AGE LEVEL
3 and 4 year-olds
GENRE
Music
REVIEW
A great mix of jazz with trumpets aplenty, cajun, rock, and country fills this collection of humorous songs about the antics and adventures of various people and animals. Reading readines skills such as phonological awareness and the learning of new vocabulary are amply facilitated by these tunes. Rhymes, consonant sounds, and blends are addressed. In the standout song “My Ramblin’ Cat,” for example, after each word ending in the letters “at,” Palmer states that he is going to drop the first letter and replace it with a different letter, allowing children to predict and sound out the next word. “The One That Doesn’t Rhyme” is another notable song, and asks listeners to decide which in a group of four words does not rhyme. The language activities involved in most songs are easy for listeners to understand. The activity involved in the titular song, “Two Little Sounds”, however, is not immediately apparent and will probably require adult explanation. The CD insert contains full lyrics, notes on the language skills addressed in each song, suggested lead-in activities, and key vocabulary. A good CD for three and four year-olds.
LIBRARY PROGRAMMING IDEAS
This would be a good CD to include in a storytime-to-go kit for families to check out for home use. The kit could include books like Andy: That's My Name, by Tomie De Paola; Is Your Mama a Llama?, by Deborah Guarino; and others which use rhyme to tell stories and give children experience with phonics concepts.
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