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MissAnn 05:35 AM 10-05-2017
Who has bought an echo and regretted it?
Me? Yes and no.
I love it for naptime. I play audiobooks and soft music.
BUT! Other times the kids have been telling me to play troll songs, and other songs from television....nothing else. After awhile this really bugs me. No, I don't say yes all the time. and yes....I play good old fashioned kid songs. I just feel like their whole lives are about TV and movies. Even their dramatic play has changed. They don't (on their own) play tea party or with dolls. Everything they play is basically a reenactment of what they see on TV. To me, this is not creativity. A little is OK.....but it's almost all their play.
Also...it's like they want songs on all day. I don't do that. I say no.....but they keep saying.....can we hear troll songs? Can we hear Moana songs? Hmmmmm.....how about the Dinosaur Song????? No.....we want Troll songs.
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daycarediva 05:41 AM 10-05-2017
YES YES YES!


Here is how I curbed that- they get those songs on at REST TIME ONLY and they have to be QUIET and on their mats or I turn it off.

Right now, trolls is huge and 'troll play', includes reciting movie lines. SO creative. NOT!
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