Trees by Lianne Bassin: Kids’ music download of the week
With their great climbing branches, ability to provide cool shade on a hot day, and the leaf piles they supply in the fall, it’s no wonder that our kids love to play around trees every chance they get. So I’m especially liking one thoughtful song about...
Free song download from the Not-Its: Love is Love, our kids’ music pick of the week
Our young children may not entirely understand why mom’s Facebook avatar is covered in rainbows or what all those happy tears on Friday were for, but quite simply, kids can understand the basic premise that all of us here share, that love is love. And to...
Kids Music Download of the Week: Home When I Hold You by Alastair Moock, a song every parent should hear.
After spending your Father’s Day celebrating with the special dads in your family’s life, take a few quiet moments to enjoy a song from one very special dad, writing one heck of a special song. Singer-songwriter Alastair Moock. Home When I Hold You reminds...
I Love Ukuleles by The Harmonica Pocket: Kids’ music download of the week
Like the title of the song says, I do love ukuleles, having just started taking lessons as an adult–much to the amusement of my three children. Though my favorite thing about The Harmonica Pocket’s I Love Ukuleles is the clever wordplay throughout this...
The big Apple iOS 9 news: Revamps, upgrades and a sparkling new music streaming service that parents will love
Plenty of coolness was rolled out at Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference this week, and we’re here to share the intel with you that we think parents will care about most. And yeah, non parents too. The biggest news is that Apple iOS 9 is coming this...
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 ,...
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If you haven’t heard us gush over the Sonos audio system yet, you must be new here. (Welcome!) We’re huge fans of their smart wireless audio system that only gets better with every app upgrade, so we’re really excited to pass along a super sweet deal...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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