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kidsongs id like to teach the world to sing
Kidsongs - I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing
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List Price: $9.99
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0014381166026
Format: Closed-captioned
Label: Image Entertainment
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2002-11-05
Running Time: 30
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1986
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Editorial Reviews:
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Join the Kidsongs Kids and their very silly tour guide, Mr. World, on a musical journey around the world. You'll meet kids from other lands and learn their songs, dances and games. Our sing-along itinerary includes London, Paris, Japan, Australia, Scotland, Africa, Mexico and Jamaica. It's a wonderful, song-filled journey you'll want to take over and over again!
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Summary: wached it in school 2 times
Comment: hello i am here to say that it's the best video ever i wached it in school with mrss ness is verry nice aide and mrss l thar is not verry nice aide so the 2 times i wached this was in kindergarten and in 2 grade mrss pelfry was verry nice saying if i wached it before also she asked that in third grade when wached another video for christimas dan you guss what it i s your right its called disneys sing allong songs the 12 days of christmas i love the song kombya loed koombya koombya lord koombya koombya lord koombya oh lord koombya simeones cryen lord koombya someones cryin lord koombya oh lord koombya
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Summary: how important is political correctness with your child?
Comment: From a college student who was raised on 'Kidsongs' 16 or 17 years ago:
I'm not sure how I'd feel now about watching this video (it's been about 15 years). I would probably think it's disrespectful of other cultures, cheesy, and terrible. But this is why children are so fascinating; their most stimulating entertainment/education can come from the most unexpected things. Like this video.
In reading the other reviews, I still lucidly remember every song and scene mentioned, with exception to the controversial 'spaghetti incident', interestingly enough.
'Kidsongs' came up in conversation recently, and my excitement was off the charts. I had so much fun recalling all of the songs and images from this video, and finding someone to remember them with was especially rewarding. I wonder if I would have turned out 'better' if I were raised on more culturally respectful material, but with 'Kidsongs' songs as my toddlerhood jams, I still managed to develop some a degree cultural awareness somewhere beyond The Spaghetti Incident. Plus, as a toddler I never made the connection that the French people from France singing 'Frere Jacques' were singing in FRENCH. It also didn't occur to me until I got to high school that my classmate Stephen Chen had Chinese heritage. Abstract concepts like culture, nationality, and language aren't ones toddlers should be expected to quickly comprehend.
In my memory, I love this video.
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Summary: Children will love it!
Comment: There was a parent that said is "inaccurate" when it comes to the educational value of it, and I do agree. But if what you want is for your tots to have fun, they will! I'm a preschool teacher (children 18-30 months) and my little students love this video. I particularly think that the "spaghetti incident" is pathethic, but the children don't mind it (even though they can get ideas from it). The songs are cute, "singable" and fun (even for the parents that will end up having to hear it over and over again). I brought it home for my daughter to watch and now all my relatives that stop by for visits are singing along!
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Summary: Love it!
Comment: Our toddlers love all the Kidsongs videos. They are after all childrens videos and this one is by far their favorite. In fact, my neighbors were sending their children to my house to watch it. Now they have their own. Wonderful video!
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Summary: far from realistic, you'll miss nothing by passing this by
Comment: We purchased this video (not our first Kidsongs vid) for our two-year-old and we are very disappointed. It is an extremely inaccurate, ethnocentric view of the world. India, Russia and the Far East are missing from this not-so-global-view and the Italian-messy-spaghetti segment is, at best, insensitive.
And although the Spanish song and the Japanese song are each sung in their original language, the other songs are all in English. We were hoping (expecting really) to hear a variety of languages. After all, it's not titled "I'd like to teach the world to sing in English." Though, perhaps it should be. Additionally, the choice of songs leaves a lot to be desired. Could they find no better song to represent Jamaica than "Day-O?" It's not even a Jamaican song!
But perhaps worst of all is that they referred to Africa as a country and not as the continent with various, diverse countries that it is. Finally, if African colonialism and religious oppression had a theme song, it would be "Kumbaya!" Yet this is the "African" song that the kids sing.
Yes, yes, it's a childrens' video and it's supposed to be light and fun and entertaining. But with a little more effort, it could have also been accurate and educational. We would have gladly paid another couple of dollars for something better.
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