Global Village Kids Sing and Learn French Genres:Jazz, Pop, Children's Music MAKE LEARNING FUN — With songs that your child already knows and loves NURSERY RHYMES IN BOTH ENGLISH AND FRENCH Your child hears the words in English and in French! BOTH MUSIC AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES HAVE A POSITIVE EFFE... more »CT ON YOUR CHILD?S ABILITY TO LEARN SING AND LEARN
"I purchased two copies of this CD for my 4 year old twin daughters' classrooms after reading the reviews on this site. One of the teachers immediately put it on and, as a native French speaker, I was quite horrified to hear the singer's French version of each song. The children in the class reacted with great enthusiam because they recognized the songs in English, but the French was very hard to understand and the pronunciation was really not up to par. I wouldn't have purchased this CD if I had heard it ahead of time. I still gave it three stars because I love the concept of translating familiar English songs into a foreign language. I've been using this technique to teach the children in my daughters' classes French since last year and young children really respond well to that. If they used a native French speaker for the French parts this would be a superb CD."
Very poor French
deuxbebes | Edgewater, MD USA | 03/07/2006
(1 out of 5 stars)
"It was immediately apparent that the woman singing has a very strong Spanish accent (note the rolling of the "r"s). I liked having the lyrics so I can sing the American songs in French to my kids but it's not worth $15.00. And unlike a lot of the kids toddler music, I can't tolerate any more than a couple of songs because the singer has a very high, bordering on screechy voice. Universe of Song-French is wonderful and I highly recommend that instead of this CD. This is truly a waste of money."
It's OK
T. Soucoup | WA | 08/11/2005
(2 out of 5 stars)
"Hi!
This CD is OK. The singer is very 'operatic' and not really accessible to my child. They don't include the lyrics so I can't sing along as I am a speaker of French as a Second Language and I had difficulty understanding what she was singing.
I have other language/song CD's that I like a lot better like "C'est Si Bon". A lot more fun and 'danceable' for small children."
Not all that great
Daniel B. Cameron | Ventura, CA USA | 09/22/2007
(1 out of 5 stars)
"The woman who sings the songs n the this CD has the WORST accent ever. I am very disappointed. I don't even want my daughter to listen to it!