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Wiggletime~ New Website For Preschoolers

Linette Gerlach — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:29:55 +0000

There’s a new virtual world for preschoolers and their parents to check out. Wiggletime.com, based on preschool favorite The Wiggles. Wiggletime.com is designed as a safe online environment for children to learn and play.

The website features interactive play for children, and helps you as a parent introduce your child to the Internet, without the risk of children communicating with strangers. The new website is also completely free of advertisements.

The Wiggles are big on getting children up and moving, so Wiggletime has a “take a break” feature that encourages children to get up an wiggle every twenty minutes.

“We wanted to take our Wiggles Fan Club to another level. We just needed to make sure we were going to be able to provide children with an environment that was exciting, fun, educational and safe. WiggleTime.com certainly has all of the right ingredients to provide children with a fantastic Wiggles experience”

- Anthony Field (BlueWiggle).

Your children can visit some of their favorite Wiggle destinations including Wigglehouse, Dorothy’s House, Wag’s Kennel, Captain Feathersword’s SS Feathersword, or Henry’s Underwater World, while they’re learning and having fun.

Wiggletime.com has different levels of membership from free, to monthly and yearly subscriptions, visit the website to sign up and for membership details.

Images Wiggletime.com

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Am I hot stuff, or am I not?

Kerri Aldrich — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:49:41 +0000

I’ve been nominated for this week’s Hot Stuff Award at GNMParents. The post in question was my mention of Julie Aigner-Clark’s recognition in the State of the Union Address.

While I have nothing against the Baby Einstein products, I can’t honestly say that I’ve ever seen the videos, listened to the CDs, or played with the toys. I can see why Erica of GNMParents took my enthusiastic congratulations of Aigner-Clark as a promotion of her product.

In actuality, I was congratulating Aigner-Clark on harnessing her passion, sharing it with the world, and being able to make a living on it. Isn’t that the hope of us all? To be able to do what we love and find a way to support ourselves and our families on it? Isn’t that our hope for our children?

Since Aigner-Clark was mentioned in the speech, she has been blasted in several places for being recognized for doing nothing but creating videos for babies who should not be put in front of the TV. Since I’ve not seen the videos, I don’t have an opinion on them specifically. However, I have been known to throw a Wiggles video in on occasion (ha), and I’m sure neither Aigner-Clark nor I could be the first to be accused of using TV as a babysitter to TRY TO GET JUST ONE THING DONE. However, I also bottle-fed my eldest child, and still use disposable diapers, so maybe I’m not the one you’re looking to for child-rearing advice.

And, FINALLY, why has eveyone failed to mention the child safety video, The Safe Side – Stranger Safety, that Aigner-Clark produced with America’s Most Wanted guru John Walsh? Reading the text of the speech (you can find that portion here), it seems to me that this project was as instrumental in getting Aigner-Clark recognized in the presidential speech as her entrepreneurial spirit and success. I haven’t seen the safety video, yet (thanks for sending it, you know who!), but will give it a review when I do.

Anyway, I am proud to be nominated for the Hot Stuff Award, and will check out the other posts to see the company that I’m in. If you’d like to vote for me, head over to this post and vote in the comments. Thanks!

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The Wiggles On Good Morning America

Kerri Aldrich — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:10:24 +0000

Looks like our favorite brightly-colored skivvied friends will be making an appearence tomorrow morning on Good Morning America. For many of us, I’m guessing that this will be our first opportunity to see Sam Moran included in a performance as the official bearer of the yellow skivvie, though we know he has been performing in Greg Page’s stead (and doing a wonderful job!) on and off for a while now.

Looks like I may have to set my alarm a bit early for The Wiggles‘ performance! Hmm…or that’s what the VCR is for.

ht: Bald Man

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Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas

Kerri Aldrich — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 20:49:32 +0000

We’ve had the Christmas music playing through the house since the beginning of December. We only play it once a year, so might as well get a year’s worth of listening crammed into that month, yeah? The kids do enjoy it, but also like to hear something that was performed more with them in mind.

Enter: Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas. We picked up the Wiggles Christmas CD from the library a week or two ago when we went to visit Santa. The kids have had a ball listening and dancing to it, which is nice because it keeps them warm and toasty! I’d think the Wiggles would get warm doing all that dancing this time of year, though. Isn’t is summer now Down Under?

