Free kids’ music! 10 songs for summer, ready for download.
Before your next summer road trip or family barbeque, we have a little gift for your ears: Free kids’ music! Ready to amp up those playlists? Then you have to check out these 10 Cool Mom Picks approved songs from some of our favorite kindie artists. From the...
Recess Monkey’s Penguinese: Kids’ music download of the week
Recess Monkey’s first song off their soon-to-be-released album Hot Air isn’t quite as wacky as that song about what the fox says (hallelujah), but if you ever wondered what the penguin does say, you’ll want to download Penguinese. You might expect a...
Danny Weinkauf’s Champion of the Spelling Bee: Kids’ music download of the week
Later this week, my kids and I will gather around the television to watch the nail-biting action of the Scripps National Spelling Bee Finals. But before we start to marvel at the super kids who don’t get frazzled spelling words from autochthonous to zenaida ,...
Ladybug by Earthworm Ensemble: Kids’ music download of the week
We are big fans of ladybugs here, especially when we find them outdoors eating the bugs in our garden and not all over our walls on a sunny day. So for this week’s music download of the week, we’re loving a new song from the eco-minded, collaborative...
Free music download and video premiere just for Mother’s Day: Thank You by Vered:
From Vered‘s beautiful new album Hello My Baby, her song Thank You is just what we need to hear on this Mother’s Day. Because, even if our kids are too young to speak the words, we know just what they mean when they reach out their hands to hold ours. Even...
Piñata Attack! by Lucky Diaz: Kids’ music download for Cinco de Mayo
If you’ll be celebrating Cinco de Mayo with your kids this Tuesday, grab a copy of the most-fun, high-energy new song from kindie favorites and Latin Grammy winners Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band. Piñata Attack! will have your kids dancing, jumping, and...
Bear Upstairs: Kids’ music download of the week
Little kids with big imaginations (i.e., all of them) will get a kick out of a new tune by Mr. Jon & Friends who sings about a Bear Upstairs. I suppose that is why their room looks the way it does. Starting off quietly and with an air of suspense, Mr. Jon and his...
To the Woods by Molly Ledford and Billy Kelly: Great Kids’ music for Earth Day
Earth Day falls on Wednesday this week, though we’re trying to teach our kids to think about the Earth — and our role in keeping it healthy — every day. And this new song by Molly Ledford and Billy Kelly from their most-excellent album Trees is a...
Take Your Kid to Work Day by Recess Monkey: Kids’ music download of the week
It’s been more than 20 years since parents started Take Our Daughters to Work Day on the fourth Thursday of April. Later, we added our sons, then expanded the name. So on April 23rd, if your kids will be commuting with you to the office, job site, hospital, day...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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