We have a few kids cd's in our car. Rory once said to me, "let's put something in that has no xylophone." The xylophone is sort of the staple instrument, apparently, in kids music. But it can be hard to listen to these songs again and again and again.
And the last five songs are stunning lullabies that have now entered our family repertoir. Click here to see a song list (at the bottom of the page) and be sure to listen to #16 Beautiful Girl, #17 My Baby Loves to Dance (both lullabies) and #10 Chicken Wiggle and #14 The Boy who was Bored (both awesome and silly).
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BUT THE NEW FAVORITE is Sing the Bible with Slugs and Bugs! (The yellow cd pictured at the top).
This cd is 100% straight out of the Bible. Each song's lyrics are taken right off the page. And the music was heavily influenced by Paul Simon with a strong Graceland style.
Here's the thing. I always wish I could memorize scripture better. And I know that if I really worked at it, I could do a whole lot better. But you know the scripture that comes to mind when I need a word from the Lord? Every camp song I have every learned. Somehow that scripture is at the ready when I need it most.
I feel like Sing the Bible with Slugs and Bugs is a sweet gift for me. We got this CD for Christmas just while I was beginning to think, "I should make a goal to memorize more scripture in the new year." We popped this CD in and bam, I have a whole CD of new verses in my head.
The songs are great, the music fun, the words powerful and there are some really silly moments mixed in too.
It's a good one for kids and mom's and dad's. Everyone will like it.
So I just looked at the other two Slugs and Bugs CD's, one for Christmas and one called Under Wear? And they look great too. I just heard a snipet of a song called "I'm adopted" on the Under Wear? cd that sounded so great. So maybe just buy all four, while you're at it. Until then, you can't go wrong with the other two I wrote about. :)
To close, I'll leave you with Ivar's most requested song on the Lullabies cd. A song that starts cute and ends so, so three-year-old silly. He laughs his head off every time:
6 comments:
We have the lullabies one too! Definitely a fave in our house (including "Tractor Tractor" :). And now I need to see about purchasing the Sing the Bible one... Thanks for the hot tips!
So great to hear about Bible verse songs. We love Hide 'em in Your Heart, and I was wanting something similar. Thanks!
I played this for Gideon today, just to see if he'd like it. He has asked for it all day. We have listened to it well between 20 and 30 times today!
This is such a fantastic suggestion, Becca! We just started listening to Steve Green's Hide 'em in Your Heart CDs a year ago, and I am in awe at the number of Bible verses my kids have memorized already. I'm awful at memorizing things, but the tunes are so catchy that I find myself singing them all day long and even at night when I'm drifting off to sleep. They are extremely effective and come with a DVD as well. I can't recommend them enough. Still, I'd like a little variety, so we'll definitely be checking out your Slugs and Bugs suggestion as well. Thanks!!!
Sarah, I'm so excited to hear about Hide 'em in Your Heart. And Marie...I totally have been there. Ivar was addicted and we get charged if we go over our allowed bandwidth here in the country. I'm pretty sure we paid a pretty penny so Ivar could watch that video over and over and over again.
Hey Becca,
Thank you for sharing about Slugs & Bugs! I'm so glad your family digs the tunes. Sing the Bible may be my favorite S&B CD yet. It may have something to do with the lyricist. :-) Peace to you and yours!
Randall
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