childrens music

i love happy sounds wafting through our home!  we have multiple playlists depending on the occasion – upbeat songs for picking up the house, mellow songs for Sundays, and below are a few happy ones we love for car rides and such!

you aren’t stuck listening to “The Wiggles” unless you want to ;)  please dish about your favorites songs!!

Blessed – Brett Dennen

Life’s a Happy Song – The Muppets

Best Friends – Frances England

A New Day – Bianca Merkley

Simple Life – The Weepies

Count On Me – Bruno Mars

The Sound of Sunshine – Michael Franti

Life is Beautiful – Keb Mo

Banana Split for My Baby – Louis Prima

Three Little Birds – Bob Marley

Sunshine Lollipops and Rainbows – Lesley Gore

Love Train – The O’Jays

i remember reading parenting books when audrey was born that gave approximate ages for crawling, walking, etc but I built my own list of developmental milestones i was looking forward to and among them was singing in the car together ;)  these songs help accomplish just that!

even if you don’t have kiddos in your home but are an aunt or grandparent, tucking a cd of your favorite child friendly tunes in the mailbox will elicit delight on the other end (because mixtape love doesn’t seem to have faded one iota since the late 80s).