The Singing Day: Songbook and CD for Singing with Young Children [With CD] (Festival Series) [Paperback]

Candy Verney (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up | Series: Festival Series

Singing with babies and young children is one of the joys of being a parent. It is a lifetime gift from you that children love. This easy-to-use songbook and CD offer practical help for enriching family life. It includes: songs for adding fun to daily activities such as waking up, getting dressed, changing nappies, tidying, baking, bathing and bedtimes; action songs, rhymes and singing games using fingers and toes to get moving; claming songs such as lullabies, graces and prayers; insights into how singing and movement help child growth; songs for special occasions such as birthdays, prties, illness and upsets; and hints on how to make up songs with your child.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This delightful book encourages families to celebrate every day of the year with song." -- Sheila MacBeth, Community Choir Leader

About the Author

Candy Verney leads community choirs, and voice workshops for parents. She has also worked extensively with small children. She has a degree in music; she has taught music in Steiner/Waldorf schools; and she advises on music in primary schools and kindergartens. She also has children of her own, and recognises from personal experience the value and importance of singing in the home.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 136 pages
• Publisher: Hawthorn Press (April 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1903458250
• ISBN-13: 978-1903458259
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #778,006 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Again, Again, Again!" Excellent CD/Book Set - Much Loved & Makes for Great Road Trips, August 13, 2007

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Jennifer Juday "Working Mom & Cook" (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Singing Day: Songbook and CD for Singing with Young Children [With CD] (Festival Series) (Paperback)

THE SINGING DAY has been a fabulous find for us. We picked up a copy at a local store run by a Waldorf expert. We have absolutely loved THE SINGING DAY! My son just turned two. We bought THE SINGING DAY 5 months ago, and have gotten a lot of use out of it.

The illustrations are excellent. We have even spent time with our son talking about the cover illustration, which depicts events in a child's day. The black and white drawings inside are simple and appealing, and our child pages through the book to look at those as well.

THE SINGING DAY book contains simple music and verses for over 100 songs. When I say simple, I mean that the music shows the melody only. I can follow along using our little xylophone. The book also contains extra verses for many songs, so that once you learn a song, you can go to the book to learn more verses.

THE SINGING DAY CD is very nicely done. The singing is a capella (voice only), with almost always just one singer (though there several singers overall). The songs are grouped by time of day and activity, so you can work your way through, for example, a set of songs to sing while cleaning, doing errands, or the like. I think there is only one song that I do not much enjoy -- the singer seems to be trying to sing in a southern accent that sounds artificial to my southern ear. But that is a minor quibble. Overall, this is excellent work.

As a mother, I love having songs to share with my child for all these activities. My son loves to sing them with me, and has asked us to play the CD "again, again, again!" He has been a big fan of nursery rhymes and other rhymes, and these simple songs fit nicely with that.

Thank you to the authors and to the publisher, should any of you ever read this. Your book and CD have enriched our lives.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An absolute must have, January 4, 2008

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Wistfulthinker "Waldorf homeschool mom" (Columbus, IN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Singing Day: Songbook and CD for Singing with Young Children [With CD] (Festival Series) (Paperback)

We bought this a month ago to add to our collection and it is definitely a favorite. Some of the songs are familiar and some of them are new to us. I have an eight month old, an eight yo and a thirteen yo - all boys - who are enjoying adding songs to our daily activities. Music and songs just make everything smoother.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful resource, June 5, 2005

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C Eury (AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Singing Day: Songbook and CD for Singing with Young Children [With CD] (Festival Series) (Paperback)

We are really enjoying the accapela CD. They have several different vioces, male and female. They can all be clearly understood, helpful when one doesn't read music. Great companion to the book! Over 100 songs and verses, it does included some short prayers and graces, although not professing any particular religion, instead simply spiritual. Personally I like them, but I know it is an issue for some. There was a huge varity of useful songs from those for greeting the day to cooking to washing hands to soothing hurts, and more. Before each section there is a quick introduction of how the following songs could be used, such as "to help with household activities". Wonderful for the under 10 set, best for those with kids in the preschool and lower grades.