Reddit mentions: The best music for children

Here's the relevant section from The DJR 2016 Holiday Gift Buying Guide (Mostly Books). The story Bibles all have images of Jesus, so fair notice it that is a conviction for you. The second one leans more Lutheran than Reformed, but is still highly recommended.

> #10. Resources for Teaching Children About Jesus

> [The Jesus Storybook Bible](http://www.amazon.com/The-Jesus-Storybook-Bible-Whispers/dp/0310708257) - does a great job of teaching Bible stories as a unified story of redemption and not just moral fables. About 30 or so stories.

> The Story Bible - Best job I know of retaining the biblical wording in simplied form. More than any other children's Bible, this one sounds like the Bible. About 150 stories, great illustrations. Excerpt

> What's In the Bible? DVD series that shows how the whole bible fits together to tell the gospel story. Absolutely fantastic. Most adults in the church would learn many things from watching it. Here's a 1 minute introduction video.

> A catechism for young children - a simplified version of the Westminster Shorter catechism. Even young kids can memorize a bunch. Depending on how close to her second/third birthday your daughter is, she may not be there yet, but she will get there soon. Both of my kids also know the Lord's Prayer and the Apostle's Creed.

> * Sing the Bible with Slugs & Bugs. There are a lot of good Bible song collections out there, but this one is the best. Lyrics are mostly straight from scripture. Quirky and catchy so that kids will learn the songs within a play or two, but grownups can tolerate (even enjoy) repeated plays. Also contains the only children's song version of [Deuteronomy 14:21].

New to the list for 2017 are:

• The Biggest Story: How the Snake Crusher Brings Us Back to the Garden by Kevin DeYoung
  
  
• The Getty Kids Hymnal

I just moved some things around on my wishlists yesterday. I am really bad about reorganizing my wishlists all the time :P

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1. Something that is grey OPI Silver Nailpolish Added July 17 to $5 and Under Wishlist Silver..Grey..Close Enough?
   
   
2. Something reminiscent of rain Ancient Aliens Season 3 Added July 28 to DVD Wishlist This is a stretch - it has a storm on the cover :P
   
   
3. Something food related that is unusual - Black Truffle Sea Salt Added July 15 to The Hubby Wishlist He loves to cook and likes to experiment with different spices.
   
   
4. Something on my list that is for someone else - Game of Thrones Season 1 Added July 15 to The Hubby Wishlist. I got my husband the eBook version of the Game of Thrones series and he has been wanting to watch the show. We don't have HBO so we haven't had a chance to see the show.
   
   
5. A book to read - More Plums in One Added May 17 to Book Wishlist The Step Plum series is a great series and I really recommend it.
   
   
6. Less than 99 cents MP3 Added July 17 to MP3 Wishlist
   
   
7. Something related to cats - Petco Giftcard Added May 20 to My Furbaby Minnie Wishlist
   
   
8. Something so beautiful but not useful - Thomas Kinkade Cinderella Castle Cross Stitch Added August 9 to Crafting Wishlist I think this cross stitch kit is very beautiful. I have always been a big fan of Disney and love the colors in this piece. It is crazy expensive though!
   
   
9. Movie everyone should see - Evil Dead 2 Added June 13 to DVD Wishlist Why? Campy horror and Bruce Campbell!
   
   
10. Zombie attack - Swiss Army Knife Added July 15 to The Hubby Wishlist It would be good for a zombie attack as it is a tool that has many purpose. It would be very helpful for survival. Maybe not necessarily this version but a Swiss Army Knife in general :P
    
    
11. Profound Impact - Bed of Nails Neck Pillow Added July 29 to Migraine Wishlist. It is suppose to really help with neck pain. I suffer from migraines and a lot of the time I have horrible neck pain with it. It is something I would like to try sometime. My current goal is to try to find new ways to deal with pain.
    
    
12. Add On - Waste Canvas Added July 22 to $5 and Under Wishlist. This item is used to add cross stitch to other types of fabric. When I am done stitching the canvas will "melt" away with water.
    
    
13. My Dream Item - Nintendo Wii Added August 10 to Household Wishlist. We use to have one before it died a year and a half ago. I would love to get another one as hubby and I love to play video games.
    
    
14. Bigger than a breadbox - Small Dog Evacuation Kit Added May 20. This just seems like a good item to have in case of any disaster.
    
    
15. Smaller than a goftball - Snowflake Necklace Added August 10 to Things to Wear Wishlist. My husband and I got married Jan 9. Our reception theme was snowflakes so these reminds me of our wedding :)
    
    
16. Something that smells wonderful - Eco Clean Set Added August 9 to Beauty Wishlist.
    
    
17. SFW Toy - Merida Funko July 16 to $5 to $10 Wishlist. My husband got me the special edition Merida Funko for my birthday so I want to get the regular version as well.
    
