Comments on: Activity #259: Amp up your own musical theater

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:23:06 +0000

I always sing when my 6-month old son is on the changing table. During particularly gross changes I replace the lyrics of Cookie Monster’s “C is for Cookie” with “P is for Poopie.” It keeps James happy and giggly and cracks me up.

By: Susie

Susie — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:52:23 +0000

When my daughter was about 3 weeks old, and having a fussy day, I put on some Bob Marley… specifically “No Woman No Cry” during a diaper change. It entertained me, even if the irony was lost on her

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:24:45 +0000

Heres a great list of music for parents and children! http://www.diyfather.com/content/music-for-kids-and-parents

By: jami

jami — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:41:19 +0000

Today, this kids requested Old MacDonald in the farm, and I couldn’t bear the thought of mooing and oinking one more time, so I made up a whole bunch of non-animal things Old MacDonald could have: a t-shirt (and he put on his pants and boots and hat and jacket), a pancake (which he ate with syrup and juice and fruit and eggs), etc. They cracked up!

By: mamaseoul

mamaseoul — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:42:58 +0000

I sing life as well and was inspired by Kindermusik class. The teacher sang,”Toys away, toys away, time to put the toys away,” and my son did it!

At Swim & Gym at the Y, the teachers sang each kid’s name and said,” X is going to gym today, gym today, gym today. X is going to gym today and we’ll have fun!”

I use both of those as well as songs from Signing Time about daily life and invented songs. It seems to reinforce the schedule and really helped when taking my son to school and daycare.

By: random_mommy

random_mommy — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:23:44 +0000

We play Diana Ross’s “Upside down” song and dance to all the lyrics… when she sings ‘upside down, boy you turn me, inside out, and round and round’ we have moves that end in spinning until we fall down laughing hysterically!!

Also, Michael Jackson’s ABC song is a hit around here! ABC, easy as 123!!

By: Deborah

Deborah — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:57:02 +0000

My Maisie and I (she’s 2.5 months, I’m 32) are co-composing an operetta about Princess Maisie and Count Poopula, in which the evil Count tried to take over Pooptopia and Maisie must fight him. There are musical themes, some choral numbers, and plenty of choreography. And I don’t even play an instrument–never had one lesson. It’s magic.