"Macaroni Rigatoni Peanut Butter & Baloney" is a collection of sing- along songs for children and grown-ups. The songs are age appropriate for kids as soon as they can sway to the music till they're about 10 years old. "Macaroni Rigatoni Peanut Butter & Baloney is from our TAKE TIME TO TALK series. Each song is based on character-education values. Using the song as a starting point the adult can talk about his/her values with the child. Stages of Imagination has developed conversation starters called TAKE TIME TO TALK which can be found on our website www.stagesofimagination.org . The lyrics are also available on our website. The songs on Macaroni Peanut Butter & Baloney are from the character education-based, original plays of Stages of Imagination, an award-winning theater for very young audiences. It's fun to sing-a-long! Each song on Macaroni Rigatoni Peanut Butter & Baloney reinforces important positive messages: "Proper Creatures" is about appropriate behavior; "Believe in Your Dream", setting goals, big and small, and working towards them step by step; "F-R-I-E-N-D" about friendship and the qualities of a friend; "Let Some Time Pass" about controlling anger; and 9 more wonderful songs and opportunities to talk to your child about your values. TAKE TIME TO TALK also gives you a chance to listen to your child's thoughts about the song, the ideas, the values and anything else your dialogue might bring up. A valuable tool in every parents' life! Dr. James Comey, Stages of Imagination's Director of Education, has developed TAKE TIME TO TALK for each song. They are open-ended questions which give adults the opportunity and the materials to use the catchy, singable songs as a starting point to talk with young children about important issues. For the youngest children the conversation will be uncomplicated and simple. As your child grows and you continue to sing-a-long and talk, her/his understanding of the values will change and the discussions that you have will deepen and take on more meaning in your child's life. In the meantime, you and your child have a bond created through singing and talking about the songs you both learned from "Macaroni Rigatoni Peanut Butter & Baloney"! Some of the TAKE TIME TO TALK ideas and questions are on the CD cover and the rest can be found on our website www.stagesofimagination.org .