Kaleidoscope Songs Reviews

Kaleidoscope Songs Number 1 & 2: "Nicely produced CD's that explore emotions
and feelings and positive expressions of love, belonging and acceptance."

John Wood Music Review, Kidzmusic.com.

"Kaleidoscope Songs Number One" receives the Parents' Choice Foundation Recommended Award.
"This commendation implies our approval and, even beyond that, our thorough recommendation for reasons of production, appeal and fulfillment of its clear intent." http://parents-choice.org/awards_portal.cfm

-Parents' Choice Foundation

Dear Alex,
Wanted to tell you that my little 3-year-old daughter is just CRAZY about Kaleidoscope Songs 2!!! I mean, she's WILD about it! You know, we have other kids' CD's - When we listen to them, she likes them well enough, but never requests them. When I ask her what she wants to listen to, it is ALWAYS "the far-out guy" (so dubbed because Kaleidoscope is, well, far out!). And then, she dances like a maniac! We LOVE your music. As the Mom, I'm SO HAPPY my daughter gets such pleasure from such QUALITY children's entertainment. Thank you, thank you, so much, for what you do.
Sincerely,
Gina Carpenter

"Kaleidoscope Songs is beautiful music blended with meaningful lyrics, Kaleidoscope Songs Number 2 takes us on a journey into the thoughts and feelings we all share in common. Parents and kids alike found the music to
be enchanting, and very well produced. Guitars, percussion, French horns, trumpets, drums, pianos, violins and lots of children's voices make Kaleidoscope Songs Number 2 musically rich and engaging for both children and adults. A must have for all households and each classroom. Actually, I think the CD should be available to every camp facility...kids at camp will enjoy it and camp leaders would appreciate it." ~

Jodie Lynn,

syndicated parenting/health expert, Parent to Parent, CEO/founder of www.AddingWisdomAward.com, and author of family/health book, Mommy-CEOThank you Jodie Lynn!!
Click here to hear CD #2

“While singing along with 'My Dad' in the car, my husband began doing some silly version of a sitting chicken dance..quite wildly..while driving! What a RIOT..the children made us play it again and again..and he danced..again and again… Can you just imagine how this looked to the drivers nearby?”
- Patti Cucci, Mother of two, age 4 & 8.

Kaleidoscope Songs Number One received many great awards in 2005:
2005 PARENTS' CHOICE Foundation Recommended Award Winner
2005 Parent to Parent Adding Wisdom Award Winner
Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence Winner
2005 Children's Music Web Award Winner "Best Recording For Preschoolers"
2005 Children's Music Web Award Winner "Best New Artist"

“Children gain meaningful access to language, experiences and relationships through the Kaleidoscope Songs which are full of spirited lyrics and catchy rhythms. Children deserve the pleasure of singing songs that are full of life and meaning. This selection is sure to be enjoyed by teachers, parents, grandparents, and therapists alike. Thanks Alex and Alan for combining your gift of language and music for the pleasure of the families of the world!”
- Marsha Stencel, Head of School - Princeton Montessori School.

"Kaleidoscope Songs Number One" receives the Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence - "Kaleidoscope Songs has received the Film Advisory Board, Inc. Award of Excellence recognition for its contribution to enhance family entertainment.

The Review Committee believe the best way to produce sound ethics in kids is to give them the opportunity to experience music that opens their minds to great values. Kaleidoscope Songs Number One certainly leads in this quest.

The beautiful arrangements and lyrics of songs like 'When I am Big', 'The Family Song', 'The Who's Who Song' and 'The Bed Time Song' ignite compassion, promote awareness, and opens our thoughts that we are all as one in this vast world. The vocals of Alex Mitnick and young choir add perfect for enjoyment.

Kaleidoscope Songs Number One is a great CD that kids will enjoy. The music is very entertaining and delivers great social values."

-Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence

"After a busy day at work, picking up my two little ones from school can be pretty hectic. They are tired and often tugging at each other in the back seat. This can make even a short car trip unbearable. Now with the enchanting, tongue tingling music CD called Kaleidoscope Songs One, our drive is delightful. As soon as my children are buckled in they say ‘mommy put in THE CD...start at #1 and just turn it up.’ Often we are home before the entire CD has finished...so we just sit together in the driveway singing and giggling. I suggest getting two copies of Kaleidoscope Songs Number One... one for the car and another to play in the kitchen while cooking and dancing together."
- Alona Procaccini, Mother of two, age 3 and 6.

“I recently adopted my daughter Emma from the Ukraine. I heard the ‘The Family Song’ and cried, now my daughter ‘has a place with a name in her family home that is her own’. This song has touched my life. All her family days are now new and exciting. Just as the Song says. Thank you for singing such heart felt songs. We look forward to your next new release.”
- Bethanne Byrne, Mother of one, age 2.

“It is Mother's Day. This day never feels as special as it seems it should, or as special as Hallmark would like to make you believe. Being a mother is hard and special every day. On this day, my daughter Hannah and I collapse exhausted on the trampoline after some energetic jumping. She begins to sing a song she learned in school that week. It is a song about Mother. We spontaneously begin to rock back and forth to the rhythm, the soles of our feet joined as well as our hands. She sings it over and over, not wanting to stop, until I learn the song well enough to sing along. Hannah smiles with delight. I had heard the children sing the song during school, and now that Hannah shared the song in this way it became so very special. It is a moment shared with Hannah that I will never forget. Those are the moments that mothering is all about. And, oh, there are so few of those moments in one lifetime!”
- Monica Morris, Mother of two, age 7 & 11.

“After the concert, the kids could not wait to play the CD in the Car. They were singing along as we left the parking lot.’
- Eric Soper, Father of two boys, age 5 & 9.