June 12, 2006

Tongue twister

Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-cheri bari ruchi-pip peri pembo.

Yep. Try it again. Recognize it? You should hear it rolling off my little girls 2.5 year old tongue.

My dad brought four boxes of my childhood stuff that had been hiding up in his attic lo these many years. In amongst the Heathcliff books, high school year books (Nice hair!) and prom dresses was a gem of a little book, Tikki Tikki Tembo, the story of two little boys in long-ago-China. Reading it out loud is fun because you get to say "Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-cheri bari ruchi-pip peri pembo" roughly 20 or so times. As you can imagine, you get pretty proficient at pronouncing it.

Any kids' books you'd like to recommend? While you're at it recommend some kids' music that's actually listenable? I'd rather poke a screwdriver in my ear than listen to the wiggles or Barney. We're going on a 7 hour road trip to Charleston, SC and we're girding our loins, I mean stocking up on entertainment for the ABMOD (Ankle-Biting Midget Of Death). Speaking of whom, she's more of a knee-biter now that she's 36 inches tall! Holy Shmoly she's getting tall!

Posted by Pagalina at 20:57:30 | Permanent Link | Comments (8) |
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1 - Kids' tunes! Ah, the memories.
We drove for 12 hours listening to The Little Mermaid. Nothing like a 5 year old singing like Ariel for 12 hours..
We're kinda out of the kids songs, but we did all like Sharon Lois and Brahm.
"We all know frogs go la-dee-da-dee-da.."
Have you tried The Blackeyed Peas? Maybe she'll like them. lol. (Comment this)

Written by: Karen at 2006/06/13 - 11:49:20
2 - I had totally forgotten about that book and I barely remember the story but I definitely remember saying "Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-cheri bari ruchi-pip peri pembo" over and over as a kid. (much to my Mother's dismay, I might add) (Comment this)

Written by: Simone at 2006/06/13 - 12:32:08
3 - We've mostly avoided the kid song thing altogether except for one Dan Zanes album, he formerly of the 80s band the Delfuegos. There is so much CRAP out there. I'm kind of a music-head and I just can't listen to a chorus of children singing to a bad electronic keyboard arrangement of BINGO ever! I would open a vein. :)
hey simone, did you retype that whole phrase or copy and paste?;) (Comment this)

Written by: pagalina at 2006/06/13 - 13:53:15
4 - Busted! Copied and pasted. (Comment this)

Written by: Simone at 2006/06/13 - 16:39:15
5 - I have a question. how do you get your profie on your blog page. lke ur picture and location and interest and stuff like that? jw. e-mail me back if you do knw. (Comment this)

Written by: Courtney at 2006/06/13 - 20:03:43
6 - Courtney, log into http://panel.blog.com/ and you'll see a box that says "My Profile" there's a link in there that says "edit" you can figure it out from there!
good luck! (you didn't leave your email so I had no other way to respond.) (Comment this)

Written by: pagalina at 2006/06/14 - 16:18:07
7 - Artist recommendations of kids music you might like? Justin Roberts. Sue Schnitzer. Dan Zanes. Brady Rymer. Elizabeth Mitchell. Frances England. Many more.

There's actually a couple of great blogs out there with recommendations of kids music that won't drive parents crazy...start at www.zooglobble.blogspot.com. (Comment this)

Written by: DevonT at 2006/06/16 - 11:55:47
8 - Thanks DevonT for the recommendations. i dig Dan Zanes and i just downloaded a collaboration between elizabeth mitchell and LIsa loeb. i'll be sure to check out the others!
Thanks for stopping by too!
pagalina (Comment this)

Written by: pagalina at 2006/06/16 - 16:46:39
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