Music for my 16 month old Grandson

Get the CD produced by the franchise Monkey Music which has lots of songs with actions.
My GC loved the CD Hello Children Everywhere with all the old favourites on . Also an album of Danny Kaye singing Inch Worm etc. Then there was The Snowman and Peter and the Wolf.
Ive just told my DS to download the new recording of the Kane’s-Masons playing Carnival of the Animals for the GC.

I also recommend Verdi choruses, played full belt, to settle a crying toddler. I think mine decided they couldn’t make more noise than a full opera chorus playing on a decent stereo, so they just gave up and fell quiet.

My 16 month old was SO excited every time he heard a Bob Marley song that a close family friend bought him a Bob Marley tape for his second birthday! He had another for Christmas.
Lively up yourself, No woman no cry, Trenchtown rock... he would dance and sing all the way through!
So many happy memories

Highway to Hell worked wonders on my youngest grandson

If he was ever crying we'd play that track and he'd stop

We have great footage of him head banging in the car

My two loved "Hello Children Everywhere" too, Geekesse. We all used to sing along in the car to it, much to the amusement of drivers alongside at traffic lights! My eldest used to listen to "Swan Lake" a lot as a baby and toddler. When she was about 2, I took her into the local newsagent and she was humming away in her pushchair. A customer asked her if she was singing a nursery rhyme and she replied, quite indignantly, "No, it's Tchaikovsky!!"

If you're looking for classical music to play in the background, I find they prefer music that plays in the higher frequencies. I played some flute sonatas in the car* and the little one soon went to sleep!

A 16 month old should be encouraged to sing, though, so anything simple and repetitive is a good place to start. You can't beat singing yourself, though: clapping, holding hands, jigging to the rhythm and looking at them whilst you are singing.

*on a CD of course!

My GCs loved the nursery rhymes especially in the car. Lots of sing-along. They preferred real people singing especially when they were small as they could hear better.

If only!

Thanks luluaugust I will try that - do you think it will help my brain too? It needs it

I would advise against baby shark, will drive you up the proverbial!!

If he is just playing with his toys try a bit of Bach supposed to be good for the brains of babies and young children!

One of the songs that my grandson loves is all about trains and called something like "Early in the Morning......" - he loves me to sing it to him. All well and good except even when he is not with us I find it going round and round in my head. I even woke up singing the blasted song the other morning!

Just sing anything! I remember when I worked in early years, a wee three year old treated us to a spirited rendition of ‘ Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat’! The children who spent a lot of time with grandparents always had a much more varied repertoire than those who didn’t.

I didn't just play childrens songs to my GC ,of course I did the old favourites at bed time etc but I played allsorts of music.I used to dance in the kitchen and up an down the hall with them,my GS can do a mean cha cha thanks to me.They all love a huge variety of music our 9 year old is currently into 90's dance music and says it better than modern pop .Dont think because they're yung they should only have simple sounds

The CDs ‘Hello Children Everywhere’ and ‘Hello Children Everywhere 2’ have loads of older children’s songs which many of us will remember from our own childhoods. It’s really nice to pass these songs on to another generation.

Thanks everyone for all your suggestions

I’ve just remembered the name of the interactive group where I took my grandchildren..Jo Jingles. Not that the groups are possible this year. But they have a website with great CDs and DVDs.

I used to go to a music and movement group with the DGD but of course, it's not possible at the moment which is so sad for young children. That reminded me of:
Ring a Ring a Roses - we all fall down
We all jump up with a 1, 2, 3
(Except for Granny who is a bit slower)

There are lots on here and other retailers are available!
www.amazon.co.uk/75-Childrens-Favourites/dp/B00AWROV2E?tag=gransnetforum-21

Yes kittylester you can’t beat a good sing song in the car. I’m straining my brain trying to remember the cd that was our absolute favourite. It was associated with a nationwide pre school toddler group for interactive singing and dancing. I used to take my gc to it 12 years ago. If I remember correctly (and that’s a big if these days) there was a rag doll type character on their logo and mini versions of it were sold in the class. Anyone remember?

We had a few books of nursery rhymes with words and pictures which came with CDs.
I'll try to remember

Row, row, row your boat!

Grannynannywanny. I had that one for the car. A brilliant selection of children's songs.

DGS loves ABBA has done from an early age, we have danced and sang around the house for 8 years now.

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Funbox are very popular in Scotland, also book bug in libraries have lots of songs on CDs which you can also stream to cars on iPhone. That might also be only in Scotland though. DGS1 is nearly 7 and just over last year has progressed from the nursery rhymes to having his own taste. I think girls seem to be more interested in pop than boys at this age {grin}