Barabolya

The two dads from Canada, Ihor Baczynskyj and Ron Cahute, who produced this recording claim that they tested these songs on the harshest of critics - their own six children - and it got rave reviews. Nine songs, such as "Azbooka," "Months of the Year," and "Days of the Week" teach children basic Ukrainian language skills as they sing along in Ukrainian and English to songs written on the basis of popular melodies and traditional Ukrainian folk tunes. If you're a language purist - maybe this recording is not for you. If North American pop music leaves you cold - do not buy. But if you can live with lyrics such as "'lito' means summer ... and when its over, it's a bummer," or "'babtsia' made a nice quilt and called it a 'pyruna'" sung to the tune of the Macarena, or the Ukrainian months of the year sung along to the tune of the American pop melody "I love, I love, I love my calendar girl," then you should try this recording for your 5- to 11-year-olds. But be forewarned - this is the kind of catchy recording that your kid will want to listen to five times in a row. 1 Azbooka 3:13 2 Seasons Of The Year 3:56 3 Count To Ten 2:59 4 North, South, East, West 3:56 5 Months Of The Year 3:13 6 Barabolya 4:03 7 Good Manners 4:57 8 Days Of The Week 3:27 9 Nice Perena