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The worst part is the lady singing in a very high pitched voice. The man singing is good. I'm teaching my kids Russian and I was hoping that this CD would provide us with educational time while we drive between schools and activities. Her voice is so high pitched that I can barely make out what she is saying. In general, I like the CD and the material it covers and teaches. For the most part it is a good CD. The best part is the kids dialogue where they speak slowly and clearly.
It is difficult to follow along in the book. There is a russian dialog, but it is never translated in english except in the book. The songs are in russian and english, but 2 different singers. The russian singer is more opera style and not child centered.
The Russian itself is well spoken, but for learning traditional Russian children's songs, this is not a good tape. My husband, who is Russian, reports that the songs on this are not traditional Russian, to his knowledge, and don't even sound like they might be Russian songs. Many of them are obviously American -- "America the Beautiful" -- and there is a lot of English singing taking up the tape, rather then repeating the Russian verse two or three more times.
I highly recommend enhancing your child's culture by buying this tape. We adopted our daughter from Russia and she is so into learning her culture and very proud to be able to sing Russian songs. As an adoptive parent and the founder of Building Blocks Adoption Service, Inc. I highly recommend this tape for your adopted child.
I was skeptical at first, but now I think it's a great teaching method. This book & tape uses traditional Russian songs, in addition to songs my daughter all ready knew in English, which she now knows in Russian as well.
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