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Friday, March 12, 2010
VeggieTales CD offer and other favorite kids’ music
My 4-year-old covets his older siblings’ iPods. He wants to hear “his” music, but I’m not about to pay big bucks for a high-tech gadget to appease him.
Instead, his aunt bought him an inexpensive personal CD player a few Christmases ago, and he’s actually taken very good care of it.
So periodically, we add to his music collection (no iTunes card needed!) with whatever happens our way.
His new favorites include a series of VeggieTales CDs that will be available in Chick-fil-A kids meals from March 13 to April 17. The focus of the five CDs, which also feature videos and computer games, is building self-confidence. Topics include “You are a Friend,” “You are Loved,” and “You are Important.”
(The VeggieTales program concentrates on presenting spiritual and moral lessons in a silly, kid-friendly way. So if you’re not open to Christian-themed instruction, the series will turn you off.)
My son especially likes the story of baby Moses veggie sent floating down the river (he can relate to the mean big sister!), and he loves the sing-alongs like “Boom, Boom Ain’t It Great to be Crazy?” Another of his favorites is “Pizza Angel,” which sounds vaguely like one of the teen tragedy songs from the ’60s. (When it comes to kids’ music, there’s apparently no accounting for taste.)
A road trip favorite for our entire family? “Not for Kids Only.” The late Grateful Dead singer-guitarist Jerry Garcia and mandolinist David Grisman jam on traditional tunes such as “Jenny Jenkins,” “Teddy Bears’ Picnic” and “There Ain’t No Bugs on Me.”
Another one we borrowed from the library sooooo many times I decided to just buy our own copy on Amazon. com was “The Great Dinosaur Mystery — A Musical Fossil Fantasy” by Dinorock.
If your kids are into dinosaurs — and really, what kid isn’t? — this is a fun, fascinating listen that will get many, many repeat plays. It teaches kids (and parents) all about dinosaurs and their habits, and it helps them practice their listening skills as well. The song lyrics are clever too. You’ll catch yourself humming them years later even. (I do.)
Disney has also put out several children’s CDs that have made my son’s hit parade. Jazzy “Princess and the Frog,” “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse” and the super-fun “Los Lobos Goes Disney” are frequent picks. (Disney’s “Starstruck,” “High School Musical” and “Hannah Montana” CDs were all greedily snapped up by his big sis.)
One of his favorite CDs was a Christmas gift from his preschool teachers that has all their classroom songs on it. He sings along and performs the “choreography,” much to the whole family’s delight.
If you haven’t brought the joy of music into the life of your child yet, today is a good day to start!
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