Children's Music
My collection of children's songs and fingerplays


Best Children's Music
BestChildrensMusic.com was created out of a heartfelt desire to bring higher quality music into the homes and schools of children everywhere. Our goal is to make great children's music easily accessible to parents and teachers and to scour the market looking for kid's music that meets our standards for excellence. In so doing, we have developed a very select, but exceptional, library of children's music that's updated regularly and is available around the clock.
Charactersongs.com
songs for kids and uses music to convey important messages to children about such character education traits as honesty, kindness, integrity and patience. In addition to lots of fun music, Scott’s presentations to elementary school audiences also include stories told by a talking hand puppet who helps further illustrate important concepts.
Music For Kids
Jim McCutcheon, M.M.Ed., works with children across Ohio as "The Guitar Man" and with his wife, Debbie, has operated McCutcheon Music. He has a page full of articles that he has published on music for children. Private Music Lessons for Kids, Bedtime Music, The Beat Goes On, Helping Your Child Build a Recording Collection, Choosing a First Instrument - where to start?, and Choosing a Music Teacher.

The Children's Music Network
Members of The Children's Music Network recognize children's music as a powerful means of encouraging cooperation ... celebrating diversity ... building self-esteem ... promoting respect and responsibility for our environment ... and cultivating an understanding of nonviolence and social justice.
Children's Music Web
We are a nonprofit organization dedicated to music for kids. Radio Refrigerator, Pipsqueaks, Concert Calendar, Fred Koch's Reviews, Musicians Listm Music Edudation, Radio List and Web Guide. Special content for Kids, Parents, Educators and Musicians.
Children's Music Web Guide
Music can be wonderful entertainment. When created for kids, it can also be informative and inspiring. Let the Children's Music Web be your guide to some of the very best online resources for kids music.
Classical Child
Information and ordering for "The Classical Child" Series. "Even the littlest ears will develop an appreciation for classical ballet. The energetic arrangements of these 20 internationally loved scores make classic themes accessible to younger children." --LA PARENT MAGAZINE
Classical Composers
Classical Composer Biographies, links to pages of information on classical composers.
Fun Music Ideas
Fun Music Ideas is a free monthly e-mail newsletter, compiling enjoyable musical activities. These activities are applicable for anyone working with children in a musical capacity, whether formal or informal.
Judy and David's Online Songbook
Click on a letter to go to the words to your favorite children's song!
KIDiddles
Not your average kids site. Musical Mouseum, loaded to the brim with almost two thousand kids song lyrics, organized alphabetically and by category with search engine. Trunk O'Tales, the best never-ending story online. Loopity Lee's fun 'n games. Send a KIDiddles Kard, share your songs, stories, jokes and pictures. Song of the Day mailing lists, and online store.
Kid Songs & Lullabies
Lyrics to kids songs from a-z.
The Mother Goose Pages
Nursery Rhymes, & Children's Songs.
Music Education For Young Children
A great resource for music educators by Deborah Pratt. Includes areas on Books, Music Curricula, Songs and Music Games, Teaching Ideas, Musical Development, Music and the Brain, and Professional Organizations.
Music Education Launch Site
Welcome to the Music Education Launch Site, an internet community for music educators. The Music Education Launch Site has been a valuable source of information, services and resources for thousand of music educators all over the world for over five years.
Music 4 Kids & More
Ordering information on musical programs for schools and churches. Also includes several midi files and lyrics for traditional children's songs.
Music For Young Children
Music for Young Children, is a carefully balanced music program for children aged 3 - 11 that combines instruction in keyboard, singing, solfege, rhythm, ear training, sight reading, theory, history and composing. Our dynamic teaching methods use proven early childhood education techniques that are designed to motivate and educate young children. Children look forward to, and enjoy, their music lessons!

Music Notes: An Interactive Online Musical Experience
Theory: Learn about note reading, intervals, scales, chords, and other useful information. History: Information spanning from the Medieval Era through the 20th century. Styles: Explore various styles of music from Rock to Bach. Professions: Thinking about a career in music? This section will guide you through different musical careers. Instruments: What's your favorite instrument? Learn more about it here. Games: Have fun and test your skills with our interactive challenges.
Online Music Encyclopedia
Composers, music, midi, message board, links, survey and search.
The Piano Education Page-Just for kids
The award-winning Piano Education Page, over 600 pages of free information for teachers, students, and parents of students of the piano. You can listen to the Taz-man, jump to other cool places, time travel to meet a famous composer or pianist, learn how to have more fun with your piano lessons, get a great tip to help with your lessons, and even ask a piano teacher your own question!
Children's Music Web Magic Bag
The site that brings you fun with music. Sing, hear, create, play, laugh, and share.
Ray Dretske's Computers in Music Online
Computers in Music videos, ask Ray, Ray's Rules of composition, Test your musical knowledge Quiz, music technology quiz, Tunes, Song tracks, further study, music technology terms, info for teachers, and mediastreet CD-rom.
Richards Institute Education Through Music
The Richards Institute of Education Through Music, through the study of song and play, fosters the well being and development of children and their caregivers, promoting this central value in communities everywhere.
Songs 4 Teachers
Free original, theme-related songs, poems and more. Songs 4 Teachers Resource is for the non-musical person!
The Music Education Madness Site
Welcome to the Music Madness Site, the gathering place for music educators! Music educators have the unique opportunity to mold students not only in an academic sense, but in an aesthetic, cultural, emotional,physical, and even spiritual sense. With all the avenues open up to us, it's only natural that we want to share what has worked for us, whether it's coming up with cross-curricular ideas, helping promote (or save!) music in the schools, coming with with fresh approaches, or just sounding off with each other.
Young Composers
This site is dedicated to encouraging children and young adults to compose. Composers 39 years old and younger may submit midi files of their compositions to be published at this site.



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