Parachute fitness routines set to diverse music and original songs address mobility, fitness, directionality, body identification, imaginative play and important concepts. Parachute play can be used for circle time, arrival and departure activities, recess and indoor/outdoor play.

This DVD is designed to get kids moving to fun routines set to music with beat and "pop" sounds. Flexibility, strength and aerobics, moving from warm up to cool down, with a lot of easy pre-aerobic routines, aim to help promote good health and healthy play. "Important activity benefits include self regulatory behavior, valuable educational concepts, nutrition, the environment, sensory integration, improved motor skills, movement and more," Kimbo Educational Director of Sales and Marketing Elaine Murphy told TDmonthly.

These bean bag activities, blended with world traditions and rich musical rhythms, are designed to teach unique customs and cultures. These activities include circle and partner activities, traditional dances, games, fiestas and original action fun, with the goal of teaching important concepts, motor skills and language.

Children can get actively engaged with these easy circle time ideas for a daily routine. Circle time activities and games are designed to provide structure and help children develop important concepts and skills, such as listening, color and letter recognition, patterns, rhythms, body identification, weather and counting. "The music and movement action will help calm kids down and get them ready for learning," Elaine Murphy, Kimbo Educational director of sales and marketing, told TDmonthly.

This DVD is designed to help children thrive with daily physical workouts featuring brain-based, guided movements to stimulate learning. The program also shows how these fitness exercises can be used with children who have special needs.
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Children can take up ribbons, streamers and scarves, plus get ready for hand-clapping, foot-stomping, repetitive rhythmic routines. Diverse rhythms, such as African, Reggae, Cha Cha, Bossa Nova and Rap, and cool musical action songs with a pattern and a purpose, are meant to encourage movement and imaginative play and improve motor skills. Awards: 2010 Parents' Choice Award Recommended

The "Body Bingo" CD, by Diane Cantwell, a specialist in education and dance, offers fun-filled manipulative activities using a bean and scarf, making it perfect for home and school activity time. The upbeat music and easy-to-follow verbal cues help teach body identification, locomotor and non-locomotor movement skills, improve coordination, balance and agility, and stimulate the imagination. It includes a guide, and Body Bingo cards are also available. "It feels like a game, but offers educational music and movement value," Elaine Murphy, director of sales and marketing for Kimbo Educational, told TDmonthly. This product received a 2003 Parents' Choice Gold Award. Launch date: 2003.

This CD by RONNO will encourage children to grow as individuals, learners and responsible citizens. The song lyrics focus on timely and important topics, such as bullying, respect, responsibility, compassion, conflict resolution, self-esteem and more. Positive songs support solid character building, and the music is lively and fun. An extensive guide is included. Launch date: March 2009.

This adventure of good, old-fashioned fun features an upbeat collection of songs by Michael Plunkett that moves children from high-energy action to quiet-time. The songs are easy-to-sing and memorable, and offer valuable early learning opportunities, as well as activities that encourage creative movement and imaginative play. There’s also attention to building relationships, eating healthy foods, hygiene, manners and more. Shenanigans is great for the family to share, as well as a special resource for schools and libraries. "It offers a music style and lyrics that today's kids can relate to, and adults will also enjoy," Elaine Murphy, director of sales and marketing for Kimbo Educational, told TDmonthly. Launch date: September 2008.

Fitness and nutrition go hand in hand, and this CD offers both. Guided daily workout routines — warm up, aerobic exercise, cool down and brain-based moves to promote learning — are followed by fun and movtivating songs to help children make healthy food and lifestyle choices. Launch date: August 22, 2008.

The CD encourages kids to stay active, using a diverse selection of original "club" type music.
“The music is very cool and the exercises are challenging and fun!” Kimbo Educational Sales and Marketing Director Elaine Murphy told TDmonthly. Launch date: May 2008.

