Juno Baby - Make Music Their First Language

Wonderful Juno Baby Review on Peanut Butter and Pickles!

I was so happy to read the nice words that Peanut Butter and Pickles wrote about Juno Baby's DVD, Juno's Rhythm Adventure.  As much as I hate to admit this, I was actually so thrilled that someone noticed the book like packaging.  We've gotten a few questions about our free iTunes downloads.  If anyone is interested in three free songs, you can get the code by signing up on the Juno Baby mailing list. I've cut and pasted the full review below!  Thank you Peanut Butter and PIckles!  

Juno Baby music adventure DVD {GIVEAWAY}

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

  

Music and kids go together like peanut butter and jelly (or peanut butter and pickles!).  I was really pumped to get this DVD from Juno Baby in the mail for my daughter to watch.  We've watched our Baby Einstein DVD's to death, and I was looking forward to trying something new.

The DVD comes in this really cute book-like case, and inside the cover is the DVD and a spot to put another CD you make yourself with a free music download code from their site.  A great bonus, if your kids like to listen to music in the car.

My daughter (she's three) LOVED the Juno's Rhythm Adventure DVD that we were given.  She wanted to watch it again right away and did not budge off of my lap the whole time.  We talked about if afterward and her favorite characters were Juno, and the "silly pink bunny".

I liked the use of puppets instead of animation, and the use of original music from creator and composerBelinda Takahashi.  The segments were short enough to keep my daughter's attention, and were colorful and whimsical.  The songs promoted positive things such as walking and running and enjoying your friends. I also like that the DVD is also playable in French and Spanish.  Watching something simple like this is a great way to expose a young child to foreign languages.  The main focus of the DVD was finding rhythm in every day things, but I wouldn't have picked up on that theme if I hadn't known the title of the DVD.

In addition to giving you quality musical engagement for your child, Juno Baby is giving back to the community.  They are very proud of their One for All project.  For every Juno Baby DVD, CD or book purchased, they donate one item to a child less fortunate.  Their goal for 2010 is to give away 1 million items!!!

BUY IT:  Help them out with their goal, and purchase a book, CD or DVD for your little music lover.  Juno Baby products are available at www.junobaby.com 

Real Original Music - Juno's Rhythm Adventure Review

Minnesota Mama's Must Haves wrote a very nice review about Juno's Rhythm Adventure the other day and talked about the importance of early music for children.  To read the entire review, click "continue reading" below:

Kristy Swanson and Juno Baby!

Wow!!  Another fun and wonderful surprise this morning when I received an email of pictures of Kristy Swanson with one of our Juno Baby DVDs and dolls!  Thank you Kristy!!

Juno Baby's One for All Program Mentioned in Flying Giggles and Lollipops

Way to Go, Juno received a very thoughtful review from Flying Giggles and Lollipops earlier today. We were excited to read "Kudos to Juno Baby for making a wonderful product and for supporting a fabulous cause!" To read the full review, click "continue reading below"

Juno's Rhythm Adventure DVD and Juno Baby Reviewed in The Daily Times and Mom Space

 

We were excited to read the reviews on Juno's Rhythm Adventure and how children are turning everything into musical instruments!  To read the complete review, click "continue reading" below:

A Cutey Juno Baby Fan!

Now here's a lover of string instruments!  We just received this cute picture from The One Fantastical's blog writer Nina and wanted to share.  Thank you for the picture!  She's watching Indie's Great Teddy Bear Hunt.  In this scene, Bunny and Indie sing a duet about Echos.  The instrumentation of which is violin, cello, bass, clarinet, and oboe.  To hear a clip, click this Orchestral Music Edition link and then go to My Echo.  

The Newest Juno Baby Fan - Joey Lawrence!

Well, you can imagine my surprise when I woke up this morning and checked my google alerts to find a picture of Joey Lawrence with his absolutely adorable daughter Charly and wife enjoying our DVDs and plush on the Hot Mom's Club blog!  We were told that Charly loved the DVD so much that she insisted on bringing it with her on the photo shoot!  Yay!

Juno's Rhythm Adventure DVD Reviewed on Mama Cheaps

We were happy to read the great review of Juno's Rhythm Adventure by Mama Cheaps.  To read the full review, click the "continue reading" link below.  We were particularly happy with the mention of our One for All Program.  Slowly but surely, we're on our way to giving away 1 million DVDs and CDs to children in under served communities.  For those of you who are trying to follow our progress, we're working on a dedicated web page that will keep everyone updated! Stay tuned....

Watching Juno Baby - A Handsome Pair

 
 
 Thank you to Christy for sharing these cute pictures of Logan and Lucas on her blog Is it Naptime Yet.  And an equal thanks for the nice words!  We're so happy to hear that everyone is enjoying the DVDs as well as the music!  To read the entire review, click "continue reading" below:

Haiti and the Power and Importance of Music

Even though I've dedicated my entire life to music and understand how important music is, it still amazes me when I see just how fundamental and essential music is to our human existence.  As most of you, I've been watching and reading about the incredible tragedy in Haiti.  It has been heartbreaking and disturbing. Lying and dying in rubble, helpless and hopeless.  Most recently I saw this video clip (see below) of a man searching for his missing wife for 6 days and the unbelievable miracle of finding her alive.  She is pulled from the destruction and one of the first things she does is SING - no food or water in total darkness buried alive, facing death and what comes out of her?  MUSIC!

Another story I read was of a mother who was trying to keep her daughter alive in a collapsed building. They were stuck and trapped and her daughter wound up dying on the fourth night.  In their bleakest last days together the mother sang and prayed. 

Music gives us hope, support, and joy.  It can express what we can not say in words and can affect and touch us like nothing else.  It's an outlet for true human emotion that brings us to a higher place when we need it most.  To me, music is as fundamental and important as it gets.  My hope is that everyone starts to experience and understand the value and power of music and of course exposes it to our youngest.