Music for toddlers and parents?

Dave Van Ronk's folk version of Peter and the Wolf is a hoot. The cd has a few other funny songs that my kids (and me, the big kid) enjoyed greatly.

when mine were tykes, i was into a heavy coltrane phase (the Impluse years); but there was an wide mix from Tull to Piazola. After all that, the one thing I think they learned was that appeals to most (the mainstream) satisfies the fewest..

Hazel, my 2 year old, loves the Duke Ellington standards. When she wants to hear them, I'm told;

"Jazz Music, Daddy!"

Can't beat that.

Marty

My son loves Tchaikovsky's music. He first heard it when he was about two.
I would recommend The Nutcracker or Swan Lake. Accompany it with a fairy tale initially while the music is playing. Kids have great imagination and they enjoy a good story with good music.

I agree with Destep. Expose her to a wide variety, classical, jazz, rock, world, etc. But, you're asking for Children's music. Look for Hap Palmer. The best children's music I've heard—creative, educational, interesting, fun, interactive, and just as important, well performed by excellent musicians. (Too much children's music is second rate junk.) If you don't have as much fun with his stuff as your kid(s), then you've lost your inner child.