Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Having fun with Broadway show tunes

This movie was a favorite of my daughters when it came out. They loved everything about it, the story, the characters, the actors, and the music. I can still see them up on the raised hearth in our house singing and dancing to "It's a hard knock life". For some reason, Amazon gives Anniea bad review, but no doubt the reviewer lacks the discernment of a 6 year old. Thanks to this movie they picked up a lot of vocabulary, learned who Herbert Hoover was, and learned to say "We love you Miss Hannigan" to me whenever I made demands they thought unreasonable.
Songs are a wonderful way to enhance your child's vocabulary. Imagine having these movies to show to your child: any or all of them: This DVD set,The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collectioncontains The Sound of Music, The King and I,Oklahoma, South Pacific,State Fair, and Carousel. Songs like "It's a grand night for singing", "Getting to know you", "Oh what a beautiful morning", "Doe, a deer", and many others which are a part of our cultural heritage.

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