Toddler Folk

Toddler Folk
Albums/CD’s
Hap Palmer, Peek-A-Boo
Hap Palmer, Quiet Places
Hap Palmer, Babysong
Hugh Hanley, Circle of Song, More Circle of Songs,
Jean Ritchie, Childhood Songs
John Feierabend, Music for Very Little People, (CD & songbook)
John Feierabend, Round & Round The Garden - Music in My 1st Year
John Feierabend Ride Away on Your Horses - Music, Now I'm One!
John Feierabend Frog in the Meadow - Music, Now I'm Two!
Kenny Loggins, Return to Pooh Corner
Music for 1’s and 2’s, by Tom Glazer
Music Together, Family Favorites
Music Together, Family Favorites 2
Music Together, Lullabies
Pete Seeger, American Folk Songs for Children
Pete Seeger, Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Fishes, Little & Big
Pete Seeger, The Children’s Concert
Wee Sing for Babies
Wee Sing Nursery Rhymes & Lullabies
Woody Guthrie, Nursery Days;
Woody Guthrie, 20 Grow Big Songs;
Woody Guthrie, Daddy-O Daddy
Where to get more songs and music
to sing with infants & toddlers
Website resources for music and songs
https://www.johnsmusiccenter.com John’s Music Center, comprehensive source for John Feierabend books and CD’s, also Jill Trinka & other folk singers
Music Together - http://www.musictogether.com/
Wee Sing http://www.weesing.com/booksAudio.cfm
http://kodaly.hnu.edu/ American Folksong Collection
Lovely Baby Music http://www.lovelybabycd.com/
http://www.hughhanley.com/ Hugh Hanley official website, Circle of Songs
Series
http://www.lifelongmusicmaking.org/songbooks2.html Folksong Books for children. (children’s folk songs available as illustrated books)
http://www.woodyguthrie.org Woody Guthrie official website
www.kididdles.com. KIDdles. This site has instrumental midi files to listen to, free music and free downloads. Many of these lyrics aren’t the traditional ones, but “updated” versions with more “politically correct” wording.
http://www.songsforteaching.com Songs for Teaching. This site has midi files to listen to sound clips. It has lyrics displayed and links to sites for purchase of the albums as downloads or CDs. It has songs for multicultural, special education, academic subjects, early childhood, folk songs and more.
http://kidsongs.wordpress.com Word Press. This site has opportunity for viewers to comment/ contribute to the lists. Most are lyrics only, very few have midi files, no music scores.
http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/music.htm government web site National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, contains midi files and lyrics of many traditional and patriotic songs.
http://www.mamalisa.com lyrics for children’s songs around the world, available in French, Spanish and English.
http://www.hymns.me.uk/ lyrics for Christian children’s songs
http://www.smallchurchmusic.com Christian song lyrics, sheet music and audio file/accompaniment all free & downloadable
http://bussongs.com lyrics for children’s songs, also includes lists of related CD’s
http://www.advancedbrain.com/music-for-babies/musicforbabies.html Advanced Brain Technologies: music designed for specific neurological functions (lullabies, happy, calming,)
http://www.folkways.si.edu/searchresults.aspx?sPhrase=Children's%20&sType=cat Smithsonian Institute: Folkways Magazine & Recordings of Folk music for children
http://www.kidsmusicplanet.com podcast of children’s music; children’s radio program
http://kidshealth.org/parent/growth/learning/toddler_games.html songs &
sponsored by KidsHealth from Nemours
http://www.8notes.com/digital_tradition/default.asp collection of over 10,000 songs & music
http://www.babycenter.com/0_lullaby-lyrics-a-primer_1508569.bc common
lullaby lyrics
http://www.songofamerica.net/cgi-bin/iowa/home/index.html Song of America-
Celebrating 250 Years of American Song
Songbooks
150 American Folk Songs to Sing, Read, and Play, Peter Erdei & Katalin Komlos (Boosey and Hawkes, 1974),
Folksong Books for Children; illustrated books of folk songs,The Center for Lifelong Music Making, http://www.lifelongmusicmaking.org/songbooks2.html
Feierabend, John, The Book of Bouncing, The Book of Wiggles & Tickles, The Book of Lullabies, The Book of Tapping & Clapping.
Hanley, Hugh, Circle of Songs Series,
MusicPlay (1998) by E. E. Gordon et al., G.LA. Publications
Seeger, Ruth Crawford. American Folk Songs for Children. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Co., 1948.
Seeger, Ruth Crawford. Animal Folk Songs for Children. Garden City, N.J.: Doubleday & Co., 1950.
The Lullaby Song book, by Jane Yolen, musical arrangements by Adam Stemple
The Peter Yarrow Songbook Series: Favorite Folk Songs; Let’s Sing Together; Songs for Little Folk; Sleepytime Songs, Audio CD included;Sterling Publishing Co, 2010
Wee Sing for Babies,
Wee Sing Nursery Rhymes and Lullabies
Add to the song collection:
email: info@toddlerfolk.com
US Mail: Toddler Folk
PO Box 170
Solana Beach, CA
92075