Our family has been crazy about nursery rhymes and songs of our childhood recently! I think songs and rhymes are one of the best and underused tools to nurture 听说唱 domains in kids and create a fun Mandarin learning environment at home.
My favourite moments with these song soundbooks are definitely
- having uninterrupted time to cook when the kids listen to songs and learn, then they teach me!
- when the kids try to follow the text lyrics word-for-word, discover how to read certain words and shout 妈妈！这个读“走”！ etc
- when the kids learn a childhood song of mine by heart (:
- when the kids enjoy the songs with grandma, and grandma sings along
Each song comes with:
- Lyrics in clear bold print
- Hanyu pinyin
- Beautiful bright illustrations
- Musical score if you'd like to play the tune out
- Audio with singing - to listen and sing along
- Audio, instrumental - for a karaoke session when kids eventually learn the lyrics and tune by heart!
Other features:
- Volume control
- Tap on the song button the 2nd time, to stop playing (I really appreciate this for times when I just need the music to stop immediately)
Recommended for Ages: 1-6
Pages: 33
Format: Hardcover
Language: Simplified Chinese
Songs included:
1 郊游
2 太阳出来了
3 捕鱼歌
4 哈巴狗
5 布谷
6 春神来了
7 猜拳歌
8 十个印第安人
9 丑小鸭
10 伊比丫丫
11 鱼儿鱼儿水中游
12 家
13 茉莉花
14 快乐向前走
15 王老先生有块地
16 泼水歌