Peek-A-Boo and Other Songs for Young Children

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Product Description A treasury of Hap Palmer's best loved tunes from the acclaimed Baby Songs video series presents a light hearted look at the world of young children- waking up, eating, using the potty, getting dressed, taking a bath hearing a favorite bed time story and of course the most important part of the day ... PLAY ... the kind of play young children love: teddy bears, make believe, laughter, hide and seek, or just plain jumping up and down for the fun of it! Through it all, messages of self acceptance and pride ring out with compassion and gentle humor. Winner of Parents Choice Gold Award, Parents Choice Classic Award, American Library Association Best of the Best. .com This fun and accessible collection of songs from Hap Palmer's acclaimed Baby Songs video series is the winner of the Parents' Choice Classic and Gold Awards. The milestones of childhood--such as potty training, learning to dress oneself, and the joy of exploring finger foods--are celebrated in Palmer's folksy style. Kids will love this album because its bouncy tunes explore the things that are important to them--imagination, fun for fun's sake, security blankets, reading, and favorite toys--and songs like "Piggy Toes" and "What a Miracle" will have them wiggling, clapping, and stamping along with the beat. Accompaniment includes keyboard, strings, woodwinds, percussion, vocalists, and a children's chorus. --Tami Horiuchi P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); Review This set of folk, Dixieland and boogie woogie tunes shows why Hap Palmer is one of the deans of children's music, Palmer has a comforting voice and a storyteller's charm that allow him to develop the intimacy of a live concert, even on tape. -- Parent's Choice Awards issue 1990 From the Label In boogie-woogie and country style, in Dixieland and merry-go-round rhythms, singer/songwriter Hap Palmer celebrates little ones' joy at jumping up and down because it's "Just Fun," putting on shoes without any help, clapping hands, and playing peek-a-boo. The songs also serve as good-humored reminders to parents that for babies, life is a seemingly endless series of "firsts." Never sappy or trite, these charming songs of childhood are among Palmer's best. About the Artist Hap Palmer pioneered the integration of music and movement in the area of early childhood education. His songs enhance the development of motor skills, language acquisition, reading readiness, and math concepts as well as nurture the imaginative process and encourage creative problem solving. His widespread popularity in schools and day-care centers for over twenty years, has made him a living legend within the teaching community for young children. Teachers have used his music for more than two generations to teach letters, numbers, phonics, days of the week, colors, shapes and more. A third generation of children are now learning with his songs and movement innovations. An accomplished musician, singer/songwriter and educator, Hap Palmer has written and recorded over 300 songs for children, including thirty-one recordings for early childhood and movement education. His multiple skilled talent on guitar, bass, percussion, saxophone, and clarinet can be heard on his various recordings. His BABY SONGS live-action music video series for young children has sold over 2 million units. Hap's recordings and videos have received numerous honors including the Parents' Choice Award, the American Library Association Notable Designation, the National Association of Parent Publications Award, and the American Video Award. As a teacher of teachers, Hap has taught classes and workshops for the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the University of California at Los Angeles Education Extension, the Los Angeles City Schools, the Georgia Pre School Association, the Oklahoma Early Childhood Association, the New England Kindergarten Conference, and many other school districts and educational organizations throughout the nation. Using his background in music, education, and dance, he is able to help teachers find innovative, imaginative and fun ways to teach their students with enjoyable music and lyrics that children love to listen to over and over again. With a Masters Degree in Dance Education from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a love of music, Hap Palmer has given the world of early childhood education and young children a lasting gift of learning that has spanned the generations. See more