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Sing and Learn French
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 »

     
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All Artists: Global Village Kids
Title: Sing and Learn French
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Global Village Kids, LLC
Original Release Date: 12/15/2003
Release Date: 12/15/2003
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Children's Music
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Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 061432294528

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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 EFFECT ON YOUR CHILD?S ABILITY TO LEARN SING AND LEARN
The experiences that a child receives in the first few years after birth are crucial to his or her ability to learn later in life. Connections between neurons are formed during infancy and early childhood. These connection or "synapses" constitute the wiring system of the brain. Studies have shown that both music and exposure to a foreign language stimulate these synapses. In addition, experts recognize that early exposure to a foreign language makes learning easier. In fact, emerging research has linked higher SAT scores, enhanced creativity and problem solving skills to a child?s proficiency in a foreign language. An ability to speak more than one language not only improves learning and creativity; it enhances greater understanding and awareness of people from different cultures. So be a Global Village Kid and open the door to a bigger world! The lyrics were translated literally, to the extent possible. Slight adjustments to the pronunciation of some words were musically necessary. © 2003 Global Village Kids, LLC
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CD Reviews

Great idea, very poor French!
Xanthippe | Alexandria, VA USA | 10/17/2005
(3 out of 5 stars)

"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."