Music Question

[NightOwl]

I'm really over the standard, cutesy songs you find on Preschool cds. I have a Jack Hartman album that the kids really like because it's so different, set to hip hop. Any other favorites that your kids like? Anything different or off the beaten path?

[DaveA]

I haven't bought the CD yet, but the kid's music channel I turn on during naptime has songs from Cheech Marin. It's actually pretty good.

[NightOwl]

I'll look that one up. I spent an hour on amazon music yesterday sampling the kids music and I swear, it all sounds the same. Lol.

[sahm1225]

I use pandora. I have the traditional stations, then a 60s & 70s greatest hits one they I put on when I'm done with kids music.

[AuntTami]

I use pandora. I have the traditional stations, then a 60s & 70s greatest hits one they I put on when I'm done with kids music.

Same here, but I put on country music from the 90's and 2000's cuz I'm a youngin'.

Hands down favorite song in this house right now? "Shake it off" by Taylor swift... Yeah that's what kind of daycare I run . My 4 year old DCG knows the entire chorus. Oops

[Rockgirl]

Pandora for me, too. And I generally don't like "kiddie" music. I found a station called "Children's Indie". It's songs that are appropriate for kids, but enjoyable for me...Beatles, Bob Marley, Imagine Dragons, Jack Johnson....there is a song here and there off of a kids' music album, but never anything even slightly resembling "Itsy bitsy spider" or anything like that.

[DaveA]

but never anything even slightly resembling "Itsy bitsy spider" or anything like that.

Little Richard singing the Itsy Bitsy Spider is on the kids channel. Cracks me up every time. Trout Fishing In America is fun also. Frog Trouble by Sandra Boynton is another good one.

[Rockgirl]

Little Richard singing the Itsy Bitsy Spider is on the kids channel. Cracks me up every time.

That is a fun and lively version!

[spinnymarie]

We do the Pandora Kids Bop station. Most of the songs they're already listening to on the radio, but with more appropriate lyrics
They all love dancing!

[NightOwl]

I have sirius and I'm not sure if they have a kiss station. I'll have to flip through to see. I love the learning songs like days of the week, apples and bananas, etc, but all the other fluff keeps me from buying the albums they're on. I guess I could buy the songs individually... The really popular stuff around here right now is Elton John, Johnny Cash, 2 Cellos, Meghan Trainor, Bruno Mars, etc. The clean versions, of course.

[NeedaVaca]

Little Miss Ann, I love her stuff, it's different. She's very popular in Chicago and has Cd's or you can check out youtube videos.

[Stephnrich]

Eric Herman and the Invisible Band and Elizabeth Mitchell are good ones.

[LysesKids]

Pandora for me, too. And I generally don't like "kiddie" music. I found a station called "Children's Indie". It's songs that are appropriate for kids, but enjoyable for me...Beatles, Bob Marley, Imagine Dragons, Jack Johnson....there is a song here and there off of a kids' music album, but never anything even slightly resembling "Itsy bitsy spider" or anything like that.

This is me ... I switch the music daily just like my menus; My babies listen to stuff like Zydeco and Zen too ( Zen is great for nap time).

[Rockgirl]

This is me ... I switch the music daily just like my menus; My babies listen to stuff like Zydeco and Zen too ( Zen is great for nap time).

I will try those! I use the yoga station sometimes when I want to calm things down a bit.

[Sugar Magnolia]

We listen to stuff I like, because it helps with my happiness too. They enjoy it. Grateful Dead, especially Aiko Aiko, Franklin's Tower and The Music Never Stopped. Bob Marley is popular here too, but I DO SKIP OVER I Shot the Sheriff. Lol. I tried some Spingsteen on them, but they didn't connect, so we skip that now. Nothing w bad lyrics or too heavy. I like it, they like it, everyone is happy.

"Kiddie Tunes" make me wanna gouge my eyes out. Fun to sing on our own, but recorded kiddie tunes......never again. Lol