The Guest: How To Find the Best Music for Your Kids
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Today's Guest is: Beth Blenz-Clucas
Today's Guest is: Beth Blenz-Clucas
Beth is a mom and musical aficionado based in Portland, Oregon. For the past two decades, she has represented artists and labels in the indie family music scene nationally.
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How To Find the Best Music for Your Kids
By Beth Blenz-Clucas
Sugar Mountain PR
Your magical solution is simple: music! As the saying goes, music tames the savage beast, and it’ll probably work with the wildlife in your own home. Tons of research shows that listening to music can help young children hone listening and focusing skills (even if it won’t necessarily make them geniuses). Your tots are probably not ready for the vagaries of pop music, but you don’t want to hear “The Wheels on the Bus” in heavy rotation. Luckily, today’s independent family music scene offers a wide range of fresh sounds. From jazz to rock, pop to bluegrass, there are hundreds of original, interesting kid-friendly songs waiting for you to discover and enjoy.
Various independent organizations like Parents’ Choice and the National Parenting Publications (NAPPA) Awards and the annual Fids and Kamily critics poll, listen to dozens of new albums each year and choose the best for their awards.
Many towns offer children’s programming via local community radio stations, where volunteers host after school and weekend shows featuring cool kids music. My favorites include SiriusXM Kids Place Live (Channel 78), which plays kid-friendly tunes and stories 24/7, and Kids Corner which airs and streams live each weekday evening from Philadelphia. A few regional shows also offer archived shows for your listening pleasure.
There are a few parenting bloggers who offer a reliable guide to what’s new and noteworthy in family music. The first is Zooglobble, whose host also reviews music occasionally for NPR. Other great sites are KidsCanGroove, SwingWhistleZing and The Rock Father.
In short, you don’t have to settle for bad music or more screen time to keep your kids happy and engaged. You may even find yourself tapping along to some of the tunes you discover together.
Happy listening!
Resources in this article:
AWARDS
Parents’ Choice Awards
NAPPA Awards
Fids and Kamily Music Awards
RADIO SHOWS
SiriusXM Kids Place Live
Kids Corner
Spare the Rock Spoil the Child
TotsRadio
Crossroads Kids
TBone’s Radio Active Kids
REVIEWING CHILDREN’S MUSIC
Zooglobble
KidsCanGroove
SwingWhistleZing
The Rock Father
MrJeff2000
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