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Pros
- 20 original songs
- Well-written lyrics
- Each song ties-up with a particular children's book
- Promotes reading, listening skills and movement
Cons
- None
Description
- Contains 20 songs
- Music and lyrics by Don and Laurie Monopoli
- Running time: 63 min. 19 sec.
- Distributed by The Learning Station
- Recommended for Preschoolers - Lower Elementary, parents, educators, librarians
- Price: $15.00
- Awards Received: Creative Child Magazine - 2009 CD of the Year Award
- For more information, visit their Web site
Guide Review - Product Review of Literacy in Motion by The Learning Station
For more than 20 years, The Learning Station has released CDs and DVDs that encourages literacy and movement through well-crafted children's songs. The people behind The Learning Station, namely Don Monopoli, Laurie Monopoli and Jan Hrkach, have backgrounds in childhood education and music.Literacy in Motion is one of the CDs from their impressive list of recordings that caught my interest. What makes this CD different is that it contains 20 songs that ties-up nicely to a specific children's book. For example, "Clickety Clack Click Rap A Tap Tap" correlates to the book Here’s Bojangles--Think of That! by Leo and Diane Dillon, while the song "Angry" ties-up with Molly Bang's When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry.
Other well-loved children's literature such as The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein, The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss are explored through corresponding songs.
All the songs are upbeat and written in various styles (i.e. country and rock). The lyrics are well-written and encourages young listeners to dance or act-out the words. The liner notes contains the lyrics, instructions and illustrations.
Preschool teachers can incorporate Literacy in Motion into their teaching and librarians can also use this CD to extend storytime activities. Young children (and the young-at-heart) will have fun dancing along to and acting out each song in this album.
