Comments on: if you don’t know how to do it i’ll show you how to walk the dog

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:22:35 +0000

This may go unnoticed in an old post, but I want to recommend a children’s book: “Owl Moon,” by Jane Yolen.

http://www.amazon.com/Owl-Moon-Jane-Yolen/dp/0399214577

This is a wonderful book for both children and parents. Many adults who grew up in a place with real winters will have a memory that resonates with the story. I do, but will spare you. Last Friday I was in our local bookstore and recalled that I had been thinking about this book recently because of missing the great horned owls that are usually present in the clearing behind my house by now. There was one copy left and I couldn’t resist buying it along with my other books. That night, around midnight, I heard the familiar sound. The first snow was on the ground and bright moonlight flooded over it – optimal conditions. I leaned out the kitchen window and listened to at least three great horned owls calling to each other, one from the other side of my neighbor’s yard, until they finally flew off.

By: Kired

Kired — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:05:21 +0000

Dan Zanes is great. Then again he was in the Del Fuegos. I am trying to work out a way for him to do a concert in my home town next summer.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:40:35 +0000

It occurs to me that you are very busy right now, and have more important things to do with you time than watch these interviews; so please just delete them. I won’t take it personally at all, honestly.

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:20:31 +0000

Off topic again, but here are some interviews I thought you’d appreciate if you haven’t seen them already:

Wilco Backstage at Bonnaroo ‘07, Nels Cline
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H44PaA2wZJY

Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips Backstage at Bonnaroo ‘07
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5_jvzyEBjg

BOA Stories - Glenn Kotche, Wilco
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hS15pujPSk

By: Patty

Patty — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:27:29 +0000

Well, that embedded video didn’t work, so here’s a simple link to Ralph’s World main page:

http://www.ralphsworld.com/music.htm

Check it out. It’s way better than the standard kids’ fare. I forgot to mention the baseball song is really good, too (especially for Cubs fans).

By: Patty

Patty — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 21:13:15 +0000

I like Dan Zane, and I like Ralph, too — from Ralph’s World. He’s very cool, and my kids love his music, especially “Surfin’ in my Imagination” and Sunny Day Rainy Day Anytime Band. Wish I could find a video for the Sunny Day one, but here’s Surfin’ ===

By: Brenda

Brenda — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:30:18 +0000

My granddaughter is eight now. Yep. She’s all grown up (in her own eyes) and these days she and I spend our evenings dancing in the living room to Hannah Montana and High School Musical.

I wish I had known about Dan Zane a couple of years ago.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:36:39 +0000

I like this last line from the Baby Einstein article:

“By the way, what ever happened to reading and conversation as language learning tools?”

The best way to help build children’s vocabularies is to read to them beyond their level and speak to them like real people. My favorite age of childhood is around 18 months when they start communicating with you through language.

By: Shouter

Shouter — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:35:15 +0000

Of course, Watching Baby Einstein makes you dumb

heather, that’s a real photo from my cell phone - I didn’t manipulate it in any way. It’s kind of freaky isn’t it?

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:13:45 +0000

I enjoyed the interview very much; smiled all the way through it. I like his philosophy. It reminded me of this article in last week’s USA Today Newsmagazine:

http://www.usaweekend.com/07_issues/070923/070923kids-music.html