Rating: - Great for ALL AGES!
As a kid, I loved the Schoolhouse Rock series and still remember the Grammar Rock songs. As a mom, I came across Schoolhouse Rock again by chance and thought I'd get the tapes for my kids who are now 2 and (nearly) 5 to enjoy when they're older. Amazingly, not only my Kindergartener but also my 2 year old prefer this tape to just about anything else right now - including the Wiggles and Blues Clues! I thought I'd bought these for the future, but they absolutely love the music and the animation and my 2-year old goes around singing snatches of "Interjections" and "Lolly Lolly Lolly get your Adverbs Here". As for my Kindergarten-age son, he has grown to enjoy it on a whole new level now that he is reading and beginning to learn grammar and punctuation concepts. Parents, it's never too soon to invest in this gem! I'd much rather have them watching this than the Rugrats or something...
Rating: - Why I get straight "A's" in English!
I love this video! My mom bought it for me and my siblings when I was in second grade. I fell in love immediately. I still watch it just for old time's sake. The tunes are so catchy that I still remember all the words. For years, whenever I had a question on adverbs, for instance, the song from this video would come to mind. This is also partly why I got a 660 on the verbal section of my PSATs last year! If you buy this you'll never regret it!
Rating: - Grammar Rock is EXCITING,very creative,AND learnable!
I watched it as a child on saturday morning cartoons and now I play the tapes for my children 2 and 5. It is the best teaching cartoon music video on the market today. I keep waiting for new ones to come out! My five year old can not yet spell or write well, but she knows what an adverb is. She is getting a strong foundation in grammar, math, history, and science from these tapes. I look forward to the complete collection in Aug 2002. Highly recommended.
Renee Grover USA
Rating: - he best investment ever
This series pays of time after time after time. I watched the original series on T.V. as a child. I sang the preamble in order to pass in 7th grade,I passed English because I was able to "pull out my adjectives". Now, in the year 2000, My children are able to use these videos to enjoy learning. My 17 year old took it to her law and government class just last week. This is truly the best investment you will ever make. It combine learning with entertainment, and that isn't easy to do these days.
Rating: - They don't make 'em like this anymore...
I'm one of those children of the 70s who still remembers "Grammar Rock, it's not your Gran'ma; it's your grammar" brought to us by "our very favorite general, General Foods" on Saturday morning tv. These "commercials" were better than the shows, and that's even more true today. I'm thrilled to be able to pass these gems on to my kindergartner and 2nd grader, who are mastering learning parts of speech in great part due to the time-honored technique of combining information with catchy tunes and visual images. I've found Grammar Rock to be the most useful of the Schoolhouse Rock series, but the other titles are excellent as well. My daughter's learning her times tables to the tune of "Three, It's A Magic Number"; and to this day I remember the preamble to the Constitution because of America Rock. Now if only someone with the same creative talents would add to the series...how about Geography Rock, Spelling Rock, etc.??
- Great for ALL AGES!