Pamela Conn Beall was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and raised in Klamath Falls, Oregon, with two sisters and a brother. Music was a large part of her childhood, not only within the family, but as she studied voice, piano, and guitar, and sang in numerous select choirs. She graduated from Oregon State University, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in music with a minor in education. After college she became an elementary school music teacher in the Portland area, taught guitar at the community college, and sang with the Norman Leyden Singers and Portland Symphonic Choir. Pam lives with her husband, Ron, in Lake Oswego, Oregon. They have four adult children.
When I started researching things that I wanted to implement into curriculum and start purchasing since I'd use them for years, one thing that kept coming up was Wee Sing. First it was mentioned, I think, in The Well-Trained Mind by Susan Wise Bauer and Jessie Wise. Then again I saw it often in the references and catalogs from Veritas Press. Then again in the Memoria Press forums and again and again. Then when I started into the Animal Play Curriculum it was Wee Sing Animals Animals Animals. I knew I would have to get my hands on these.
I am over the top delighted! Wee Sing is awesome. I have a bunch of reviews coming for you. I figured that I could have wrapped it all up in one, but these deserve their own posts. I might repeat myself a little bit, but I want you to know how much I love these.
This CD is packed from songs from my childhood, Sunday School, VBS and more. Then on top of that there are several poems and other songs that I did not know before but I am delighted to learn now and to teach them to my daughters. The booklet that comes with the CD is great. It has the music and sometimes sign language to go with songs and the words to the poems as well. We sometimes listen to this for specific songs and sometimes just to start the day (most days!). I absolutely love this and I know that Wee Sing is going to be a great aide in giving my children a great foundation. As a person who is practically humming or singing all the time, this fits my personality perfectly. Then now to have my 30 month old daughter singing at the top of her little lungs, "Jesus, Love Children! The Bible tells me so..." is awesome. I'm excited to know that she can keep learning and already at her young age is putting such great words to memory. Absolutely fantastic!
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*Thanks to Wee Sing for providing a sample for review.*
Absolutely delightful and very affordable (~$7). Has a CD with all the songs and a booklet with sheet music so parents can learn the songs. There is a song to help kids memorize books of the Old Testament and another to heps kids memorize books of the New Testament.
This book is a great resource for Sunday School, junior church, or just for devotionals at home. We use it for our morning Bible time. My daughter loves it. She is four and we’ve been using it for a few years now.