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The highly successful Wee Sing series of books and audiocassettes is the creation of Pamela Conn Beall and her coauthor Susan Nipp. Parents appreciate the books as wholesome entertainment that encourages self-confidence and freedom of expression. Teachers welcome them as an educational tool that blends the joy of music with creativity and language development. Beall is a mother and a former music teacher with a strong commitment to keeping classic songs for children alive. She believed in the importance of music for bringing children an uplifting, joyful learning experience that led to her collaboration on a handwritten songbook. Beall's and Nipp's original series has grown into a sing-along audiocassette series with more than 15 titles. A videocassette series with more than 10 titles was launched in 1985. The subjects are varied-from America to nursery rhymes, from dinosaurs to silly songs-but the theme is constant. These are enriching songs, stories, and activities that show children the beauty and wonder around them. Beall has a B.A. in music with a minor in education from Oregon State University and has taught elementary music in the Portland area. Beall lives in Oswego, Oregon.

Susan Hagen Nipp was born and raised in Spokane, Washington. As children, the Nipp and her two brotheres sang in the church choir, joined in trios and quartets, and played various instruments. Nipp studied piano and flute and was in her high school and college band, orchestra, and choir. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in music with a minor in education from Whitworth College in Spokane. Upon graduation, she taught high school English in Washington and later, elementary school music in Oregon. Pam Beall and Susan Nipp met in 1972 while taking graduate music classes in Portland, Oregon, where they were elementary music teachers. Nipp and Beall created the Wee Sing Series in 1977, when they realized that while many people remember the first words of classic children's songs, most could not remember every word and note. In order to keep this music alive, the creators hand wrote a song book containing many old favorites. The authors invested $200 and distributed the books throughout the Pacific Northwest. Their immediate success helped pioneer a resurgence in traditional children's music and prompted expansion to audiocassettes. Two years and 20,000 copies later, their book was acquired by Price Stern Sloan, an imprint of Penguin Group, USA. In 1981, they addied audiocassettes to their established songbook collection. In 1985, another new sensation occurred as the first Wee Sing video was produced. Most of the videos were produced in Portland, Oregon, by Poulshock Productions. Wee Sing has been going strong for over 25 years with more than 60 titles having been created in different formats including songbooks, cassettes, CDs, coloring/activity books, toys, and videos. Over 50 million product items have been sold around the world.

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首先，快遞很給力。雖然天氣很寒冷但是頭一天下的單，第二天一早就送到瞭，在這裏要特彆感謝送快遞的師傅，由於前一天睡得比較晚，還沒起床，所以讓師傅在門口等瞭很久，盡管如此，態度仍然很好。其次，打完摺後價錢也在能接受的範圍內。早就想給寶貝買上一本原版書瞭。國內的許多類似書籍都是國人自己唱的，而且都是大人翻唱的，很少有外國友人唱的。本人不懂得英文，但是聽上去都是外國寶寶唱的。很早就想買，可是在實體書店裏賣的都很貴，所以一直沒有捨得買。頭兩天在京東上看到這本書打完摺後賣四十多塊，自己還能接受，所以就馬上買瞭一本。現在原版書都賣的貴著呢，四十多元一本的價錢還可以。Wee Sing係列的書本來想買一套來著，但是看到每本書上都有好多首兒歌，就先買瞭Nursery and Lullabies 這一本，其他的都存在我的關注裏瞭，等著什麼時候降價，或者摺扣打得狠一點的時候再齣手，關注中。另外，昨天，學外文的妹妹來到傢裏瞭，她聽瞭CD裏的兩首歌，一開口就確定是原版的，而且她說是英式發音，這讓我很高興。書的質量也不錯，印刷業很好，雖然薄薄的一本，但是拿在手裏很有感覺，雖然本人基本上什麼都看不懂。朋友推薦的Wee Sing這套書果然不賴。以後應該會買其他的幾本。當然瞭，寶貝還小，也不知道他喜不喜歡聽，想起來時就放上那麼一兩首。

看廖彩杏的書推薦的，買來後還沒給兒子聽過

寶寶聽著還不錯

③我們的教師為瞭控製課堂，總擔心秩序失控而嚴格紀律，導緻緊張有餘而輕鬆不足。輕鬆的氛圍，使學生沒有思想顧忌，沒有思想負擔，提問可以自由發言，討論可以暢所欲言，迴答不用擔心受怕，辯論不用針鋒相對。同學們的任何猜想、幻想、設想都受到尊重、都盡可能讓他們自己做解釋，在聆聽中交流想法、

書就比較一般，隻是五綫譜及歌詞， 全英文的。或者稱之為CD配套的歌譜小冊子更恰當一點。