New Audio/Visual Materials

Music

Australian Playground
A musical adventure to Australia with fun songs about kangaroos, boomerangs, didgeridoos and so much more.




DVDs

VeggieTales - Beauty and the Beet: A Lesson in Unconditional Love
Mirabelle and her traveling family band are determined to make their next gig at Vegetable Square Garden. On their journey, a winter storm hits, and they get stuck at a run-down resort. Mr. Beet, the grumpy manager makes them sing and clean for their supper. Why is Mr. Beet such a beast? And can Mirabelle's kindness change him? Find out in the hilarious and heartwarming tale of unconditional love.

Children and Grief: Children Teaching Children About Grief
Ten children share their personal stories of what it is like to experience the death of a family member. They discuss grief and loss, and how they are coping and healing.




Frenemies: Unhealthy Friendships and What to Do About Them
"What is a frenemy? How can you recognize a frenemy? How can a frenemy hurt you? Can you fix a relationship with a frenemy? When do walk away from a friendship? This video and print curriculum explores friendships gone awry and provides elementary students with strategies for coping with difficult friendships."

New Music CDs

10,000 Reasons Kids Worship




 Capitol Kids Sing the Hits




Mary Poppins: The Legacy Collection

Music CDs

123s and ABCs (Ella Jenkins)
Throughout sixteen tracks, the woman known as the First Lady of Children's Music offers lessons on counting and the alphabet in multiple languages. Her joyful engagement and delight in music comes across in each performance.


25 Favorite Bible Songs! (Veggie Tales)
The gang from Veggie Tales put joy into the hearts of listeners with a collection featuring some of the most popular Bible songs including Keep You Walking; Jesus Loves Me; and Oh, No What We Gonna Do.


American Playground (Putumayo Kids)
This fun collection features classic American tunes that the whole family can sing along to.

Count, Add, Subtract! Fun with Math, Music, and Movement (Hap Palmer)
Hap Palmer has the gift of making learning fun, and setting it all to music. Hap combines hip songs and fun games to make addition and subtraction come alive for children. Uses a colorful variety of musical styles, including jazz, country, Latin, hip-hop and rock.

Disney Classics Collection - A magical collection of the most memorable Disney musical moments of all time, featuring music from iconic Disney films, TV classics, and the Disney parks.
Four CDs include:
Disney Modern Classics
Disney Television Classics
Disney Theme Park Classics
Disney Timeless Classics

Frozen - 2-Disc Deluxe Edition Soundtrack
Walt Disney Animation Studios' "Frozen" features eight original songs from Kristen Anderson-Lopez ("In Transit," "Winnie the Pooh") and Tony Award-winning songwriter Robert Lopez ("Avenue Q," "The Book of Mormon"), plus a phenomenal score by the composer of last year's Oscar-winning short "Paperman," Christophe Beck.

New Music CDs for Children

Action! Fun! Dance! For Kids (The Learning Station) - promotes healthy music for children to sing, dance and move for hours.

The Barber of the Beasts (Zak Morgan)

Carnival of the Animals (London Philharmonic Orchestra) - Enjoy the music, learn about the composer, sing a song!

European Playground (Putumayo Kids) - a collection of 15 songs that takes families on a fun-filled cross-genre musical tour around the continent.

The Mighty Sky (Beth Nielsen Chapman) - a collection of songs for children on the subject of astronomy.

A Mississipppi River Adventure Album (The OkeeDokee Brothers) - "On June 1st 2011, The Okee Dokee Brothers began a month-long canoe trip at the headwaters of the Mississippi River in Lake Itasca, Minnesota. After thirty days of camping, canoeing, filming and writing the songs that make up this album, Joe and Justin eventually ended up downstream at the St. Louis Arch.

Ozokidz (Ozomatli) - The Latino hip-hop reggae-rockers from Los Angeles release their debut children's album. Features fourteen tracks on topics such as the importance of taking care of trees and avoiding germs, skateboards, spelling, and a moose run amok.

Rock & Roll Playground (Putumayo Kids) - Rock around the clock with these fun songs for children of all ages!

New Children's CDs

Can a Jumbo Jet Sing the Alphabet? - Hap Palmer

Can a Cherry Pie Wave Goodbye? - Hap Palmer

Fingerplays and Footplays - Rosemary Hallum

Adventures in Rhythm - Ella Jenkins

Dancing Numerals: Teaching Math Concepts - Rosemary Hallum

Creative Movement and Rhythmic Expression - Hap Palmer

Classic Nursery Rhymes - Hap Palmer

Children's All-Time Mother Goose Favorites - Rosemary Hallum

New CDs

Multiplication Motivation
Lyrics and movement instructions included in container inserts. Includes: The two's stroll -- The circle of threes -- The four's hop -- The alive fives -- The six's surprise -- The waltzing sevens -- The boogie woogie eights -- The nine's blues -- The ten's promenade

Math Readiness
A Hap Palmer collection of original songs designed to teach mathematical concepts of addition and subtraction.

