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Between the Lions

Nathan — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:44:55 +0000

I think it’s clear that my blog’s audience consists of mainly my kids so here’s one that’s sure to be a hit. Reading Between the Lions is a popular children’s television program. Here are four Lions playlists from various YouTube users:

Signing Time

Nathan — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:16:03 +0000

A year ago, my daughter (then 4) sprung “Parents need to teach their kids sign language!” on my wife and me. We, of course, didn’t know any sign langauge. Luckily our friend gave us a bunch of Signing Time videos and she’s been studiously learning it. She knows how to label tons of things and she’s started stringing words together. As she learns to spell, she’s associating the hand signs with the written letters. Now she wants to learn Chinese and Spanish, so she does keeps us busy.

I just looked up these Signing Time playlists for my daughter. We haven’t tried out the Signing Time Kids website yet, but I’ll have my kids play with it this week.

East German Underground

Nathan — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:07:17 +0000

No one could successfully accuse and convict me of being a fan of Rammstein, but I think I might like the earlier underground music that came before the band. The underground bands were constantly pushing the limits of the German Democratic Republic (DDR).

I made this discovery while listening to this interview with Paul Landers (Radio Goethe). I enjoyed the old and weird music of Paul Landers and I liked his descriptions of making music in the DDR and of what life was like in the transition after the wall fell.

They Might be Giants: Playlist for Kids

Nathan — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:16:46 +0000

My wife and I went to see TMBG live when we were dating. Now my kids are avid fans of their children’s stuff. I use their ABC’s, 123’s, and Science stuff at work sometimes. This playlist has more than 100 tracks. Yeah there are a few duplicates.

My German Jukebox

Nathan — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:10:44 +0000

With some exceptions, this playlist includes German music that: (1) was recorded in the 1980s or 1990s by German groups, (2) has German lyrics, and (3) doesn’t suck.