Kidsongs - I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing

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Summary: Not one of the best, but still very good
Review: I've seen and purchased several Kidsongs video's. The video starts off with the kids singing "We have the whole world in our hands". I love the idea of "Mr. World" taking the kids to different places, and teaching kids there is no difference in people that have different skin color. There's is only one piece that I really don't like, and that is when "Mr. World" takes the kids to Italy. "Mr. World" slams spagetti into the sauce pan, then takes the pan and spagetti and drops handfuls of noodles onto the kids heads. The rest is very good. Great singing and entertainment that keeps my 18 month old watching for the entire 30 minutes.

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Summary: The best kidsongs video!
Review: Me and my sister's love this video!Even though I'm 15 I still like watching kidsongs. The kids that are on the videos do act a little dorky sometimes, but other than that I can just sit down and watch one with my sister's almost anytime. Out of all the kidsong videos this one has to be the best. I love the way it takes you to different countries and you can sing along with songs that come from that country. My favorite songs on this video are: "I'd like to teach the world to sing" and "Waltzing Matilda."

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Summary: Best of the Kidsongs series
Review: My daughter (not 18-months old) got this video when she was 12 months old. She loves it and even now watches it atleast once or twice a week. She hums/sings along with many of the songs and especially loves "sakura". We think this is the best video of the Kidsongs series

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Summary: Love it!
Review: 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: Great Video
Review: This video is my 16 mo. old daughter's favorite. She watches and dances throughout the whole video. I don't care for the spaghetti segment like the other viewers, but the rest of the songs are very nice. My baby's favorites are "Frere Jacques" and "Kumbaya" The songs are great!

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Summary: Great Video
Review: This video is my 16 mo. old daughter's favorite. She watches and dances throughout the whole video. I don't care for the spaghetti segment like the other viewers, but the rest of the songs are very nice. My baby's favorites are "Frere Jacques" and "Kumbaya" The songs are great!

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Summary: My daughters like it and so do I!
Review: We bought this video years ago for my now 7-year old daughter. It's a favorite right now for my 20-month old. She sings and dances along... and sometimes gets the rest of us going, too! The kids who perform are quite talented and it's the type of video I think is good for kids to watch if they're in front of a t.v. I agree with another reviewer who didn't care for the spaghetti song, otherwise it's a great video. We have "Boppin' with the Biggles" and like that one, too.

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Summary: far from realistic, you'll miss nothing by passing this by
Review: 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.

Rating:
Summary: far from realistic, you'll miss nothing by passing this by
Review: 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.