Walter, the Waltzing Worm
A Hap Palmer collection of songs designed to increase basic movement skills.

New Children's CDs

The Hokey Pokey
The hokey pokey (Big band, Big band/no vocal, rock & rock/no vocal) -- The bunny hop -- Skip to my lou (vocal & no vocal) -- Pop goes the weasel (vocal & no vocal) -- Oh Susanna (vocal & no vocal). Lyrics and dance instructions on container insert.

Rhythm Band Time
Holiday march -- Sí señor -- Yankee Doodle -- Bicycle built for two -- Row, row, row your boat -- Mohawk drums -- Bubblegum boogie -- Good morning, sunshine -- Turkey in the straw -- Star waltz -- The yellow sombrero -- She'll be comin' round the mountain -- Dixie -- Randy the robot -- Las chapanecas -- Here we go round the mulberry bush -- Haystack hop -- Pop goes the weasel -- Butterflies -- Meter mixer (slow version) -- Meter mixer (faster version) -- Jingle bells -- Rock candy. Song information and suggestions inserted in container.

Caribbean Playground
All aboard (Atlantik) (4:08) -- Votez Zouk (Luc Leandry) (4:09) -- Jamaica farewell (Desmond Dekker) (3:24) -- Salutations (Erna Letemps) (3:16) -- Little Anancy (Asheba) (2:55) -- Great big boat (Taj Mahal & the Hula Blues) (2:40) -- Three little birds (Keith Frank and the Soileau Zydeco Band) (2:58) -- Malanga Ska (Ska Cubano) (3:23) -- Reggae dancin' (MissionIriez) (3:34) -- Pa 'piye sou do m' (Lole-Lolay) (2:24) -- Train is Coming (Kingston Ladies) (3:22). Program notes in English, French and Spanish inserted in container ; lyrics available at publisher's web site. Sung principally in English.

Latin Playground
Children's songs from Cuba, the USA, Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Jamaica, Easter Island, and Puerto Rico.

Ready...Set...Move
Ready for a good time (2:53) -- Let's read & rock (3:23) -- Five little monkeys (1:55) -- Ready, set, move! (3:06) -- The bear went over the mountain (2:03) -- It's circle time (2:08) -- Shimmy shake (3:05) -- Jump down, turn around (2:10) -- Teddy bear turn around/ Two little black birds (2:01) -- Jim along Josie (3:10) -- United we stand (3:02) -- Let's read and rock (open tracks) (3:23)

Tis the Season
Must be Santa (2:34) -- Up on the housetop (2:28) -- Oh come little children (instrumental) (2:19) -- Sleigh bells jingling (1:47) -- Silver bells (3:10) -- Hanukkah medley (1:58) -- All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth (1:31) -- It came upon a midnight clear (instrumental) (1:22) -- Here comes Santa Claus (1:59) -- Jolly old St. Nicholas (2:20) -- Jingle bells (2:07) -- Cold is the morning (2:40) -- Sleigh ride (instrumental) (2:14) -- O tannenbaum (2:30) -- Feliz Navidad (2:52)

Patriotic Songs of the U.S.A.
Reveille (0:23) -- Pledge of allegiance (0:16) -- National anthem (1:18) -- Stars and stripes (2:41) -- National emblem march (2:28) -- National melodies (2:06) -- America the beautiful (1:53) -- America (0:45) -- Drum cadence (1:31) -- United States Army march (2:35) -- U.S. Air Force song (1:09) -- Marine hymn (1:52) -- Anchors aweigh (2:51) -- Yankee Doodle Dandy (0:35) -- Battle hymn of the republic (1:40) -- Taps (0:38)

Chicken Fat
Exercise instructions in container.

Bean Bag Activities & Coordination Skills
Who's got the bean bag? -- Make friends with a bean bag -- Bean bag rock -- How many ways? -- Bean bag catch -- Pass the bean bag -- Bean bag parade -- Who's got the bean bag? (instrumental) -- Make friends with a bean bag (instrumental) -- Bean bag rock (instrumental) -- How many ways? (instrumental) -- Bean bag catch (instrumental) -- Pass the bean bag (instrumental) -- Bean bag parade (instrumental). Teacher's instructions with lyrics inserted in container.

