Kids' Music By Age
By Warren Truitt, About.com Guide
Looking for toddler songs? Searching for music for babies? Trying to find CDs that might interest your tween? Here's a rundown of classic and current kids' music arranged by age of listener.
- Music for Babies
- Music for Toddlers
- Music for Younger Elementary Kids
- Music for Older Elementary Kids
- Music for Tweens
Music for Babies
Babies love music, too, so here's a collection of music for babies and their families.
- Pete Seeger - American Folk Songs for Children
- Music Together - Family Favorites
- Dean Jones - Napper's Delight
- Woody Guthrie - Songs to Grow On for Mother and Child
- Little Miss Ann - Music for Tots
Music for Toddlers
Here are some great CDs perfect for the discerning toddler.
- Elizabeth Mitchell - You Are My Little Bird
- Pete Seeger - Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Fishes, Little and Big
- Caspar Babypants - Here I Am!
- Bob McGrath - Sing Along with Bob, #1 and #2
- Johnny Bregar - Hootenanny
Music for Younger Elementary Kids
These CDs will appeal to kids in the younger elementary years, say from Pre-K to 2rd Grade.
- Lunch Money - Dizzy
- Ziggy Marley - Family Time
- Peter, Paul and Mary - Peter, Paul and Mommy
- David Holt - I Got a Bullfrog: Folksongs for the Fun of It
- The Baby Grands - The Baby Grands
Music for Older Elementary Kids
These CDs will appeal to kids in the later elementary years, say from 3rd to 5th Grade.
- They Might Be Giants - Here Comes Science
- Daddy A Go Go - Eat Every Bean and Pea on Your Plate
- Recess Monkey - Field Trip
- Dog On Fleas - When I Get Little
- Mr. Leebot - Robot Dance
Music for Tweens
Tunes for kids to old for "kids' music," but too young for Top 40.