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Pirate’s Life by Josh and the Jamtones for Talk Like a Pirate Day: Kids’ music download of the week

Better start practicing your most hearty “Arrrrrrrr!,” because Friday is Talk Like a Pirate Day. And while you’re perusing all the pirate booty we’ve rounded up on Cool Mom Picks, download this most-excellent shanty from Boston-based Josh and...

A free kids’ music download to celebrate the birthdays our favorite kids’ music sites

by Christina Refford | Kids Music

If you like great kids’ music as much as we do, then you should be sure to follow our friends Stefan Shepherd via his website Zooglobble, and Bill Childs through his hugely popular weekly radio show, Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child. Not only will you be exposed...

Yellow Bus by Justin Roberts: Kids’ music download of the week

by Christina Refford | Kids Music

‘Tis that time of year again, when kids everywhere hop on the big yellow bus that whisks them away for a day of learning, friendship, and sometimes questionable lunches. And I can’t see that familiar vehicle drive down my street without immediately...

Schoolhouse Rock’s Sufferin’ Till Suffrage: Kids’ music download of the week

by Christina Refford | Kids Music

Tuesday marks Women’s Equality Day and, in my opinion, there’s no better song to sing loudly with the kids than Schoolhouse Rock’s Sufferin’ Till Suffrage which celebrates a woman’s right to vote with the passage of the 19th Amendment....

Bug Out by The Pop Ups: Kids’ free music download of the week

by Christina Refford | Kids Music

Other than the daily sunscreen application my children must endure, they would probably say their least-favorite thing about summer are all the bugs that fly, crawl, buzz, and bite on a summer’s day or night. Since I’m getting a bit weary of hearing...

Some More S’mores for National S’mores Day: Kids’ free music download of the week

by Christina Refford | Kids Music

We’ve got everything you need to celebrate today’s National S’mores Day in a way fitting for this iconic campfire treat. From 9 Fantastic S’mores Recipes to a genius indoor s’mores recipe (if it’s raining in your neck of the woods),...

Ice Cream Girl by Brady Rymer: Kids’ music download of the week

by Christina Refford | Kids Music

If there is a sound that can make my kids run in 90 degree weather, it’s the sound of the ice cream truck’s music coming down the street. Your kids the same way? Then grab a download from Brady Rymer And The Little Band That Could: Ice Cream Girl. Because...

Hey 80’s by The Not-Its!: Kids’ music download of the week

by Christina Refford | Kids Music

If you know what a Cosby sweater looks like, can recite your favorite line from Pretty in Pink, and remember rollerskating to Lucky Star, then you too may love Hey 80’s by Seattle kindie rockers The Not-Its! This sweetly wistful song sung by Sarah Shannon,...

Camp by Mister G: Kids’ music download of the week

by Christina Refford | Kids Music

If you are labeling clothes, checking sunscreen off your packing list, and contemplating what to include in care packages, chances are you are getting a kid ready for summer camp. And we’ve got a great song to send them off for their week or two of adventure,...

3 favorite songs for kids from the Ramones: downloads of the week

by Christina Refford | Kids Music

We were all saddened to hear that Tommy Ramone (a.k.a. Erdélyi Tamás) and the last original member of the Ramones, died on Friday, especially since so many of us grew up blasting their tunes while our parents either yelled at us to turn it down, or if we were lucky,...

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