Thank you for sparking wonderment and imagination in my daughter.Category: Recent Articles Published: Tuesday, July 07, 2009
I'm the (redheaded, freckled) mom of three little girls who was bopping to your music at the Ecology Center's Earth Day celebration. [in San Juan Capistrano, CA]. I had also heard you at Jodi's Earthroots Field School open house a few months back. My daughter, Grace, is the one who came up to sing and dance next to you guys.
Another beautiful moment was when I found her on the playground the afternoon after the Earth Day concert. She was sitting underneath the play structure singing the tidepool song to herself, over and over. She kept singing the part that goes, "I never knew everything was so alive . . . " and she stopped, looked up at me and said, "Mom, Was there ever anything you never knew--never saw with your own eyes, but it turned out to be true?" And it sparked a discussion that ranged from animals she's wondered about but never seen (like bats) to fantasy animals (like unicorns) to emotions that you can't see but you know are real (like love and fear) to spiritual truths that our hearts can see but our eyes and brains can not (like God's love for us). Thank you for sparking that wonderment and imagination in my daughter. That conversation was a gift I will cherish forever, and it began because of the wonderment you captured in that song--the wonderment of discovering something amazing that you never knew was there. Thanks again for making such a beautiful album! It strikes a beautiful balance between sound science, conservation, and wonderment. with love, Sarah Roby
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Post a CommentOther Recent ArticlesWatch a video of a Blue Whale -The largest animal on Earth!Category: Animal Song Videos Published: Friday, December 02, 2011 Dear Friends. Check out this video of a kayaker's amazing encounter with a blue whale, the largest animal on Earth. It gives you a close-up look at just how big and magnificent these creatures are. I felt excited and tingly inside when I watched this. You can learn just how big a blue whale by listening to my song So Big! Blue Whale! on our CD IF I WERE A FISH and other Ocean Songs for Kids by Birdsong and the Eco-Wonders®. I wrote this song as a tribute to the world's largest animal. See if you can if you can find facts about a blue whale's lungs, heart and tongue in the song! (The lyrics to the song are below.) Meet some Mexican and Alaskan Gray Wolves! More photos from California Wolf CenterCategory: Animal Songs-Wolves Published: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 Dear Friends, Meet some of the 29 Mexican and Alaskan Gray wolves at the California Wolf Center in Julian, CA. You can see the entire album of these eight Mexican and Alaskan Gray Wolves on California Wolf Center's Facebook page. The names of these wolves include: Inuk, Chaco, Kiana, Taku and Ketchikan. Wolves such as these inspired my song and music video, LEADERS OF THE PACK. This video has a slideshow of beautiful wolf photos, courtesy of All -About -Wolves. You can also find the lyrics to this animal song for kids below. Please read and sing along with me! Soon we will be recording this song for our next CD. Stay tuned! Silly Wolf Photo from California Wolf CenterCategory: Animal Songs-Wolves Published: Friday, July 29, 2011 Dear Friends, Check out this silly wolf photo from the California Wolf Center in Julian, CA. You can see the entire album of these silly wolf photos on California Wolf Center's Facebook page. Wolves such as these inspired my song and music video, LEADERS OF THE PACK. This video has a slideshow of beautiful wolf photos, courtesy of All -About -Wolves. You can watch my kids music video LEADERS OF THE PACK on my December, 2009 blog post. You can also find the lyrics to this animal song for kids below. Please read and sing along with me! We will be in the music studio this autumn to record this song for our next CD. Stay tuned! Wolf Pups Video from California Wolf CenterCategory: Animal Songs-Wolves Published: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 Check out this video of wolf pups from the California Wolf Center in Julian, CA, uploaded in June, 2011. These pups were born this past Spring. Wolf families such as these inspired my song and music video, LEADERS OF THE PACK. This video has a slideshow of beautiful wolf photos, courtesy of All -About -Wolves. You can watch my kids music video LEADERS OF THE PACK on my December, 2009 blog post. You can find the lyrics to this animal song for kids below. Please read and sing along with me! We will be in the music studio this year to record this song for our upcoming CD. Stay tuned! Watch DOLPHIN DINNER - An animal video about dolphins by National GeographicCategory: Animal Song Videos Published: Saturday, July 09, 2011 Dear Friends. This is a fun National Geographic kids' video about dolphins. Here you will see a pod of dolphins using their sounds to locate large schools of anchovies. After locating the fish, they then use dolphin teamwork to catch the anchovies for dinner. Echolation and cooperation are the names of the game in this educational kids video. You can watch more natiuonal geographic videos at National Geographic Kids Online. You can also watch my animal song video about dolphins and echolocation, called Clickety Clack, in a previous blog post. In the video you will find the dolphin photos by NOAA and the lyrics of the song so that you can sing along. Clickety-Clack is the first song on my CD IF I WERE A FISH and other Ocean Songs for Kids by Birdsong and the Eco-Wonders. I love seeing dolphins off the coast of California where I live. I hope you enjoy these dolphin videos. -Birdsong 
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