Baby Songs is a video series aimed at babies, toddlers, and preschoolers, featuring the highly interactive and appealing songs of Hap Palmer. This version, Play Along Songs, is designed for children as young as infants and features songs all about what happens in a child's day.
Baby Songs videos are totally mesmerizing for young children. But they go beyond attention-grabbing — they are interactive. Hap Palmer's songs are superb — they are easygoing, yet fun, and they encourage kids to participate. In fact, our kid testers all were singing along, even dancing. Never did we see kids simply glued to the set as is often the case with many children's videos.
This video is just over 30 minutes long and is live-action. Short animated clips introduce each music video. Play Along Songs opens with the familiar Just Fun which celebrates children jumping and rolling just for the heck of it! "Simple things can be so fine" sings Palmer, and viewers watch as kids express their happiness through simple body movements. In The Mice Go Marching — a new version of The Ants Go Marching — kids play-act the song that tells the story of some mice and a monster. Children with big colorful sweatshirts represent the different colors in the music video Parade of Colors, and children love following along in Put your Hands Up in the Air, as they touch their toes, turn around, jump up and down, and more.
As always, some early learning concepts are included in all the fun. Days of the week are sung in a rap song, hands are distinguished between right and left, colors are playfully introduced, and more.
It's important to note that many of the songs in this video were first released in Baby Songs Follow Along. This video features new animations in between music sequences and two all-new Hap Palmer songs.
