Comments on: 10 Best Kids’ Music CDs

By: RJoy

RJoy — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:11:43 +0000

Laughing Pizza is another awesome choice, great family band! Nice to have some music that can entertain not only my 3 year old daughter but her 6 & 9 year old cousins…a rare find.

By: Heather Galligan

Heather Galligan — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:03:50 +0000

Ah, this is easy for us. We road trip at every school break. The band Princess Katie & Racer Steve was suggested to us and now is in constant rotation for all trips. There are 2 cds that I know of – both of which we own. Even my husband loves the music and it’s joyful to hear the kids singing about being truthful and sharing.

By: Jorge

Jorge — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:11:51 +0000

Boy oh boy! We started with Here come the ABC’s with both our daughters but Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is tops for us.

By: Jenny Jensen

Jenny Jensen — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:57:42 +0000

Thanks for the ideas! I’m ready to stock up- we love Laurie Berkner and They Might Be Giants “No!” but haven’t tried the rest. My kids lately have been into the Oklahoma! soundtrack- I like to sing along too so it’s good for me, my husband is not as delighted.

By: Lani

Lani — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:22:14 +0000

Check out San Diego favorites, Hullabaloo. http://hullabalooband.com

And have you heard any of Lisa Loeb’s kids’ songs? She has a great album with Elizabeth Mitchell called “Catch the Moon”.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:01:13 +0000

Is it bad that my kids love KISS and the album that we always play when we want them to calm down in the car is the KISS Greatest Hits album?

(NOTE: I’m not sure how this happened, my husband is from Mexico and had never heard of them and I only listen to them occasionally. But they really LOVE everything KISS. It’s kind of cool. And weird.)

By: Linda

Linda — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:54:05 +0000

#4 and #5 are in our car already but the others are new to us. Thanks for the suggestions!

I’d add other They Might Be Giants (No! and Here Come the 1-2-3’s); anything by the Baby Loves Jazz band, and the Mary Poppins soundtrack.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:54:49 +0000

The Putumayo Kids series of world music is one of our favorites – the kids somehow manage to sing along in languages they don’t speak.

I also recommend the For the Kids series – kiddie tunes sung by contemporary artists so both parent and child can enjoy. You gotta love a rocked up version of the old Sesame Street classic Manamana.

I’ll be watching this thread for more ideas!

Catherine Forth
http://www.havekidswilltravel.net

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:00:46 +0000

I would head straight to Zooglobble’s blog for loads of recommendations. My latest favourite is Peter Himmelman’s My Green Kite. If I wasn’t so tired I’d walk across the room to check my iPod to see if that’s how you spell his name. Also good: Frances England’s Family Tree, the Terrible Twos, Audrarox’s I Can Do It By Myself, David Weinstone’s Taxi, the Hipwaders and Australia’s Justine Clarke, though latter a little too kid-music, kid-music. Personally, Dan Zanes doesn’t do it for me either… (I’d expect him on any list!)

By: jessiev

jessiev — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:33:40 +0000

we love laurie berkner, esp the victor vito cd. FUN!!