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Not only do these tunes bring back fond memories, they're musically fun. And in case I'd forgotten any of the things they teach, I can learn them all over again. Lots of fun.
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The song most imbeded in my brain of this collection? It has to be "The Noun Song" - I never forgot what a noun was because of this song. I actually like "Mr. Morton" about predicates; this is not one of the originals from the 70's - in fact I'd never heard it before I bought the DVD - but I think this song has the best story line of ANY of the songs, and I like the melody! Also love "Interjections."
Not my favorite: "Conjuction Junction." They over-played this during its initial run in the 70's; even back then I used to say when it came on: "Not again!"
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The current prices are outrageous, but these old 3 minute cartoon songs are informative, cute, and catchy at the same time.
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this stuff still kicks my ass 30 years later. i grew up on these songs and was amazed a few years back when i heard them again - they are great!
a couple of notes: 'busy prepositions' and 'mr. morton' are recent LAME additions to this collection. it might be the original artists, but the new stuff don't work. why tarnish the perfect collection from way back when?
buy the cd anyway. the original songs are incredible.
also: whoever is posting "reviews" for all of these cds that are actually plugs for "scripture rock", you suck.
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When it comes to the rules of grammar I know the difference between an independent and a dependent clause and that is about it. If you want to talk about the building blocks of sentences I really do not even know the basics (you only had to go up and diagram sentences on the board if you were not putting them together directly and I was reading books all the time and sort of picked up correct sentence structure by osmosis, so I know how to fix sentences even if I am totally incapable of explaining the rules). Anyhow, the point of this meandering down memory lane is simply to state the obvious: Here are the basics. Learn that "A Noun is a Person, Place, or Thing," "Unpack Your Adjectives," and take a ride down to "Conjunction Junction." Also included are "Verb: That's What's Happening," "Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Adverbs Here," "Interjections," and the immortal "Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla" (no excuses if you do not know that last one is about pronouns).
"Schoolhouse Rock" was created in the 1970s, when an advertising executive noticed his son was having trouble memorizing his multiplication tables but knew all the words to rock songs on the radio. The marriage of pop music with information spawned a series of three-minute cartoons on government, history, grammar, science, and math that aired on ABC television from 1973 to 1985. This CD presents all of the "Grammar Rock" lessons, which are still pretty good even without the cartoons (but having the video of the cartoons is better). As long as the rules of grammar do not change (and they look like they are pretty much engraved in, uh, rock) then these ten mini-lessons are going to be useful to teachers and students alike.
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