The
Singing Day
A treasury of over 100 songs to sing at each stage of
a child’s day, The Singing Day includes a learning
CD and illustrations by Claudio Munoz.
It includes songs for getting dressed,
going out, food and mealtimes, car journeys, bath time,
lullabies, finger and toe games, dandling songs, and
songs for birthdays, festivals and special occasions.
The songs are a mix of traditional, unusual, humorous,
and some are composed by Candy herself.
To create this book, Candy drew on 25
years experience of running singing workshops for young
children and their parents. She also consulted parents,
grandparents, nursery teachers, old people, about the
role singing played in their lives with children.
The insights are quoted throughout the
book - touching, intimate and sometimes funny moments
in family life.
"The songs are short and simple and easy to
learn. They fit easily into the many tasks of
the day, bringing joy and magic to them."
"The Singing Day reminds us to sing and add music
to our days, making our lives richer"
The Mother - May 2007
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The
Singing Year
This is a book topical for our times with our increasing
awareness of the fragility of our natural environment.
Singing about the seasons creates a link in a child's
mind and helps them become aware of natural rhythms
and cycles. The Singing Year includes a learning CD
and illustrations by Claudio Munoz.
The book is arranged
in seasonal sections that contains over 100 beautiful
songs. Some are traditional, many are specially composed
by Candy with poems by Nicola Wickstead and Julie Tonkin.
There are songs about animals, plants, and seasonal
things that particularly appeal to children: conkers
and kicking up leaves in autumn, the busy busy bee,
going up in the swing, and picking those hidden raspberries
in summer.
At the end of each section
are suggested seasonal craft activities and games to
play. To emphasize the connection with the natural world,
there are lists of plants that can easily be grown in
any nursery garden.
"I particularly
liked the way the natural world was given the 'hands
on' treatment by including ideas for things to do and
plants to look out for in each season - a good way to
get out into the parks, gardens and seaside and to continue
singing as you go!"
National Childminding
Associations -
April 2007
"The inclusion of helpful suggestions for those
who may have been made to feel they are non singers
and the CD to learn from, together with the excellent
bibliography and list of useful contacts, only serve
to broaden the appeal of this timely book"
New View
- Spring 2007
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