Helen and I devote this episode to kids’ music, inspired by a free, live concert we attended. Will They Might Be Giants, now with their third kids’ album, become the Schoolhouse Rock for the next generation? Is an album of “songs for kids with two moms” going to capture our children’s attention or is it too ghettoizing? (And what about the kids of single lesbian parents?) Plus, we insist that we like meeting viewers in real life, and encourage you to say hi if you see us out and about.
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Just wanted to chime in about They Might Be Giants and their album “No!”. I think it might’ve been one of their first for kids and its great as well.. in fact I listen to this one when my son isn’t even in the car! We also listen to the kids Putumayo album which has some fun selections. Often compilation albums and soundtracks have some fun numbers, and I’ve had fun burning mix cd’s for our son with songs like bob marley’s “three little birds” and Iz’s “somewhere over the rainbow”. Fun stuff, thanks for the vlog ladies!!
One of my nieces really liked reggae and hip-hop as a baby. They love a good beat.
Musical soundtracks can also be fun, because the songs have drama and variety. I don’t think the *stories* of Oklahoma! or Fiddler on the Roof are age-appropriate for a little kid, but the *songs* are fabulous at any age.
I have never found a child who doesn’t love (fierce 60s lesbian) Malvina Reynolds’s “Little Boxes.”
Most kids love to be sung to, no matter how bad you think you are musically. I also try to figure out what songs my niece or my son has heard in school (from fragments like “yes sir yes sir” or “row boat”). They get a big kick out of hearing those songs at home.