    
18. Helpful for back to school - Sharpies July 17 to $5 to $10 Wishlist. Sharpies are so versatile and can be used for all sorts of things! The ones I linked are metallic colors and so pretty.
    
    
19. Current Obsession - Cross Stitch Owl Ornaments Added July 17 to Crafting Wishlist My current obsession is getting ready for the holidays. I want to start doing some Xmas projects so I have all I want done before Xmas.
    
    
20. Amazing and Grand - Art of Disney Princesses Book Added August 6 to Book Wishlist. I think this is so awesome! I love Disney especially the Princesses. This book shows the Princesses in all sorts of artistic ways, not just how we normally see them drawn.
    
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    Made in Oregon Lip Balm Gift Set Added August 11 to Beauty Wishlist :P I did a search for this contest and found something that goes with one of my obsessions - lip gloss!

A few have been following the band since they first came out in the early 90's; I still remember seeing the "That is Why" video on MTV around 1990/1991 (when MTV still played music).

Roger and Andy have gone on to do songs for kids' TV. If you ever saw that offshoot Winnie the Pooh show "My Friends Tigger and Pooh" on Disney Jr., Andy wrote the intro song for that.

Roger and Andy still kept the band going although the other two dropped off by the time they began work on Spilt Milk. After
Jason Falkner left the band, he formed a group called the Grays, who had a minor hit with the song "Very Best Years". He's also produced two amazing full-length albums and a handful of EP's. If you like Jellyfish, then check out Jason's stuff, such as:

The sublime song She Goes to Bed, one of the best songs ever written;
The rocker Author Unknown;
The power pop genius melody of Holiday;
The longing of I Live;
His awesome cover of Left Banke's Pretty Ballerina

Falkner also made two albums of Beatles' lullaby tracks, which have the official seal of approval from non other than Paul McCartney.

(Plus, Falkner's a really nice guy if you ever meet him in person!)

So glad you discovered Jellyfish; they are truly one of music's underrated power pop bands. Check out the Grays and Jason Falkner's work next!

P.S. Have you ever seen Jellyfish's cover of Badfinger's No Matter What? It's awesome.

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Many kids don't begin to read until they enter kindergarten (age 5). If this 4-year-old is being taught by his parents to read, or gets such instruction (say, in a Montessori preschool) find out if he's in the early stages, or he's going full bore reading regular picture books and 'early reader' books on his own. Such a child typically enters kindergarten reading at a first or second grade level.

Unless he's a strong reader, the safe and good bet is to buy books with the intent that his parents will read the books to him. So even a chapter book could be appropriate if the subject matter interests him to be read a chapter or two each night at bedtime.

There are loosely ordered by my recommendation level:

• Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things That Go. This one is bursting with vehicles, tons to take in on every double page... mostly passenger vehicles, but all manner of other types of vehicles make their own appearance, plus lots of absurd ones (a gorilla driving a banana car, etc.) One scene is in a construction site. A thin story line ties each scene together (the pig family going on a car trip, and Officer Flossy chasing down the speeding Dingo Dog). A fun feature is a yellow bug ("Goldbug") hidden in a different place on each double page. Be sure to get the hardcover. Even when Mom or Dad isn't there to read it, the book is fun to look through.
  
  
• Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (Amazon link). This is a true classic from 1939. A steam shovel was antiquated even in 1939, but that's the theme of this story.
  
  
• Trashy Town (garbage truck) This one is fun if you can get him repeating the story's refrain with you... "Is the trash truck full yet? {yelling} NOOOO! Mister Gilly drives on..."
  
  
• I Stink (garbage truck)
  
  
• Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site
  
  
• Justin Roberts Greatest Hits CD (or MP3s). I mention this one only because he has a song Obsessed by Trucks.

I've been partial to this "Disney Jazz" compilation - "Everybody Wants to be a Cat" (http://www.amazon.com/Everybody-Wants-Be-Cat-Disney/dp/B0045CBKN0)
Top jazz performers reinvent Disney classics. Most are quite good. The music never falls into that vast wasteland known as "smooth jazz" - instead, it stays firmly rooted in true jazz. Good stuff.

Louis Armstrong's "Disney Songs the Sachmo Way" is another fun compilation of tunes. This time done only as Sachmo could do them. His version of "Bibbidi Bobbidy Boo" is my kids' favorite. (http://www.amazon.com/Disney-Songs-The-Satchmo-Way/dp/B0013JZJ2Q)

Dave Brubeck also swung Disney songs in a jazzy way. His "Dave Digs Disney" is a classic jazz album, and fun for the Disney fan. (http://www.amazon.com/Dave-Digs-Disney/dp/B0018PZ80I)

There's also the Sherman & Sherman Songbook, which is quite a treasure. (http://www.amazon.com/Sherman-Brothers-Songbook-digital-booklet/dp/B0039F4P18) It features stuff from the Mickey Mouse Club, many original Magic Kingdom rides (Small World, Tiki Room) and a ton of other great stuff. It's a must-have for any Disney aficionado.

