http://articles.personalizedcds4kids.com/rss.xml A blog about personalizedcds4kids.com daily 365 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://articles.personalizedcds4kids.com/?a=36461 <p>by Gregg Hall</p><p>Everyone knows that having everything in the world does not lead to happiness. There is something more than material things that is needed to make people happy. It's imagination. Imagination can turn even the most mundane things into something to be celebrated, and is something that every parent should try and instill in their child at an early age.<br />There are many ways to do this, but one of the most important and easiest is to draw out your child's creativity by asking them to fashion roles for themselves. How do you do that? Well, you could always suggest that they do what kids love to do anyway, such as play dress up!<br /><br />Dressing up offers even more benefits than you might think. It promotes the activity of the brain, in requiring your children to think about who they want to be, what that person or thing wears, and how they can make a costume that is something like it. But it also requires a large amount of physical creativity as well. If, for instance, your child wants to be Shaq, he or she will not be sitting on the couch. They will be bounding around the house or yard, exercising healthily in mind and spirit.<br /><br />Playing dress up also encourages empathy. By taking on the roles of other people and things, your child will have to think like those other people and things. This encourages them to think as if they were not the center of the universe, and promotes an ability that will greatly serve them later in life, the ability to see the world through other people's eyes. What's more, it will allow children to function a bit better than they might otherwise. By playing a teacher, your child might more properly understand what is required of them in a classroom, or how to better relate to adults.<br /><br />The way that a child plays out roles during dress up can be invaluable for parents. A parent who pays keen attention to the way his or her child is acting out their dress up character can learn a great deal about how their child understands the world. If, for instance, to use the teacher example above, a child always enacts a teacher who is cruel and unfeeling, it might be the case that the child's teachers are not all too kind to the child, and perhaps a parent's intervention is necessary.<br /><br />Dressing up also provides the necessity of innovation. Since children can become quickly tired of things that become too routine, it will be required of them to invent more and further ways of dress up. This will increase their creative ability and make them more innovative thinkers.</p><h3 class="popup">About the Author </h3><p>Gregg Hall is an author living in Navarre Beach Florida. Find more about this as well as kid's music CD at <a href="http://www.personalizedcds4kids.com/">http://www.personalizedcds4kids.com</a></p> 2006-11-23T23:31-05:00 http://articles.personalizedcds4kids.com/?a=36460 <p>by Gregg Hall</p><p>My Very Own Music CD was one of the largest successes in the history of the children's music industry. By crafting CDs specifically aimed at an individual child, the company was able to inspire and make happy an entire generation of children. They did this by grouping together CDs that have between six and ten songs, each grouped according to an interest of the child, and often using the child's name during the songs themselves. And they did it by using a musical score that was vibrant and happy. Children loved the songs and parents loved the delight on their children's faces.<br /><br />The personalized CDs make gift giving so much easier, and more personal! The difference between giving a CD that has been personalized to include the child's name, and has his or her name sung by his or her heroes, and just giving a gift that came from an impersonal store is huge. Whoever you give the gift to will see the difference, as certainly as you can.<br /><br />Albums like Awesome Kids Christians Songs, which provided a plethora of tracks all reaffirming traditional Christian values, such as the fact that Jesus is God, and that Jesus and God love each child personally more than words can express, swept the Christian community and helped Christian parents instill the proper values in their children. The eleven songs on the album each treats a different Christian theme, and is intended for children between the ages of nine and twelve. But, as they say, some things are timeless, and the CD is sure to be of enjoyment to all Christians.<br /><br />Another release from My Very Own Music is Journey to the Land of Imagination, an impressive collection of fanciful tales and ballads that will stretch the limits of a child's ability to create and imagine. If you want to increase the scope of your child's wondering, as well as have them marvel at how the people who sing so beautifully on this CD keep repeating his or her name, then this album is for you.<br /><br />Always popular among pint-sized superheros, Spiderman and You is an album that will appeal to the more adventurous children on your list. The songs on this CD take the listener through many different episodes in Spiderman's career, and he will battle his nemeses and confront problems in the city and rescue his beloved Mary Jane, all as your child sings along and hears his or her name sung back at them. The songs on this disk are energetic and thrilling, as is fitting to their subject matter, and will lift and thrill your child's spirits.<br /><br />Whatever your needs in personalized children's CDs, My Very Own Music will be able to meet them. Since they have literally thousands of children's names in the database, and hundreds of interest grouped CDs, they are the world's number one provider of personalized songs for children.