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Wee Sing and Pretend by [Pamela Conn Beall, Susan Hagen Nipp]

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Pamela Conn Beall

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Imagination! Creativity! Movement! With this fanciful collection of songs, children pretend to be a roaring lion or a busy bumblebee, to ride a motorcycle or fly an airplane, to stomp like a dinosaur or juggle like a clown. A myriad of songs are presented to stir the imagination and get kids up and moving. There are classical pieces as well as original and traditional numbers, all enhanced by cute illustrations.

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2 - 8 years
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English
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May 14, 2015
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00XPOBAXY
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 14, 2015
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 16538 KB
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Best Sellers Rank: #2,327,579 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #299 in Lullabies (Kindle Store)
- #1,636 in Children's Music (Books)

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J. Baker

Great resource for preschool music teacher

Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2014

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This CD and book are full of useful and imaginative ideas for group music classes, especially if you want to move around. Some I play on guitar and sing along to while the children act out the scenarios, like the "The Cowboy" song. Others we listen to and act out, like "A Walk Through the Forest", which offers all kinds of movement options while exposing children to a variety of samples of classical music as we go along trying to keep up with our friend, Chipper Chipmunk. Also, "The Toy Shop At Midnight" is another fun one that challenges us to move around like different kinds of toys. We all begin as toys on a shelf, completely still and then come to life when the shop keeper closes for the night. The kids love it. "Oh When" the clothes......sparks all kinds of ideas from the kids about things that move in your house and then imitating those movements......I so depend on this CD especially when my voice needs a rest. I just cannot be without it and am on my second one.

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Flick

It's ok

Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2015

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I think your original WeeSing - Children's song and finger plays,book was better , more diverse and what I was after ( just My opinion) , but this one does have lovely illustrations and some good poems and songs about animals!

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Odysseus

A treasure trove of childhood delight

Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2010

We actually own the Play & Pretend combination; here on Amazon I have only been able to find them separately. But I feel so strongly about this wonderful series that I am composing this review for the single CD version of the combo we have. I recommend them both -- indeed, the whole series.

I don't think I can fully express how wonderful is the Wee Sing series. The compilers have put together a treasure trove of childhood music and fun -- and each CD in the series has a different flavor. Many of the pieces are part of classic childhood lore that the authors worked to preserve so that they wouldn't die out -- everything from nursery rhymes, to folk songs, to songs sung during games, to patriotic songs, to songs for camping and hitting the open road.

The particular songs on this CD are very nice -- they summon up images that the child can use for pretending in all sorts of ways. But even if your child just wants to listen, there's a lot of great stuff. I particularly love the "Walk through the Forest" that borrows from various classical pieces to summon up images of different animals.

But the authors make an occasional original contribution to the set, and some of them are really nice. One of them has become a cherished family favorite -- "The Little Caterpillar" by Pam Beall. It has a beautiful and poignant melody and most any parent might find it symbolic as they tackle the challenges of teaching their little ones new skills and training them for independence -- even when you really want just to hug them closer and never let them out of arm's reach!

We have a very bright little girl who is doggedly working through a few communications challenges, and the song has special meaning for us as she "inches her way along" and comes closer to flying on her own. The lyrics:

The little caterpillar inched his way across the branch,
Nibbling leaves along the way.
He looked up in the sky and saw a pretty butterfly,
And he wondered if he'd fly some day.

Butterfly, butterfly,
How you fly so free,
Butterfly, butterfly,
Wish that I could be,
Able to fly so high up in the sky
Like a beautiful butterfly.

The little caterpillar formed a cozy little shell,
Then curled up with a sleepy sigh,
He dreamed sweet dreams of butterflies
and hoped that someday soon
He'd be flying high up in the sky.

The little caterpillar woke and wriggled from his shell,
Feeling something very new.
And then he saw his pretty wings as they began to flutter,
And up into the sky he flew.

Butterfly, butterfly,
Now I fly so free,
Butterfly, butterfly,
Can't believe it's me,
Able to fly so high up in the sky,
I'm a beautiful butterfly.

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Eljae

Good music, Great fun

Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2008

My 3 year old son loves to run around the house pretending to be the things song about on this CD. Put "Little Blue Engine" on and he's set for 30 minutes. I just have to be prepared to set the repeat button on the CD player. I homeschool my son and another preschooler. We use this CD often during our song time because there is such a wide variety of subjects being covered.

Speaking of repeats, unfortunately, there are some repeats on this CD and the Wee Sing Dinosaurs CD, which we also own. The boys don't notice, but I don't think the dinosaur songs are the greatest and I hate owning them twice. If it weren't for that fact, I'd give this CD 5 stars.

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