Comments on: Hangin’ with the Wiggles http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/2009/11/hangin-with-the-wiggles/ Autism news and opinion Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:34:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Leila http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/2009/11/hangin-with-the-wiggles/#comment-69108 Leila Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:07:49 +0000 http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/?p=3520#comment-69108 That's cool you got to meet them, Guest Blogger! The Wiggles were my son's first obsession, after he started watching TV at 18 months old. When he turned two, I took him to a Wiggles Live Concert on first row seats. He knew all the little dances, and didn't sit down for a second. He was so cute doing the Wiggles' choreographies that the camera people showed him on the screen several times. I remember thinking it was odd that he didn't seem to notice the difference between seeing them live and on TV; he wasn't startruck and looking at the stage a lot; he was basically rocking out to the songs. Back then he hadn't been diagnosed yet. That’s cool you got to meet them, Guest Blogger! The Wiggles were my son’s first obsession, after he started watching TV at 18 months old. When he turned two, I took him to a Wiggles Live Concert on first row seats. He knew all the little dances, and didn’t sit down for a second. He was so cute doing the Wiggles’ choreographies that the camera people showed him on the screen several times. I remember thinking it was odd that he didn’t seem to notice the difference between seeing them live and on TV; he wasn’t startruck and looking at the stage a lot; he was basically rocking out to the songs. Back then he hadn’t been diagnosed yet.

]]> By: hammie http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/2009/11/hangin-with-the-wiggles/#comment-69102 hammie Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:49:03 +0000 http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/?p=3520#comment-69102 At our very first special needs playschool we knew all the words to "rockabye your bear" because we were already wiggles fans. Still use it for imitation and partner games. Every mainstream teacher should learn "Shake your sillys out" so every kid in their classroom - including the Auties and Hypers, can have a bit of spin flap and twirl to prepare their concentration. And my other claim to fame? I went to see the Cockroaches (actual pub rock band that the Wiggles were before) in Balmain Leagues Club when I was 15. They rocked then too. xx At our very first special needs playschool we knew all the words to “rockabye your bear” because we were already wiggles fans. Still use it for imitation and partner games. Every mainstream teacher should learn “Shake your sillys out” so every kid in their classroom – including the Auties and Hypers, can have a bit of spin flap and twirl to prepare their concentration.
And my other claim to fame? I went to see the Cockroaches (actual pub rock band that the Wiggles were before) in Balmain Leagues Club when I was 15. They rocked then too.
xx

]]> By: Adelaide http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/2009/11/hangin-with-the-wiggles/#comment-69100 Adelaide Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:18:58 +0000 http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/?p=3520#comment-69100 It's wonderful to be able to read current information about the Wiggles. I haven't been keeping up with them much since the new Wiggle came in. Yes, they do have a reputation of being family-friendly. They are after all early childhood developmentalists as well as singers and instrumentalists. I do remember very well their first big hit: "Get Ready to Wiggle" (1991, on a cassette), and then the advent and evolution of Dorothy the Dinosaur circa 1994-1995. It is also good that the Wiggles don't change their material for different cultures. And it is good to see everyone having a "jolly good flap"! It’s wonderful to be able to read current information about the Wiggles. I haven’t been keeping up with them much since the new Wiggle came in.

Yes, they do have a reputation of being family-friendly. They are after all early childhood developmentalists as well as singers and instrumentalists.

I do remember very well their first big hit: “Get Ready to Wiggle” (1991, on a cassette), and then the advent and evolution of Dorothy the Dinosaur circa 1994-1995.

It is also good that the Wiggles don’t change their material for different cultures.

And it is good to see everyone having a “jolly good flap”!

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