Ready to Rock Kids is Rockin' Music Kids Can Learn From

READY TO ROCK KIDS VOLUME 3 (Free Spirit Publishing, $16.95 for CD and book, $14.95 for CD only) by Dr. Mac & Friends uses a variety of musical genres -- rap, rock, show tunes, doo-wop, country, pop, dance, and more -- to teach children ages 4-9 about important topics like honesty, kindness, self-esteem, feelings, communication, positive thinking, overcoming fears, and celebrating diversity. Kids who learn these skills feel more confident and happy.

Minneapolis, MN (Vocus) November 14, 2008 -- The next time you want to help kids learn social and emotional skills, pop a CD into the CD player. Really! Music is a time-tested way to help youngsters explore, understand, and remember difficult topics. (Admit it, don't you still sing the ABCs in your head when trying to remember alphabetical order?)

READY TO ROCK KIDS VOLUME 3 (http://www.freespirit.com/catalog/item_detail.cfm?ITEM_ID=626) (Free Spirit Publishing, $16.95 for CD and book, $14.95 for CD only) by Dr. Mac & Friends (http://www.freespirit.com/catalog/author_detail.cfm?AUTHOR_ID=252) uses a variety of musical genres -- rap, rock, show tunes, doo-wop, country, pop, dance, and more -- to teach children ages 4-9 about important topics like honesty, kindness, self-esteem, feelings, communication, positive thinking, overcoming fears, and celebrating diversity. Kids who learn these skills feel more confident and happy.

The full-production songs of READY TO ROCK KIDS VOLUME 3 are highly entertaining and age appropriate, offering adult quality music with words and themes kids can relate to. The adult and child soloists, children's chorus, and range of instruments and music styles easily hold children's attention--without driving grown-ups nuts! While enjoying the music and singing along, kids (and their teachers and parents) learn to feel good about themselves and get along with others.

Praise for Ready to Rock Kids Volume 1:

"I listened to your CDs with my grandchildren, and we loved them."

--Daniel Goleman, Ph.D., author, Emotional Intelligence and Social Intelligence

"I highly recommend this creative and entertaining way to give children life-long tools for getting along. Fabulous full-production music for the souls of children and families."

--Jack Canfield, coauthor, Chicken Soup for the Soul®

"Today's kids are way too sophisticated for songs without substance," said Dr. Mac, aka Don MacMannis, Ph.D., the child psychologist, teacher, and school consultant who wrote the songs and books. "Today's kids are struggling to face the demands of stressful and fast-paced times, times that are far more stressful and fast-paced than any their parents ever experienced, and they need ways to feel good about themselves and get along with others." One way to help kids feel good about themselves is to make a point of teaching social and emotional skills, both at school and at home.

READY TO ROCK KIDS VOLUME 3 (http://www.freespirit.com/catalog/item_detail.cfm?ITEM_ID=626) is a much-awaited follow up to Dr. Mac's popular READY TO ROCK KIDS VOLUMES 1 & 2, which have earned these accolades: Dr. Toy Best Vacation Children's Product Award; National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval; the Seal of Excellence Award from Creative Child Magazine; Teacher's Choice Award; iParenting Media Award; First Prize, Children's Category, for 'The Magic Word,' in the 2004 USA Songwriting Competition; Honorable Mention, Children's Category, for "Bye Bye Bully," in the 2006 International Songwriting Competition.

About Dr. Mac

Dr. Mac (aka Don R. MacMannis, Ph.D.) is a child psychologist, teacher, clinician, school consultant, and award-winning songwriter. He has written and directed the music for the PBS hit, Jay Jay the Jet Plane. His fun-filled "adult-quality music" provides kids with the building blocks to happiness and success.

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Jenni Bowring-McDonough

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