The main attraction of Caspar Babypants' music is that he not only introduces new and original children's songs that are bound to be future staples, but he also refreshes already established classics with new verses, and creative instruments. For example, Caspar's version of Ba Ba Black Sheep makes just a few simple note deviations, but the whole song has a new feel as a result. He adds entirely new verses to Ring Around the Rosie, such as "Ring around the sage brush, whisper now and hush hush, tip toe, tip toe, down the hall." Them Bones sounds entirely new with the guest talent of Weird Al Yankovic! The original songs on the album are entertaining in their creativity. There is a song about wanting to be a snowman set to a funky retro polka-like tune, a jazzy piano tune called Spider John with silly lyrics like, "Herky Jerky like a robot bunny", and a song about a tiny flea who has dogs.
Between laughs, the songs will also have listeners singing and moving along. The choruses are extremely catchy and easy to learn, so your little one will be singing along by the end of the song the first time they hear it. Songs like Wild Wild Time encourage listeners to whirl and twirl, while songs like Loud and Quiet easily lends itself to a game of yelling and whispering. Caspar and his friends choose two animals, then make the appropriate animal sound loud, then quiet. This can get pretty silly quickly, so be ready! Shadow and Me and My Echo are also fun songs that can be turned into games - where does your little one think their echo or shadow hangs out when it's not around them? Does their echo have an echo of its own? What sorts of shapes can they make with their shadow?
My three year-old friend Dano is as big a Caspar Babypants fan as I am (trust me, that is saying a LOT!), so we enjoy singing and dancing along with Caspar whenever we get together. One of our favorites is My Flea Has Dogs because Dano loves to dance and sing along with the "Wah, wah, wah" in the middle, while I just get a kick out of the words - and the whole concept of the song, actually.
--Audra