Caption: "IS THIS SMILE BIG ENOUGH YET?"

The tiny ones I'd like to win this Wiggles CD/Mp3s are my cousins kids, a boy and a girl (Twins!) They love The Wiggles, one of them has the same name as one of the band members and they absolutely love when they're on screen it's adorable.

When I watch them I sometimes put on a Wiggles DVD I used to watch on VHS 20 years ago when I was 2 (the age they are now). It's very surreal and also excellent because I remember all the words and dance moves to do with them

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Congrats Emma and Will!

With kids in the car I would go with some semi educational yet good music like The Asylum Street Spankers album Mommy Says No!. Both myself and my 5th/6th grade students loved several of the songs.

Because everyone needs some kids albums that don't suck, I would also recommend any of the They Might Be Giants kids albums, my favorite being Here Comes Science

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I am trying to get a high resolution image to create a banner of a refrigerator so I can make a banner of a fridge for kid's to put their work on.

I have free choice every afternoon, which is basically social skills and play with what you want in the classroom. It's a really great way to wind down at the end of the day. It also allows me time to work on individual IEP goals with students, do testing, do the daily communication home, catch up on paperwork that needs to be done before the kids go home, and have the aides help bathroom all the kids.

I try to have the staff and I go by our first names because I just like the more informal environment with the students. I need to work very closely with them to work on behavior and IEP goals. I don't want any artificial barriers. The kids know I'm in charge. I'm the big one.

We live in the desert, so if it's really hot I'll call movie lunch day. The students will walk and get their lunch (or if I have seizure kiddos someone will go get their lunch) and we'll watch a movie. In elementary, this will be better because they'll at least be cool until they go out to recess. Heat can be a trigger for behaviors in autism.

I also play Rockabye Baby! whenever possible. All different artists.

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Here are our favorites, I'd recommend first checking your library:

Caspar Babypants, very catchy tunes with silly songs. It took us two or three go-throughs with these cds before we fell in love, but now we (and the friends we've gifted them to) find ourselves listening in the car even when we don't have kids with us.

Classical Kids story cds, we listen to these while going to sleep at night.

Laurie Berkner Band, I discovered this, Elizabeth Mitchell, and Caspar Babypants all while tweaking my favorite kids' songs on Pandora.

Wiggleworms by Old Town School of Folk Music, these have all the classic kids' songs and more in a music together sort of style.

I love Phish! My husband didn't listen to them before he met me, but I love the shirt! Have you seen those albums that are lullabies of popular music? They have a Phish one: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B007J7LJYI?pc_redir=1414138388&robot_redir=1

I apologize in advance for the Amazon link, but it seems to be the only place where you can get a sample of this song - it's called "Fire is Fierce" (don't play with the dragon's tongue....!) from the Kaleidoscope Songs album. It has this really cool Medieval feel to it. Some of the other songs on the album are pretty nifty too - not as obnoxious as most kids' music, and with more science-y stuff, but this one is hands down my favorite.

Miss Amy - Do You Know Your Muscles

unfortunately theres no youtube video of it but the song is on itunes/amazon you can preview it first. it's funky as can be and it's educational too! perfect for a 5 year old (and maybe this 21 year old too). i know she does like a whole sort of teaching kids through music thing kinda like the wiggles but i dont know what the rest of her stuff is like.

I'd love the Incredibles soundtrack!

Congrats!

Really? That long?

I can't find one, but maybe you can listen yourself to the CD? Even if you don't buy it, Amazon has 30 second samples, which is pretty good since most of the tracks are 1 - 2 minutes long. https://www.amazon.com/Walt-Disney-World-Wishes-Gathering/dp/B00B2XJCLM

I found this blog entry too: http://thedisneydrivenlife.com/2011/02/05/the-music-of-wishes/

Here's the iTunes link:
https://itun.es/us/xQNuJ

And here is Amazon link:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B2XJCLM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_HO8pzbW03G23T

Check out We Are the Dinosaurs by The Laurie Berkner Band on Amazon Music
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B003SJVM5M?trackAsin=B003SK6D28&ref=dm_sh_bpf6LycfpjuNg5ugQQ0kOubNH

Lullaby Versions Of Phish!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007J7LJYI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_9gBuyb51D7A11

https://www.amazon.com/Walt-Disney-World-Wishes-Gathering/dp/B00B2XJCLM

Track 1?

There is also phish versions of those.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007J7LJYI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_76vwybXSY0TDA

It's small, but this album is AMAZING.

Here's a youtube playlist so you can give it a listen.