I am a YesVideo Storyteller which means I get the opportunity to test out their video services. This is a compensated ambassadorship, but all opinions are my own.
I don’t know all the words to many children’s songs anymore. After the first or second verse, I make it up as I go along. Sometimes I’ll turn it into a medley of sorts by stringing bits and pieces of songs together. When I was a kid I remember my Mother singing old songs like ‘Babes in the Woods’ and ‘How Much is that Doggie in the Window’. The latter of which is a silly song that I remember quite vividly. It’s funny how certain things stick with us. I must have sung ‘You are My Sunshine’ and ‘Itsy Bitsy Spider’ a thousand times over when my children were little.
Much like the stars in the song, I am not letting these memories fade away. Thanks to YesVideo, I have been able to preserve these beautiful family memories forever.
As a YesVideo Storyteller, I have had an opportunity to transfer many old camcorder tapes to DVD and online video. One of my favorites is the video above of myself (a much younger version) and granddaughters Becca and Maddie. Becca was sitting on the sofa totally mesmerized by Dora the Explorer on the television. Maddie still quite young and fidgety was snuggled up on my lap. Inspired by watching Dora catch stars, we started singing one of our favorite songs ‘Catch a Falling Star’.
Experts say that singing to your babies and children is very beneficial. I’ve read that singing to your children everyday can help prevent language problems. Babies like to hear you sing because it mimics their own sounds. If you think about it, a baby’s cooing and babbling is actually very melodic.
So sing to your children. Sing to them anything you like, any way you like. Even if you’re tone deaf like me. You’re an American Idol as far as you’re baby is concerned, even if your singing is off pitch or off key. Even if you’re like me and make up most of the words as you go along.
As the largest and most trusted home movies transfer service worldwide, YesVideo has helped families protect and share generations of memories for fifteen years. They help families relive, share and celebrate the special moments…forever. YesVideo makes it so easy to send your old videotapes and film reels in for digital conversion. They offer video transfer, film transfer and photo transfer. You can do it by mail or by visiting one of many available local retailers. I sent my old video tapes in by mail using the YesVideo Easy Ship Kit, and it couldn’t have been any simpler.
What songs do you sing to your children or grandchildren?
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Tonia says
January 12, 2014 at 9:47 PMIt’s so great to have a service that can preserve our memories. I’ve been looking into YesVideo, because I have boxes of home movies to transfer.
Colleen says
January 12, 2014 at 11:07 PMThis is a great service. I don’t have a lot of VHS tapes I do have a few old camcorder tapes with video of my 16 year old when he was young.
jeanae says
January 12, 2014 at 11:14 PMMy husband wrote a sleepy time song for our son when he was an infant. It remains one of my son’s go to songs for comfort.
Stefanie says
January 12, 2014 at 11:19 PMI sang “Hush Little Baby” to my daughter when I was pregnant. She still loves to hear that sound today.
Kristin Wheeler (@MamaLuvsBooks) says
January 13, 2014 at 1:00 AMThat’s great! There is nothing more important than memories and having them to look back on!
Shell Feis says
January 13, 2014 at 3:48 AM“Hush Little Baby” was my son’s favorite song. I still get teary-eyed singing it to him because it brings me back to the days when he was a tiny little thing!
Mellisa says
January 13, 2014 at 7:54 AMI have so many videos that I need preserved. What a great service.
Lisa says
January 13, 2014 at 8:14 AMI’ll have to check out YesVideo. We’ve got lots of old movies!
Liz @ A Nut in a Nutshell says
January 13, 2014 at 8:21 AMI remember when they were colicky that I would walk this circular path around my house and sing and sing and sing. It’s funny because as horrible as colic is/was, what I remember is the cuddling and singing to get through it.
Mama to 5 BLessings says
January 13, 2014 at 8:25 AMthat is precious! My little ones love music too – what great memories!
Cyndie says
January 13, 2014 at 8:50 AMI know that instilling music in a child is very soothing and have done it since before my son was even born and he is now 11 and loves music
Mickey Coutts says
January 13, 2014 at 8:57 AMThat’s so sweet! I loved singing to my kids when they were little and still do it every once in a while when they’ll let me. 🙂 YesVideo is a very cool service – we’re already planning to send more of our tapes in for transfer!
Susan says
January 13, 2014 at 8:58 AMI wasn’t familiar with YesVideo, but I have hours and hours of family videos that I’d love to convert. Thanks for info.
Jeannette says
January 13, 2014 at 9:34 AMThis is so sweet and being able to look back at memories like this is awesome! I need to convert some of my old ones.
Rebekah says
January 13, 2014 at 9:49 AMWhat a lovely video. I love to sing to my baby too and she sings along in her own special way. This service would be great for my parents. They have lots of old vhs tapes that need transferring.
Tricia @ Night owl mama says
January 13, 2014 at 9:59 AMwhat a great way to preserve your memories from the past
Jenn says
January 13, 2014 at 12:02 PMYes Video is such a great service! We used it to turn some old VHS tapes into DVDs that were back from when my daughter was a baby. So easy to use!
brett says
January 13, 2014 at 1:00 PMwe sing tons of songs. my kids really REALLY like christmas songs so we sing them all year round. and we had a peepee in the potty song when my oldest was learning to go potty and its still sung all the time.
