Mother Goose Club DVD Review and Giveaway

About Mother Goose Club:

Mother Goose Club is a series of 1-minute educational programs for preschoolers promoting early literacy. The live-action series features six colorful characters from the Mother Goose world: Teddy Bear, Jack B. Nimble, Little Bo Peep, Baa Baa Sheep, Mary Quite Contrary, and Eep Mouse, who invite viewers to sing and dance along to favorite nursery rhymes.

Nursery rhymes are terrific tools for parents and teachers to help get young children ready to read. Spending a few minutes each day reading or singing nursery rhymes with a child is a simple, cost-effective and enjoyable way to promote early literacy at home. The Mother Goose Club website contains a vast collection of rhymes, with illustrations, audio narrations, songs, sheet music, and printable coloring pages. Some live action and animated videos are also available. For parents and teachers, the site offers activities and tips on using rhymes to promote literacy at home and at school.

Mother Goose Club was produced locally in Nashville, Tennessee. The first 6 of 16 programs began airing on Nashville Public Television in June of 2009, with broadcasts on other PBS affiliates coming soon. The episodes can also be viewed on YouTube, and Facebook. Mother Goose Club is the proud recipient of 14 Midsouth Emmy® award nominations.

Why Nursery Rhymes Matter?

Nursery rhymes help children learn to read. Research has shown that familiarity with Mother Goose and other nursery rhymes helps children develop pre-reading skills, including the ability to detect rhymes. Children who can recognize rhyming words learn to read more quickly and successfully than their peers. This relationship holds true regardless of a child’s socio-economic background or the education level of the parents.

Nursery rhymes are also short and rhythmic, which makes them easy for children to learn and memorize. As children hear, sing or read nursery rhymes, they develop “phonemic awareness” or the ability to detect the individual sounds that make up words, a crucial first step in learning to read. Nursery rhymes also introduce children to new vocabulary, which increases comprehension and benefits learning in all subjects. Most importantly, nursery rhymes are full of colorful characters and stories, which make them fun. The delight children experience as they engage in rhyme activities fosters an enduring enthusiasm for books and reading.

Review:

My son has always loved the computer and online videos. We came across Mothergooseclub.com and I found some videos that caught my son's attention. I found them to be very educational and decided to review the Nursery Rhyme Singing Time with Mother Goose Club DVD. The DVD has story-telling, sing-along songs, and lots of rhymes. The DVD is 40 minutes long and kept my son's attention for the entire length of time.

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