It has been the summer of road trips for our little family. Lots of family reunions and weddings. With so many little ones, I like to have lots of tricks up my sleeves in the car. Just you wait – I have a fabulous post coming up soon with all the tricks that have worked for us!
Today I am sharing one of the easiest tips – fun and interactive music. Since our oldest was born we have been building our CD collection. We have everything from lullabyes for nap time to my daughter’s music practice songs.
For our last road trip of the summer, we headed up to Bear Lake and, as luck would have it, I was sent Groove Kid Nation Rhythm Bears to review. Perfect timing! We are all about doing bear-themed activities on our trip to Bear Lake so Rhythm Bears fit in perfectly.
I turned on Rhythm Bears when I could tell the children were getting a little antsy. Rhythm Bears is all about drawing kids into the music with rhythmic call and response games so I knew it would help get their wiggles out. From my six year old to my almost two year old, all three children were clapping, stomping, playing percussion, and vocalizing to the beat. (Shhhh … don’t tell, but my husband got into a couple of the songs, too!) Our favorites were the Train Song, Kalimba, and Teddy Bear Picnic. I adore the children’s voices on the CD – certifiably darling, I tell you.
The style of the music is described as soulful folk hoedown. As a former folk dancer (surprise!), I loved all the different musical instruments introduced including harmonica, fiddle, acoustic guitar, acoustic bass, clarinet, kalimba, ukulele, and even didgeridoo. Each song features a new instrument and fun ways for children to play and sing along.
Kyler loved dancing to the music of Rhythm Bears
Rhythm Bears met our road trip test. We were able to listen to it on repeat for quite awhile without wanting to toss it out the window or hide it from the children. We even forgot to turn it off when the children fell asleep. That means it has my husband’s stamp of approval as well. Love adding fun and educational CDs to our road trip collection.
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What are your favorite road trip CDs?
How do you entertain your little ones in the car?
26 Comments
Growing Up Madison · August 15, 2013 at 4:46 pm
It is a really delightful CD. Madison loves it as well and its now in our car for our trips as well. Happy another family loved it too. 🙂
aprila · August 15, 2013 at 4:52 pm
my kids would love this. I keep some of the kid’s CD’s in the car. They love listening to music
Kadie · August 15, 2013 at 6:26 pm
We are a huge music family! We almost always have music of some kind on in the house or car. This is great I love it when you can mix anything with education. Thanks for sharing I’m excited to check it out more.:)
Amanda · August 16, 2013 at 6:46 am
When I was a kid my mom used to get us music like this and i’ve been looking for some for my son so i’ll check this out. Thanks!
Giveaways 4 Mom · August 16, 2013 at 6:47 am
My boys have this cd too and they love it. It had them moving and grooving all around the house.
Kathy Penney @Sparkles and A Stove · August 16, 2013 at 7:47 am
I have a 3 year old who would love this! And your little guy is precious!
Kendra @ A Proverbs 31 Wife · August 16, 2013 at 11:43 am
I NEED this! When I take the 3 year old places, I’m talking around town places, she is always asking how much longer we have to drive. Not sure what she would do on a road trip 🙂
Courtney · August 16, 2013 at 4:54 pm
More and more I’m seeing the need for specific kid-friendly road trip music! It is so hard to find good stuff though—gonna check this out! Thanks for sharing.
Ange · August 16, 2013 at 8:44 pm
Oh how fun! I bet my niece and nephew would love this!!
Summer · August 17, 2013 at 8:41 am
Oh how fun! When my kids were younger they would love things like this. Actually my daughter would probably still love this.
Amanda Love · August 17, 2014 at 8:34 pm
I actually have this CD and my toddler loves it. I keep it in the car as well and she totally rocks out to it.
Liz Mays · August 17, 2014 at 8:46 pm
I’m loving all the musical varieties in this one. I’ve always loved introducing the kids to all kinds of musical genres and let them decide for themselves what they like most!
Lois Alter Mark · August 17, 2014 at 9:21 pm
This sounds so cute! My kids always loved listening to CDs in the car when they were little, and they definitely made long road trips much easier and more enjoyable!
Robin (Masshole Mommy) · August 18, 2014 at 4:45 am
That sounds like such a fun cd. I have a couple of young nieces that would love it.
Amy · August 18, 2014 at 7:08 am
I wish we had family to visit on road trips! It would be so much fun to travel.
dria · August 18, 2014 at 7:57 am
This is so cute, my neighbors would absolutely love this for their kids, sharing with them!!
brett · August 18, 2014 at 8:12 am
if your little one isn’t just the CUTEST little road trip passenger, i don’t know who is!! i love that pic! we love fun kid music. anything to keep the radio off with the awful stuff people say and play!
Deanna Ritz · August 18, 2014 at 10:50 am
Oh my goodness, we wouldn’t survive roadtrips without our dvd player. That seems to be the only way to pass hours and hours on the road without a lot of fussing! 🙂
Kelli · August 18, 2014 at 11:45 am
This would be great for when I have the little ones over. Especially my nephew. It’s a long drive from his house to mine.
Rosey · August 18, 2014 at 1:13 pm
I love that it met the road trip test. We’ve had a few this summer too, but nothing so cool in the music dept. to stroll us along. 🙂
Diane N. · August 18, 2014 at 3:03 pm
Sounds good! Nothing better than listening to catchy tunes in the car.
Mama to 5 BLessings · August 18, 2014 at 5:11 pm
Sounds really cute, I am sure my little ones would love this!
Giveaways 4 Mom · August 18, 2014 at 7:36 pm
My boys have a Groove Kid Nation cd and they love it.
Annie {Stowed Stuff} · August 18, 2014 at 8:43 pm
We love music in the car too! I haven’t heard of Rhythm Bears until now! Must check them out because I know everyone would love it!!!
Danielle · August 19, 2014 at 10:04 am
My kids would definitely love this! They create their own little dance parties in the house all the time – so much fun!
Elizabeth Towns · August 19, 2014 at 2:11 pm
I like any music that is fun for kids and Mommy’s alike. I’m not one who is stuck to one genre or another. I’m sure my little ones would enjoy this one.