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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I 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
That’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!
I wasn’t familiar with YesVideo, but I have hours and hours of family videos that I’d love to convert. Thanks for info.
This is so sweet and being able to look back at memories like this is awesome! I need to convert some of my old ones.
What 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.
what a great way to preserve your memories from the past
Yes 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!
we 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.
I’m glad we had YesVideo transfer our wedding VHS to DVD. Aging myself here!
I 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.