Kids will love this high-spirited dance party! Easy steps have been choreographed for dances set to popular songs such as Who Let the Dogs Out, Disney Mambo #5, Simon Says, The Train, and more. Instructions are included in the guide. The DVD stars kids demonstrating the dances and high-tech, live-action entertainment! Energize your kids for fitness fun.

This collection of 27 classic children's songs will be a favorite of the whole family! Easy-to-listen-to singable songs include popular titles such as Wheels on the Bus, Take Me Out to the Ball Game, On Top of Spaghetti, You Are My Sunshine and more! Play it in the car, at family sing-alongs, and children's activity gatherings.

Music makes learning more fun and memorable. The CD, by Pam Schiller, Ph.D., features over 45 minutes of easy-to-sing, skill-sequenced action songs. Each song builds upon the other, teaching and reinforcing math basics and math readiness in songs such as “3 Bears Rap,” “The Numeral Dance,” “Hickory Dickory Count” and “Circle 'Round the Zero.”

This album by Ronno and Liz Jones-Twomey, developed with Brain Gym Instructor Carol Ann Erickson, gives clear verbal instructions to energizing, sequential movements designed to stimulate brain development. Twenty minutes of exercise with this CD per day will help kids benefit from increased fitness and greater learning power. A bonus section offers lyrics and melodies for listening, creative movement and relaxing. “Catch a Brain Wave Fitness Fun” motivates kids to move and get exercise. Exercise combats obesity [and] promotes good health, and these fitness moves stimulate learning, too,” Director of Sales and Marketing Elaine Murphy of Kimbo Educational told TDmonthly. Launch date: May 1, 2007.

This CD features lively action activities and songs designed to reinforce important early skills. Four crucial areas of development — physical, social-emotional, cognitive and language learning — are addressed. It includes a comprehensive guide filled with "practice" activities, lyrics and literature links. Songs include “Thelma Thumb,” “I Wiggle,” “Opposites” and more. This product received the following awards for 2006: Earlychildhood NEWS Directors' Choice Award, Dr. Toy's Smart Play/Smart Toy Award, and the Parents' Choice Approved Award. Launch date: March 2006.

Fun, live-action dancing, upbeat lyrics and electrifying graphics teach multiplication basics in this DVD. It includes lessons on zero, identity and order properties, square numbers, multiples of 5, multiplication doubles, multiplying by 9 and “The Hard Facts.” A guide and lyrics are included. February 2007.

This rollickin' goodtime CD encourages children to read through the use of fun songs that educate children on a number of literacy-related concepts. Kids learn sentence structure, vocabulary building, listening, alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyming, letter knowledge, print awareness, word families and more. Fun-time songs abound from "When You Get the Giggles" to "Five Huge Dinosaurs."

Songs, activities, and games teach literacy skills and concepts, including letter knowledge, vocabulary development, phonological awareness and more. This CD provides a joyful way to help children gain valuable skills for reading readiness. Sixteen original songs by noted child development specialist, Dr. Pam Schiller, star Don Monopoli of the Learning Station. Includes "Rhyme Tap," "The Name Game," "Weather Song," "Listening Story" and more.

This Parent´s Choice award winner introduces babies as young as six weeks to safe, simple exercises appropriate for their stage of development, such as sitting, crawling, pulling up and walking skills. Cute songs, like "Wiggles and Giggles," "Peek-a-Boo" and "Pat-a-Cake" enhance the bonding between infant and caregiver. The CD comes with a guide that includes lyrics and activities. - Aire Norell

This award-winning collection contains some of the most popular classic children´s songs, like "Mairsy Doats," "Wizard of Oz" and "Five Little Monkeys." Kids enjoy these timeless songs at home, school and on the road. The CD comes with a guide to extra activities that also ties in each song to a popular children´s book. - Aire Norell

The All Time Favorite Dances Video is 34 minutes of familiar, fun songs for any age to dance along. This live-action video stars an exuberant bunch of kids demonstrating the easy dance steps. Instructions are on the screen for the more difficult dances. The VHS retails for $14.95, and the DVD retails for $19.95. Both come with a guide. – Pennie Hoover