</p><h3 class="popup">About the Author </h3><p>Gregg Hall is an author living in Navarre Beach Florida. Find more about this as well as children's music CD at <a href="http://www.personalizedcds4kids.com/">http://www.personalizedcds4kids.com</a></p> 2006-11-23T23:25-05:00 http://articles.personalizedcds4kids.com/?a=36459 <p>by Gregg Hall</p><p>Getting a personalized gift can mean the difference between getting a gift that is truly meant for you and getting something that comes out of an impersonal box. You know this, and understand it, so why would you think that your children wouldn't understand the same thing? This guide will help you make a set of personalized CDs that are perfect for your child.<br /><br />If you've got a mini superhero living in your house, a kid who reads more comic books than you do magazines, then we've got the perfect personalized CD crafted especially for them. Fantastic 4 and you takes themes from many Marvel stars and uses them to produce eight songs in which your child's name is sung over forty different times. So impress your kid with your superhuman ability to produce the perfect gift!<br /><br />If your kid has a soft spot for songs that are meant for children, both traditional and contemporary, we've got the perfect compact disk for you. This CD, Awesome Kids Songs, has a set of eight songs that will appeal to your child's desire to sing! He or she will be humming and singing along within minutes of hearing the first track. Bring out the folk-singer in your little angel! <br /><br />If your kid is a bit more hip than the other kids, or would like to be seen to be as cool as can be, try out the Koolsongs CD. As all of our CDs do, this compilation will sing your son or daughter's name at least forty times during its eight tracks, and will do it with a flair that you will be astonished by. By getting your kid this CD you will be endorsing their hipness, since its songs are specifically intended for the &quot;kooler&quot; among us. <br /><br />On the KoolSongs album there are three tracks that are based on books for children, and all of the songs will sing your child's name to them. So give this gift and watch as your child slips the disk into whatever music player they choose. The look on your son or daughter's face will be, as they say, priceless.<br /><br />One of the most popular CDs is the Kidz Tunes Music CD. You may have heard of it under its older name, the Custom 4 Kids CD. While the name has been updated, the songs remain the same, awesome and personalized for your child. Why is this album so popular? It teaches them things they need to know, in a way that will convince them that they are not learning, but having fun! Teach your kid to recite the alphabet, count to one hundred, how to call the colors, and the sounds of animals, all by letting them listen to music that will inspire and amuse them! <br /><br />Just by singing along to tunes that they will love, your kids will be learning the things they need to know, at an early age. And it can become a family activity because you can sing along with your children all the while!</p><h3 class="popup">About the Author </h3><p>Gregg Hall is an author living in Navarre Beach Florida. Find more about this as well as children's music CD at <a href="http://www.personalizedcds4kids.com/">http://www.personalizedcds4kids.com</a></p> 2006-11-23T23:22-05:00 http://articles.personalizedcds4kids.com/?a=36458 <p>by Gregg Hall </p><p>Everyone knows that for adults it is very important to get a good night's sleep in order to be a fully functioning, healthy individual, and it is no different for children. It's a well documented fact that kids who get a full, restful sleep at night are able to better complete the tasks they need to when they are awake during the day. And it has been shown, not surprisingly, that the children who have problems sleeping are the children who are more likely to get into trouble and develop a bad set of behavioral issues such as antisocial behavior and depression.<br /><br />While it is true that like most things that apply to individuals, there is not golden mean for everyone's actual needed amount of sleep, it is widely agreed upon that the vast majority of children need to receive between 9 and 12 hours of sleep each night. To decide whether or not your child is getting enough sleep, there are some simple things you can test. If while going to sleep you child takes anywhere from a quarter of an hour to a half an hour to go to sleep, it is a good indication that he or she is getting enough sleep. <br /><br />If your child wakes up in the morning full or energy, and maintains that level of energy throughout the day, that is another good indication that the amount of sleep he or she is getting is sufficient. If these things are not the case, you can try to help you child get more sleep. Make an effort to inform him or her about the necessity of sleep, not only to not be tired, but in order that he or she be able to function as a complete, normal individual at school and in achieving goals.<br /><br />Remember that sleep is like food. Good sleep can be beneficial, but bad sleep can harm you. Good sleep is characterized by routine, so it is important to instill the value of routine in your children. Routine makes life predictable, and can really improve on a child's ability to finish tasks and engage the world in a meaningful way. You can help to encourage your child to value routine by having a specific way that you go about putting them to bed. This can be anything from the fabled bedtime story to a light snack before heading off to bed. <br /><br />As long as it is repeated every day, then it will help establish an order to things that will aid your child in going to sleep. As with the placebo effect, there is a psychosomatic response to routine, and your child may become drowsy just by performing the routines that you have outlined for them. Another important thing is to make the process of sleep fun. Children enjoy things that are fun, as we all do, so you will be more likely to succeed in convincing them to sleep well if you make it enjoyable for them.</p><h3 class="popup">About the Author </h3><p>Gregg Hall is an author living in Navarre Beach Florida. Find more about this as well as kid's music CD at <a href="http://www.personalizedcds4kids.com/">http://www.personalizedcds4kids.com</a></p> 2006-11-23T23:20-05:00