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A Wiggly Christmas Book

Kerri Aldrich — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 04:53:14 +0000

In case you’re still stuck pondering Greg Page and his departure from The Wiggles, but your kids want you to get into the Christmas spirit, here’s a book for you! I’ve never actually seen this one, but their big activity book is one of my kids’ favorites.

Watching the interview that Hsien posted, I realized even more that there’s really hardly anything that the Wiggles logo doesn’t appear on. There’s even some Wiggly underwear. I’d think that’d get a might uncomfortable.

BTW-For more Christmas inspired reading, head on over to this article at A Readable Feast for suggestions. You can also try to win a keepsake journal if you participate in the holiday contest by December 4th!

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Greg Page is an Elvis Fan

Kerri Aldrich — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 04:12:46 +0000

Hsien mentioned earlier that Greg Page is not only known as the (now former) yellow Wiggle, but that he has had success as a solo artist as well. The album mentioned earlier is performed by Greg Page and the TCB Band, which was Elvis Presley’s band. Apparently, Greg is the first Australian to perform and record with TCB.

I came across a fun interview with Greg at Elvis Australia from 2002. He shares a lot of his impressions of and adoration for Elvis Presley. There are also just some fun bits about The Wiggles and listening to Elvis on the road because Anthony Field had it constantly playing on road trips. It’s also mentioned that their only goal in the beginning was to release one children’s album. They’ve come a long way from that!

There was one sad bit in the interview. When asked about the longevity of The Wiggles, Greg replied:

We’ve always said that when the day comes that we don’t enjoy doing it anymore, then that’s the day that we hang up the skivvies!! We started this because of our love for music/education/children, so when we don’t have that passion anymore, that’s when we call it a day. (OR when our bodies just can’t physically keep up with the pace anymore – whichever comes first!!)

Thankfully, the passion lives on, and we haven’t lost The Wiggles, yet! Hopefully, Greg’s condition will still allow him to pursue his love and passion for music in his solo career.

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A Wiggly Inspired Lunch

Kerri Aldrich — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:59:01 +0000

In honor of our Greg Page Wiggle Tribute Day, the kids enjoyed a nice big bowl of fruit salad for lunch while they watched their favorite Wiggles movies. A can of mandarin oranges, sliced banana, cut up apple, and some grapes. Yummy Yummy!

It’s nice to have a major entertainment group that encourages good behaviour and healthy habits for our kids. And also pretty fun that dancing with their videos (and my kids) is a good way to get in a few excercise sessions for me!

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Send Warm Wishes to Greg Page Wiggle

Kerri Aldrich — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:04:21 +0000

The Australian has a page where you can send your warm and get well wishes to Greg Page. Head on over there to return some of that Wiggly love and encouragement! Let’s make sure he knows that we’re all rooting for him and wishing him the best!

ht: Kate at Babylune. Thanks, Kate!

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Greg Page Wiggle’s Solo Music Career

Lei — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:31:53 +0000

You may not have known that Greg Page of The Wiggles also had a solo music career. Brettyfan of YouTube has compiled a mix of his solo songs. You can listen here. My four-year-old seemed to like these songs quite a lot as well. Must be the familiar, melodious voice.

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Greg Page Wiggles Tribute Day Round-Up #3

Lei — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:12:01 +0000

Here are more reactions to Greg Page Wiggle’s departure from The Wiggles.

From Right Pundits:

The Wiggles are on the television every morning at Ranch McCain, but I cringe every morning just the same. They are not exactly my vision of the Ideal Man. And when they aren’t on the telly, they are on the CD player, creating a wild Wiggles dance fest in the living room when I want to watch football. That is, unless we are driving in which case they are blasting in the car when I’d rather hear Steppenwolf. However, at a time like this, one shouldn’t be disrespecting the fallen. Long live Yellow Greg!

A Family Runs Through It has a list of their favorite Wiggles songs!

I have a feeling that a few parents who say they don’t like The Wiggles are basing their feelings on being forced to listen to the same five or six silly songs that the Disney Channel repeats daily. I would suggest that if you dig deeper into their catalog, you could find quite a lot to respect. There are even a few tunes that I could safely include on a mix CD for my grown-up friends.

Our Little Corner of the Upstate has a wonderful picture of her son Michael with Sam Moran:

At the show here in South Carolina last year, Sam actually filled in for Greg while Greg was in Australia taking care of an unrelated medical issue. I thought Sam did a great job. I walked out of there feeling like I had gotten my money’s worth. It will be fun to see more of Sam.

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