Download free original kids' music and lyrics from Sprout, courtesy of the new Sprout Sharing Show site. The site also has a collection of kids' games, videos, crafts and more. You can also make a video of your child singing the Sprout songs and upload it to their site. It just might be picked to be on during the Sharing Show. (Or if nothing else, you can show it to future dates!

It occurs to me that I hate kids music.  I loathe it when they redo lyrics to make them more kid-friendly.  I hate recycling overplayed classical numbers like Canon (even though I will confess I walked down the aisle to it).  I hate the Wiggles.  I loathe Raffi (is he even still around?). I can stomach [...]

I remember kids music when I was young. A lot of it was Disney (or published by Disney), available on vinyl 45s that we played on our Mickey Mouse record player — you remember, the one where Mickey's arm is the arm for playing the record, and his forefinger contained the stylus?  You don't remember… You [...]

... admit, I haven't purchased it yet (well, I don't think my little sis J has bought it for me yet) so I haven't listened to much of it. BUT my kids LOVE Laurie Berkner Lilly can even say her first name, and she knows when Laurie comes on the radio/ ... often.Check out Two Tomatoes Records for some Laurie Berkner Band memorabillia, and some occasional contests. And last.fm to hear some of their music.

Joanie asked if I'd play a song at her daughter Natasha's baby-warming party.  That sounds weird.  It was actually a 3-month birthday, I think. Anyway, I decided I shouldn't just play any old song, I should write one for Natasha.  And now, for her second birthday, I finally got around to recording it.   Recording music for [...]

... , I thought it would be interesting to survey some librarians on kids music in their libraries. The survey is a little old (OK, waay old, like, last year), but I think the answers still ... s that patron requests are taken very seriously. (So go now and ask your library system to get some more great kids music.) Thanks to all the librarians who participated, and to all of them who fight the good kids ...