Customer Reviews

Wee Sing: Children's Songs and Fingerplays

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Children's Songs and Fingerplays is my 2 1/2 year old son's favorite, and one I enjoy a lot, too. It is a collection of the classics I had forgotten (in my young mother sleep-deprived state). The songs are in the original version I remember (not Barney-ized!) The collection encourages dance and fingerplays so it is good rainy-day fun. Although the music is not acoustic, the synthesizer is not so obvious and the music is pretty good--not at all grating on the nerves of exhausted parents. The children's voices are what grab the attention--they are really good. My son inadvertantly ruined his cassette so we are trying to replace it with the CD...Amazon, hurry up and replenish your stock!

Our 2 year old daughter requested this tape so often that we wore it out! She is quite the vocalist now, breaking out into the Alphabet Song, This Old Man, Mary had a Little Lamb, and other fun songs at the most amusing times. She knows every song by heart and delights in doing the finger plays. This tape has been a lifesaver on long trips and short. The first thing she says when we get in the car is "Mommy. Please play Julie's music?" We had tried many other children's tapes, but this one is hands down the best.

Our youngest daughter of 6 years old loves to sing this tape with the book in front of her nearly every day and her older brother (7) and sister (9) are singeing with her in all glorie. They are learning so much from it. Some titles of the á 60 songs are; Clap your hands (fingerplay), Hickory Dickory Dock, This old man, Old macdonald had a farm, ten little fingers and the Alphabeth song. I listened to some other children songs, but this is far the best. We've got also bible songs, mmm not so good as this one.

I bought this while my daughter was less than two years old. She still likes to listen this even after she is four now.

Many songs are very popular and also taught in school. It is good for parents like me, who may not know what exactly their kid is singing, to also enjoy these songs with your kids at home. It comes with a book for parents with the instruction on the fingerplays.

I think that this book is well designed. One thing they can improve is to have the book more colorful. Otherwsie, considering its low price, I think that this is a good buy.

My cousin gave me her children's old Wee Sing Bible Songs and I played it for my daughter one day. She really liked it, more than the other children's music I've played for her. I bought several of the Wee Sing collections and my daughter loves them all.

They seem to all be classic children's songs sung in their original format (as another reviewer said, with none of the TV character weird versions) by children.

This one is her very favorite, though, and we have listened to this almost daily since she was one (she's now almost three). There are fingerplays that go with many of the songs. My daughter has learned the words and actions to most of these..... some of them, like the address song, the counting song, and the ABCs have even been educational!

The CD comes with a songbook, too, and my daughter really enjoys hearing me play the songs on the piano for her (they only give the single note treble clef part - but that's enough to make my daughter happy - and it's all I could play anyway).

This whole series is really wonderful and I highly recommend it for young children!

About 7 years ago, when my dd was a baby, someone gave me the set with the book, CD and cassette. This was our absolute favourite - she loved it so much that it was pretty much on all the time, and it didn't irritate the living daylights out of me to hear it all the time (which most mommies will likely agree is a rare thing indeed!) We did get other Wee Sing titles, but this one is the best, in my opinion. Only one problem with it, though - you may find yourself with one or more of the songs stuck in your head all day long.....I remember walking around with "Three Blue Pigeons" stuck in my head, for days ..... (only for it to be replaced with the song about elephants jumping on a spider's web) lol!

There are a lot of things about this set that endeared it to me. For starters, the music is well done, but not overdone or overly flowery. The children's voices are tuneful and lovely (but not overly perfect, either). The overall effect of this is that you feel encouraged to sing along, rather than just listen (no matter how well -or badly- you sing). Another lovely thing is that the instrument voices, and sound effects chosen for the songs really enhance them - for example, the song about elephants jumping on a spiderweb has a wonderful deep bouncy drum tone. Wonderfully illustrative!

We lost the CD at a friend's house, and the cassette is, of course, quite dead now, but I still remember a lot of the songs (we still have the book), and still use the little lullabye medley to sing my ds (now 17 months) to sleep, and I sing the "Good Morning" song when he gets up in the morning. Big smiles every time :)

Now that I've found it again, I will definitely be buying another copy. This one's a definite keeper - enjoy!

We bought many children's song for my son, and this is his favorite. He loves to buzzz when he hears the bee comes, and claps his hand when he hears "clap you your hand as slowly as you can ...". He didn't talk too much before, but this tape really makes him much more vocal then before. The music is so soothing and he listens to it every day before he goes to bed.

this has been a favorite since my children were small and I taught preschool.I gave it as a baby gift and the older child is already learning the songs and singing to his baby sister.

I bought this CD for my 2 year old daughter who just started daycare. She loves all of the songs because these are what they teach in the daycare. I like the figure plays and we always have fun doing that. Great buy!

Wow! I bought this as a way for me to learn all of the fingerplays and songs that kids don't learn anymore. Instead, my 21 month old is the one that is learning them! For as many times as I have tried to teach a few numbers for counting, until this, he would not say them. Now he is counting to 5. May not sound miraculous, but 5 is a big step! He is learning new words and actions as well. Clever and cute, this is a great CD to leave in the player for your toddler to push play or leave in the car for a learning ride around town. I love it, and most importantly, my son loves it.