Turn On The Music
Celebrate the ten year anniversary of Hap Palmer’s “Turn
On
The
Music” with the expanded version this Parent's Choice
Gold award
winning recording. Formerly a compilation of eleven songs drawn from
two recordings – “Backwards Land” and “Zany Zoo”, this expanded
version contains all the songs from these recordings plus the “Turn On The Music” theme song.
With a total of twenty-one selections (over 57 minutes of music) the
expanded version of “Turn On The Music” is two great recordings in
one value packed CD. Share with children the excitement of language
and help them improve word comprehension and powers of imagination
with these lively lyrics and memorable melodies. The songs are written
from a child’s point of view, what a child wishes, feels and imagines.
The lyrics deal in a thoughtful and humorous way with the joys,
challenges and conflicts children experience in their growing years. A
booklet with lyrics, activities, and questions to encourage interaction
between children and adults comes with each CD.
Product Number: HP150E
EDITORIAL REVIEWS
Parents' Choice Gold Award
Hap Palmer probably has one of the smoothest, most comforting voices in all
of children's music. Combined with classy production, intelligent wordplay and
keen, gentle humor it makes his work a multi Parent's Choice Award winner.
Palmer chips away at gender barriers with songs like "Francie Had A Football";
sheds light on the consequences of irresponsibility in "Amanda Schlupp"; and
slips in a encouraging word about self confidence in "You Can Do It": "When
you swing and miss remember that/ soon you'll get another chance to bat."
Good advice for any age. -- Parents' Choice Vol.12, No.3 Award Issue
Amazon.com
Hap Palmer’s aesthetic is a strongly educational one. That said, he rarely is
dogmatic. Instead, he makes a strong case for the physical enactment of
songs--that is, the involvement of kids through games and sing-alongs. “Turn
on the Music” began as a video of the same name and here lives on quite
successfully as a series of 21 songs that pivot on the funniness of reversed
meanings (”Backwards Land”), unconditional acceptance of other kids
(”Francie Had A Football”), and workaday thrills around the house (”Helping
Mommy In The Kitchen”). In the accompanying liner booklet there's a great
map of the CD and suggested activities, with rules of games and ideas for
extending the educational mission of the songs well beyond the CD.
Palmer’s got an ingenious idea for educating kids, and it shows here as well
as anywhere in his catalog of releases. -- Andrew Bartlett