Jenn says
January 13, 2014 at 1:20 PMI’m glad we had YesVideo transfer our wedding VHS to DVD. Aging myself here!
Julie Wood says
January 13, 2014 at 1:48 PMI have so many videos that I need preserved. What a great service to get done with my videos! I sang so many children’s songs to my son, too. My mom sang so many songs too, and I like those songs. They were fun to learn.
Debbie Denny says
January 13, 2014 at 3:15 PMThis sounds awesome. I have old videos that I would love to do!
TerriAnn @ Driving Mama says
January 13, 2014 at 3:22 PMI’m glad to hear that you had such a good experience with this service! It’s always scary sending in non-replaceable memorabilia in the hands of strangers. Seems like a great company!
Raquel says
January 13, 2014 at 4:41 PMOh I loved singing to my kids when they were small. Now I try to sing WITH them but I get the words wrong so they don’t like it as much. Yes Video makes these moments easier to share!
Jennifer B says
January 13, 2014 at 5:20 PMI love to sing silly songs to my kids too. My toddler especially loves it and tries to sing along with me now!
Pam says
January 13, 2014 at 5:37 PMHUmorously my kids loved for me to sing with them when they were young. Now, not so much.
Danielle @ We Have It All says
January 13, 2014 at 6:29 PMI really believe in singing to my babies, and have sang to all of them… and I am horrible. REALLY horrible. But they’ve all loved it anyway.
Jo-Ann Brightman says
January 13, 2014 at 6:52 PMWhen I have grandchildren I shall be glad to use a video system. When my kids were young I used to sing Itsby Bitsy SPider and others a lot.
Danielle says
January 13, 2014 at 7:26 PMThis looks wonderful. I have a very large box downstairs filled with old VHS tapes that I would love to do this with! And yes, I agree with the power of song for children. We have plenty of music time around here 😉
Brittnei says
January 13, 2014 at 7:36 PMOh my goodness! I can think of a few videos that my mom doesn’t know where they are right now! Too bad we didn’t know about this any sooner! This is a great idea for families to be able to keep memories through video!
Amy Desrosiers says
January 13, 2014 at 7:40 PMI wish I had the tapes to turn into modern videos! they all burned in a fire..
Melanie Roberts says
January 13, 2014 at 7:52 PMWe always had a song when my kids were little.. and they still love to hear it now.. guess it does comfort them.. what a great service, thanks for sharing
Laurie - Steals and Deals for Kids says
January 13, 2014 at 8:24 PMI love singing with kids!! Since I am a first grade teacher, I get to do it quite often!! I’m definitely looking into this service…….we have a lot of old VHS tapes that I would love to transfer!!
Amanda Love says
January 13, 2014 at 8:36 PMThis sounds like such a great service. I have quite a bit of video from when my oldest were younger. It would be nice to preserve them. Thanks for sharing.
trisha says
January 13, 2014 at 8:44 PMWhat a great service! I dont even have old tapes though, Im great at pics but bad at videos
Tina Ashburn says
January 13, 2014 at 8:57 PMI made up a song 28 years ago and I sang it to Lauren every day until she out-grew it. I reminded her of it last week when I asked her if she’s singing to my granddaughter (she’s not) and I am hoping she will because I know the value of the music and the touch. Thanks so much for allowing me to sing through memory lane.
Cynthia L says
January 13, 2014 at 11:01 PMI really need to look into something like this. I have videos from a long time ago that I can’t even watch any more! I would hate to loose them.
jenny at dapperhouse says
January 13, 2014 at 11:18 PMI am so glad that you posted this. I have DVD’s in the basement of my children growing up and I cant watch any of them!!! I am going to contact them tomorrow.
Stefani says
January 14, 2014 at 12:44 AMI love the idea of this service. I have some family vacations on camcorder tape I would like to convert to dvd one day.
Janeane Davis says
January 14, 2014 at 2:25 AMIt is wonderful to have a service that helps you to preserve memories. We should always move our videos from one medium to the next with advances in technology.
Shannah @ Just Us Four says
January 14, 2014 at 7:45 AMI know about 4 children’s lullabies and then I am at a loss. This sounds like a really neat service that will definitely help you cherish memories.
[email protected] Food Ramblings says
January 14, 2014 at 8:47 AMWhat an awesome service to preserve memories!
Chrishelle says
January 14, 2014 at 1:52 PMYES video is a great service that helps preserve you memories. Great product.
Debi says
January 14, 2014 at 2:25 PMAll of my kids have their own special night night song. My boys are long past the days of wanting me to sing to them now that they are teens, but my girls still love it and have trouble going to bed without it.
Sarah L says
January 17, 2014 at 3:17 AMI believe in the power of singing, both for the singer and those who listen. No kids, but I sing in a chorus.
Sherri says
January 20, 2014 at 12:54 PMI have a few videos I would like to transfer over someday. I am glad that is now an option, and those memories won’t be lost