Musical Scarves & Activities

Kimbo, Georgiana Stewart | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 15, 2002)
• Original Release Date: June 15, 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Kimbo
• ASIN: B0001AC3KO
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #54,599 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #95 in Music > Indie Music > Children's Music > General

Track Listings

1. Let's Go Fly A Kite

2. Happy Talk

3. Over The Rainbow

4. Round and Round

5. Supercalifragilistic

6. Up A Lazy River

7. Carousel Waltz

8. Under The Sea

9. A, You're Adorable

10. Take Me Out To The Ball Game

11. My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean

12. Be A Clown

13. You're A Grand Ole Flag

14. God Bless America

Editorial Reviews

Fun scarf activities offer important benefits such as creative expression and imaginative play, team work, reinforce important concepts and exercise.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars William Shatner does children's music, September 12, 2006

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NEteacher "Dangerous Dan" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Musical Scarves & Activities (Audio CD)

I am an elementary music teacher (K-4), and I regret purchasing this cd. If you are thinking "Gee, I have these scarves but I don't really know how to use them" this cd is NOT for you. DO NOT IMPULSE BUY THIS CD. This disk is not much more than a corny repertoire of music with vague and generic suggestions for activities to accompany them.
Firstly, each track is a strange combination of cheap cheesy vocals paired with cheap MIDI accompaniment like they were using an old Casio keyboard (a la Wesley Willis). On top of that, each track has extended sections of bad poetry performed slowly and flatly by some guy.
As for the activities, there are one or two creative ideas, such as joining as a chain to create a river, or use the scarves as if they were fish. There is also some choreography included with some patriotic songs. The rest of the activities are simply very vague or simple, and don't really fit with the song given.
I wouldn't have bothered writing a review about this disk if it wern't for the annoying poetry. It is present in EVERY TRACK, and it kills the mood of the song. I would only use the VAST majority of the material on this disk with very young children (K or pre-K) or if I'm really sick or hungover and I just don't want to think about putting together a meaningful lesson.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good for seniors, too!, January 29, 2005

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R. Moe - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Musical Scarves & Activities (Audio CD)

I love this CD for use with my senior adult day care program. The exercises can be performed in chairs or marching and dancing around the room. The instructions are simple enough for adults with Alzheimer's disease. It's also helpful that a number of the tunes are quite familiar to them. The variety of tunes, from fast-paced to more relaxing, allows us to keep on exercising.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Musical Scarves Activities, March 22, 2009

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Carole A. Bailey "dipseydoodle" (FL) - See all my reviews
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I ordered this CD to use with a Senior Citizens' Exercise Program and look forward to begining a weekly class. I envision that they will be delighted when I start the music and they have a billowy, colorful scarf in their hands. I've seen this done before and actually took part with the ladies. Everyone had smiles on faces and were swaying to the music whether sitting down or standing with their walkers.