Physical Ed
Stretch -- Stomp and clap -- Side slide -- Monkey in the middle -- The marching game -- Physical ed -- Raise the ceiling -- Give me ten -- Stir it up -- Twelve days of gym class -- Musical hula hoops -- Can you keep your balance? -- Ba, ba bones -- Run and walk -- Gallop -- Jumpin' jacks

African Playground
Battú (Benin) (Angelique Kidjo) -- Jambo Bwana (Kenya) (Them Mushrooms) -- Mbube (South Africa) (Mahotella Queens) -- Hello Hello (Congo) (Mose Fan Fan) -- Sing Lo-Lo (Senegal) (Vieux Diop) -- Kalimba (South Africa) (Dr. Victor) -- Hendry (Madagascar) (Tarika Sammy) -- Munomuno (Uganda) (Samite) -- Hoya Hoye (Ethiopia) (Seleshe Damassae) -- Sangoma (South Africa) (Bakithi Kumalo) -- Laba Laba (Nigeria) (Babá Ken Okulolo ; Nigerian Brothers) -- Barco Di Papel (Cape Verde) (Tété Alhinho) -- Lango Mo (South Africa) (Aura Msimang). Sung in various African languages.

World Playground
Fatou yo = I am Fatou (Toure Kunda) (3:54) -- La Mariposa = The butterfly (Colibri) (1:41) -- Three little birds (Cedella Marley Booker & Taj Mahal) (3:41) -- Nyanpi Matilda = Waltzing Matilda (Trevor Adamson) (3:31) -- Home by barna (Teresa Doyle) (2:47) -- Mardi gras mambo (Buckwheat Zydeco) (2:40) -- Tik tik tak (Glykeria) (3:10) -- Bongo bong (Manu Chao) (2:52) -- Boom boom tarara (Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca) (4:45) -- Bonjour pra você = Good morning to you (Nazare Pereira) (2:58) -- Zichronot mÁfrica = Memories of Africa (Shlomo Gronich & the Sheba Choir) (4:08) -- Just keep goin on (Eric Bibb & Needed Time) (3:46). Sung in multiple languages.

World Playground 2
Adukbe = Tomorrow (Baka Beyond) -- Music farm (Xtatik) -- La marmotteuse = The growler (Barachois) -- A mover la colita = Move your little tail (La Sonora Dinamita) -- Freedom train (Toots & the Maytals) -- Zuhaitzarena = The tree's condition (Maixa Ta Ixiar) -- Nezha = The jubilee (Djamel Allam) -- Nichim uvil = Flower moon (Claudia Martínez) -- Teri yaadein = Your thoughts (Lucky Ali) -- Pata pata 2000 = Touch touch 2000 (Miriam Makeba)

New Children's Music CDs

Totally Math - Jean Feldman
Math is fun! -- Number march -- Five little crabs -- I know an old lady who swallowed a one -- Chant and write -- Sing and spell -- Five little monkeys -- Kitty cat - Position scat -- Spy a shape -- Shape-a-loo -- Days of the week -- Months of the year -- Clock rock -- Found a penny -- Everybody do a pattern with me -- Fraction pizza -- Numbers you should know -- Country countdown 1-20 -- Odd and even number bop -- Techno count to 100 -- Skip counting -- Addition pokey -- Fact families -- Granny's arithmetic -- Growing up

Kiss Your Brain! - Jean Feldman
Kiss your brain -- Twinkle friends -- Shake a hand -- Who let the letters out -- Letter aerobics -- Alphabet's in my mouth -- Bitty bi bo bu -- Vowel cheer -- When you come to a word you don't know -- Singular and plural -- Verbs -- Singing the world wall -- Spelling numbers -- Counting cadence -- Penny, nickel, dime -- Insect's body -- Macarena bones -- Water cycle -- Litter patrol -- Five senses -- Parts of a flower -- Seasons -- World family -- We had a good day

Totally Reading - Jean Feldman
Disc 1. Don't you just love to read? -- Color train -- Deck the room -- Alphabet antics -- Nursery rhyme marathon -- Rhythm rhyme -- Miss Mary fill in the blank -- Pepperoni pizza -- Syllable clap -- Put together compounds -- Word families -- Happy birthday letters -- Who let the letters out? (Open version) -- I know an old man who swallowed a letter -- Letter box -- Letter round-up -- Sweet vowels -- Slide and blend -- Diagraph walk -- The tools of good readers -- Rapping words -- Lifetime words -- Punctuation pays -- Disc 2. Who? What? Where? When? Why? -- It's fact and fiction time -- Where can you go when you need to know? -- Parts of speech hoedown -- Endings -- We can do opposites -- Synonym stomp -- O, those contractions -- Ready to write -- Pencil talk -- Karate writing -- Writing uppercase letters -- Rhyme to write lowercase letters -- Hi ho librario - parts of a book -- Parts of a letter -- Good-bye, friends!

My Green Kite - Pete Himmelman
Feet (3:18) -- My green kite (3:40) -- Another bite of hay (3:20) -- Maybe is a bad word (3:06) -- My father's an accountant (3:00) -- Dozen roses (3:29) -- Have you ever really looked at an egg? (2:58) -- I made it for you (3:56) -- Baseball tips with Professor Buckley (1:09) -- Red rubber boots (3:26) -- Nothin' to say (2:40) -- Watercolor set (4:13)