside" at the top of his lungs, and he thinks the squeaking noise for the mouse is hilarious. Sam also likes the "Barnacle Bill the Sailor" song because he says it reminds him of SpongeBob Squarepants.
--Audra