~ Reviews ~
Audio of the Week:
One Little Sound: Fun with Phonics and Numbers
Kathleen Kelly MacMillan, Maryland School for the Deaf, Columbia, MD -- 7/19/2002
From SLJ August 2002
PreS-Gr 2 Hap Palmer once again proves himself the king of educational music with this delightful album of songs featuring phonics and math concepts. Each song encourages participation, whether by counting word chunks in "Chipmunk and Chickadee," moving with "op" words in "Bop 'Til We Drop," or » full story
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Hap Palmer: One Little Sound - Fun with Phonics and Numbers From the "Baby Songs" man comes another warmly educational and fun album that aims to familiarize young children with letter sounds and numbers. Children count, sort, sing, and move along to the music. The CD comes with suggested activities, but the lyrics do a great job of inspiring children to act out as they listen. Excellent for preschoolers, both at home and in school.
Hap Palmer
"One Little Sound"
(www.happalmer.com)
Possessing a truly charming voice, an easy, varied tunefulness and a clear cut knack for crafting fun, educational constructs, Palmer has been an award winning children's artist for over 20 years (the LA Times recently dubbed him the "Dylan of the diaper set").
Subtitled "Fun with Phonics and Numbers," "One Little Sound" includes songs, a booklet with lyrics and extensive teaching hints (complete with each song's subject/lesson goals and suggestions for correlated activities, variations and follow-ups), and fills out the remaining disc space with insstrumental versions of the first 12 tunes. Remarkably clever and obviously effective as a learning tool, but it's pretty, too.
By
Jim Musser
Iowa Press-Citizen
June 13, 2002
Chicago
Tribune
HEALTH & FAMILY
Sunday April 21, 2002
Parents can count
on award-winning children’s artist Hap Palmer. His newest
is “One Little Sound: Fun with Phonics and Numbers.”
Each of the 12 songs, including “How Many Are Here?”
and “Follow Along,” is followed by an instrumental version,
encouraging children to sing along.
“One Little Sound” retails for $14 on CD and $10 on
audiocassette. To order, visit www.happalmer.com.
-Donald Liebenson
One Little Sound: Fun with Phonics and
Numbers. Hap Palmer Hap-Pal Music. CD, $14;
cassette, $10. 818 885 0200. www.happalmer.com
How many "chunks" do you hear in "Chipmunk"? "What can you knock that starts with D?" "Hap Palmer proves again why he is one of the best educational music-makers in the country in this ear pleasing, think-along, sing-along release. Breaking words like » full story
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Hap Palmer's newest educational songfest is a delight, as pleasing to adult ears for its superior vocals and well-produced instrumentals as it is sing-along fun for children.
Palmer makes the concept of syllables easy to understand by asking listeners to divide words into "chunks" in "Chickadee and Chipmunk." He invites them to discover a "Secret Word" by sounding out letter sounds, "Bounces" them through initial consonants, and offers playful musical guidance through vowel sounds, the alphabet, consonant blends, alliteration, simple math, the concept of zero and more. This veteran educator's mellow voice, tuneful music and terrific sense of rhythm make learning a festive occasion. Instrumental versions of each song make up the last part of the release for sing-along, move along activities. The CD and cassette versions include lyrics and a detailed activity guide.
Lynne Heffley ©2002 Parents' Choice
2002 Parent's Choice Gold Award
Credits:
Recording Engineer: Joe Bellamy
Arranger: Miriam Mayer
Lead Vocals: Hap Palmer
Drums: Tom Walsh
Bass: Jim Garafalo
Keyboards: Steve Kaplan, David Witham, Mary Falcone, Joe Bellamy
Guitar: Grant Geissman, Howard Anderson, Hap Palmer
Mandolin, banjo: Grant Geisman
Tuba: Jim Van Houten
Trumpet: Chris Tedesco
Viola and Fiddle: Miriam Mayer
Saxophone, flute, recorder: Mark Hollingsworth
Saxophone, flute, oboe: John Yoakum
Recorder: Laura Haladay
Violins: Peter Kent, Daphne Chen
Cello: Stephanie Fife
Background Vocals: Scotti Haskell, Shelby Daniels, Monique Donnelly
Susie Williams, Janis Liebhart, Steve Lively, Hap Palmer
Children's Chorus: Caitlin Scheffler, Carmel Echols, Joel Echols, John Hall,
Laurie Schillinger, Francesca Riso, Amanda Williams
Children's Chorus Director: Diana Acuna
Guide Book Editors: Angelia Leung, Kelly Palmer, Jill Weinlein, Betty Williams
Cover and Guide Book Designed and Illustrated by Carole Schumacher Onaitis
Guide Book Layout: Stan Onaitis
Produced by Hap Palmer
All songs by Hap Palmer
©Hap-Pal Music
