INTELLITALE VIDEO FOR YOUNG CHILDREN

I have just completed the first in a series of learning DVD's for young children. The series is entitled, intellitale. The first intellitale concludes 13 original songs with young children and animals performing the activity in the song. Performances include dancing, marching, tapping to the beat of the music and following directives in the song. Simple household objects are used, such as spoons and plates for tapping, sticks for keeping the beat, and animals for counting. 

Intellitale songs are short and lively. Children will learn to sing and follow along with the young children in the video as they perform. Intellitale encourages participation of children. Participation of children and adults, presented in a musical environment, provides multi-sensory stimulation that fires neurons in the brain and creates stronger connections between neurons. Multi-sensory stimulation is critical for young children in brain development. Simply watching a video provides some stimulation, but multi-sensory involvement completes the learning experience for the child. 

Intellitale features young children performing rather than puppets. Children immediately relate to the children on the video and start following along without being told to do so. 

Intellitale will be available soon on Amazon.com and other venues. Schools and libraries may email animalations.com for a complimentary copy. This complimentary offer will continue through July 2009. 

Be the first in your community to make the change to multi-sensory videos for your child. Early years are precious years. Every experience is valuable. Intellitale is a DVD that your child will ask for over and over again because participation makes the experience "come alive" for your child. 

Animalations Songs on iTUNES

In early January, fourteen Animalations songs will be available on iTUNES. This is a very important step for Animalations books because families, schools and libraries will have easy access to the songs that accompany Animalations books. We will keep you updated. 

New Videos

Animalations has two new exciting programs that will be launched very soon. 

The first project is a video for young children. It is a multi-sensory learning video that will stimulate young children as well as expose them to new areas of learning and language. It is currently in production and will be available in early January. If you would like to be one of the first to preview this video, email us at info@animalations.com and we will send you a review copy. We do ask that you provide your company information and feedback after reviewing the video.

The second project will also be available in early January. It is an animated version of our Animalations books. The video is in full color and includes pages of three books animated with audio. Again, we will send out review copies to companies and individuals to review and provide feedback. Email us at: info@animalations.com for your review copy. 

2008 Ippy Bronze Award winner for Animalations book, Mr. Walrus and the Old School Bus, in the Children's Interactive category.Ippy awards recognize Excellence in Independent Publishing" with a list of excellent books -- the best independently published books of the past year -- in 64 national categories, ten Outstanding Book of the Year categories, and 20 Best Regional Fiction and Non-Fiction categories.

111 Ways to Jump Start Your Child's Learning

111 Ways to Jump Start Your Child's Learning  is a guide to learning with practical tips for everyday implementation. It is the result of 30+ years of educating young children. To better explain the concepts, here are a few samples:

Pair a picture book with a musical CD that sings the words in the picture book. This multi-sensory experience will make connections between neurons in the brain stronger and more permanent. Strong connections between neurons make learning easier for children.

Stimulate the brain through tactile experiences or simply through touch. There are 3000 nerve  receptors located in the fingertip, just under the skin.  Since a blind individual can obtain a college degree by tracing Braille dots with one finger, it makes sense that children learn and stimulate their brains by touching. Allow the child to repeatedly touch objects in the environment because the fingertip is a ‘superhighway’ to the brain.

Because a child under five years is a fine-tuned machine capable beyond his years, adults should be available to provide oil for this machine, but then get out of the way as it runs on its own. Adults can suggest routes, but if left alone, the machine may leave the ‘beaten track’. This is where intelligence begins.  

Email us today for your complimentary copy: info@animalations.com 

What's Unique About Animalations Books

Animalations books now have 9 books in print and 15 national awards. We are very proud of our track record since Animalations is a relatively new company that started in January 2006. 

The 9 Animalations books currently in publication are full color picture books for young children, that include a musical CD that sings the words in the text of the book, exactly as they appear in the book. In this way, children can read along in the book, even if they are pre-readers. Animalations books are also excellent for families with gifted children that are seeking stimulating early childhood books that will help their children become top-notch readers. 

Animalations books also provide a great opportunity for children with learning disabilities because they are immediately stimulated when they hear the song and wish to follow along in the book as they sing along.  

It is common knowledge that multiple stimulus: music, language, rhythm, rhyme, repetition, all play an important role in stimulating and rewiring the human brain. Animalations books provide an avenue for this type of stimulation. 

Animalations books also include a moral, social lesson that can be discussed after the book is read. There are also teaching notes, science notes, and musical composition in the back of each 

Animalations Author Patricia Derrick

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