i would like to point your attention to the sidebar for a newly added link — kids music that rocks. i found this blog just the other day while searching for some new music for jones. i LOATHE children’s CDs — the ones with nothing but a choir of singing kids, one well-meaning adult, and bad music. ick. i’m eager to give a few of their recommendations a listen. in the meantime, here are our favorite adult-friendly kid albums.
- slugs, bugs, & lullabies :: andrew peterson & randall goodgame love these guys. they are amazing songwriters, so as you can imagine, the songs are quite entertaining. bryan and i cracked up the first time we listened to it. jones’s favorite is ‘tractor tractor’.
- one :: the beatles not much to be said — famous tunes that are catchy enough for a kid to love. jones’s favorites are ‘yellow submarine’ and ‘day tripper’.
- deliberate kids :: phil joel just found this album, but its already a favorite around here. very upbeat and fun to dance to with a little guy (if he decides he’s in a dancing mood — if he doesn’t want to dance, nobody dances!). jones loves ‘good morning.’
- seeds family worship i have really enjoyed this music! songs taken directly from scripture. a few are weird, but they are great for remembering God’s Word. my favorite is ‘better than life’ — haven’t been able to figure out which ones jones likes yet.
happy listening, mommies! 🙂 (and daddies!)
Add to your list (we got this for Christmas):
Barenaked Ladies… Snacktime
I hate kid’s music too… why do they make it like that? As if kids only like stupid bell-like-music with lame lyrics?
Jamie – Thanks for the music ideas….good kids music is SO hard to come by!! I downloaded Slugs, Bugs and Lullabies and a Seeds family worship album today – Makenzie is singing Tractor, Tractor already (and requesting to have it played over and over and over)!! Love it!!
There Might Be Giants has several good kids’ albums that we’ll probably be adding to our collection soon.
thanks for the suggestions! also just found “caspar babypants” — strange name, but LOVE the music! kind of folky and really catchy.