Syncopated Mama: 31 Days of Great Children's Music: Miss Ella's Playhouse

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Welcome back to 31 Days of Great Children's Music! This is the big posting challenge I'm participating in that involves blogging every day in October covering just one topic. It's also where you'll find some super suggestions for children's songs the whole family can enjoy.

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Gv immediately began dancing when the first song started playing and didn't stop until the end! Well, she'd pause in-between songs, but only to point to the stereo and exclaim, obviously wondering where the great music went.

Now, I do have to say that we're big Ella Fitzgerald fans around here, and we listen to quite a bit of jazz (G is a huge fan) and big band music around the house, so Gv is kind of already used to this type of music.

Gosh, I can tell this is going to be one of our favorite albums - great Ella children's songs that sound just like normal Ella songs.

I really liked pretty much every song, but my favorite was the spunky track The Hot Canary. The only thing I didn't like about this album was the fact that I hadn't discovered it years ago.

Activities

Make some Granola Muffin Bites for a wholesome snack while listening to The Muffin Man.
A-Tisket, A-Tasket makes me think of an idea I recently read about: Quiet baskets. Teaching Mama has a cute idea for a week's set of them here.
Chew-Chew-Chew calls for bubble gum activities (like those I mentioned here).
Bake up a batch of molasses cookies while listening to Molasses, Molasses. This recipe over at Pioneer Woman looks good, although I know that if I make it, I'll be tweaking it a bit to make it all a little healthier.
The Bean Bag Song provides great inspiration for playing some bean bag games. Sew a set of your own or pick these up.