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Lullabies for babies, grown-ups and everyone in between!
Monday, February 28, 2011
Midnight Lullaby Reviewed on Lollygag Blog
I'm delighted that Keely of the Lollygag Blog chose to review Midnight Lullaby - and gave it a great review. She said she loved the CD, and it worked... she and Nora (her baby) both fell fast asleep. Check out the full review and all the other interesting posts on Keely's blog. Thanks, Keely!"
Friday, February 25, 2011
Just One More Bedtime Song . . .
OK, parents, it’s your turn to travel back in time and become two years old again. You’re in your pajamas, trying every trick in the book to keep your mom in your room.
“Sing me a bedtime song,” you said.
“I just sang you one,” said your mom.
“Sing it again!”
And so she does . . .
What song did she sing? In your memory what was the song you remember the best from your early childhood? “Twinkle, Twinkle”? “Rock-A-Bye-Baby”? Something from Sesame Street? Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”?
My early song memory was called “My Curly Headed Baby,” a popular song based on an African-American lullaby. The part I liked best was: “Do you want the stars to play with, and the moon to run away with?” I liked the impractical but very appealing thought of running away with the moon.
Think about what bedtime songs you remember from your childhood and see if you still can sing the words---scientists say that we never really forget those early musical memories. Donald A Hodges, director of the Music Research Institute at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro states, “Nothing activates as many areas of the brain as music.”
So try to pull those musical brain-building lullabies for babies out, and please write and let me know what songs you remember. And don’t forget to share them with your own babies too. They’ll never forget them either.
“Sing me a bedtime song,” you said.
“I just sang you one,” said your mom.
“Sing it again!”
And so she does . . .
What song did she sing? In your memory what was the song you remember the best from your early childhood? “Twinkle, Twinkle”? “Rock-A-Bye-Baby”? Something from Sesame Street? Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”?
My early song memory was called “My Curly Headed Baby,” a popular song based on an African-American lullaby. The part I liked best was: “Do you want the stars to play with, and the moon to run away with?” I liked the impractical but very appealing thought of running away with the moon.
Think about what bedtime songs you remember from your childhood and see if you still can sing the words---scientists say that we never really forget those early musical memories. Donald A Hodges, director of the Music Research Institute at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro states, “Nothing activates as many areas of the brain as music.”
So try to pull those musical brain-building lullabies for babies out, and please write and let me know what songs you remember. And don’t forget to share them with your own babies too. They’ll never forget them either.
Listen to "Starlight Starbright":
Friday, February 18, 2011
Welcome to the Lady Lullaby Blog!
Beautiful bedtime music goes straight to the heart. And the brain, and the body! We learn our first songs even before we’re born, and we hear, sing, and share them all throughout our lifetimes.
This Lady Lullaby blog will be a place to share songs and thoughts about the music that puts the world to sleep. Please join in the conversation about the lullabies and bedtime songs that you know and love.
We’ll be talking about things like: why lullabies are good for the health of both babies and parents; lullabies that you remember from your childhood; what you can sing or play for your baby now; the background stories of our favorite lullabies, and lots more.
It doesn’t really matter what songs you sing or hum or listen to with your baby---the important thing is that music becomes a part of your baby’s world---stay tuned for the reasons why!
Sweet dreams,
Jane
This Lady Lullaby blog will be a place to share songs and thoughts about the music that puts the world to sleep. Please join in the conversation about the lullabies and bedtime songs that you know and love.
We’ll be talking about things like: why lullabies are good for the health of both babies and parents; lullabies that you remember from your childhood; what you can sing or play for your baby now; the background stories of our favorite lullabies, and lots more.
It doesn’t really matter what songs you sing or hum or listen to with your baby---the important thing is that music becomes a part of your baby’s world---stay tuned for the reasons why!
Sweet dreams,
Jane
Listen to "Golden Slumbers":
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