Baby Safari MP3s for Babies
Special: Was $25 - now $7!
The Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday CDs contain background music by Holst, Puccini, Mozart, Debussy, Vivaldi, Ravel, Granados, Dowland, Sibelius, Geshwin, Brahms, Bach, Liszt, Satie, Delibes, Pachelbell, Albeniz and many modern composers. For each language, a short series of words such as -- "root, branch, stick...leaves, moss...chilly" is repeated over and over by pairs of native speakers -- first by a woman and then by a man -- to create a long "language-string." By using pairs of speakers, a range of permissible pronunciation is provided. The vocabulary used is varied and practical.
The advantage of using this format is that the meaning of the words is known regardless of the language being heard. For about 85% of all households world wide, the "native" language used is one of the 25 and thus it provides a guide for infants in these homes for the meaning of each language-string. Many children continue to listen to our CDs when they grow older.
Also included with the three basic CDs is a free 2 hour MP3 CD with 100 popular songs in these 25 languages. The songs are to be played at a special party (and then for another year and a half or so) when an infant turns 6 months of age. Since a baby begins to discriminate against languages which are not heard after age 6 months, this party -- an Akilo Party -- helps to broaden familiarity with these languages.
These language materials were developed over a period of 12 years (since 1996) and rely upon basic research in the field with contributions by faculty and staff at UC Berkeley and Stanford University. It was decided that these audio materials with their special formats were badly needed and deserved the time required to make them. Infants in more than 40 countries now listen to them.
