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    Memorable Children’s Music For Cartime & Bedtime

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    Memorable Children's Music For Car Trips & Bedtime. A beautiful young mother rocking her newborn baby.

    When our children were born, I somehow realized how powerful music could be since it was so meaningful to me.

    It was my desire to hide the Word of God in their hearts from the youngest years, so I went on a quest to find excellent sources.

     

    It was very difficult to find what I envisioned. I wanted it to be memorable and to stick with them. It had to be wholesome, encouraging, scripturally-based, and melodic (not raucous or clamorous) to lend a sense of peace and calm to our time.

    We often played a combination of the great and ancient hymns, bluegrass (fiddle), folk ballads, Irish and Scottish pieces, the classics (from Bach and Mozart to Handel to Tchaikovsky and Respighi), and the great overtures.

    Mostly, though, I wanted the children’s lullaby music to have words from scripture, and I wanted to sing it to them – for years – so they would never forget it.

    The perfect times to do that were bedtime in the rocker and on car trips. Here is a partial list of lullaby and other children’s music resulting from that search.

    Memorable Children's Music. Jessie Willcox Smith painting of a mother singing to her infant looking out on a starry night sky.

     

    Memorable Music

    Steve Green’s Hide ‘Em In Your Heart I and Hide ‘Em In Your Heart II CDs, which we still love, was all Scripture but they also loved Judy Rogers. Her Go To the Ant: Proverbs For the Family CD is one that our children still remember. So, yes! We can hide the Word of God in their hearts from the young years and music is an excellent vehicle!

    I just played from the Go To the Ant CD for our 20-somethings after many years of not hearing it, and they crowded around and started to sing along. It brought back such happy memories of those long rides for groceries and music lessons.

    Engaging the hearts of young and older alike.

    We can use the time we have with our young ones wisely and give them the very best, the very words of Scripture.

    What we used from ages 7-13 specifically to teach the great old hymns is in this post: Learning Hymns: Teaching Children Effortless Theology

    Be choosy and choose the best! There is a lot of stuff out there from mediocre to horrible. The music we raise our children with will influence their tastes for life.

    We (the parents) listened to devaluing music in the 60s and 70s, and it took us places we would not want our children to go.  We learned the hard way.

    More That We Recommend 

    More music by Judy Rogers:
    Blessed: Songs for the Beatitudes
    Never Be Shaken

     

    Music That Is Easy To Sing Along To (and even memorize yourself) 

    *Favorites* We also love anything by Michael Card (for lullabies) (we give these a lot as baby shower gifts):

    • Sleep Sound In Jesus (both are 4.9 stars out of 5)
    • Come To the Cradle

    Tanya Goodman:

    • A Child’s Gift of Lullabies (4.9 stars out of 5, 340 reviews)

    Jay Stocker:

    • Hidden In My Heart: A Lullaby Journey Through Scripture (4.9 stars out of 5, 811 reviews)                          
    • Hidden In My Heart, Volume II (4.9 star, 280 reviews)                                                                                            
    • Hidden in My Heart, Volume III, A Lullaby Journey Through The Life Of Jesus

    *Favorites* Twila Paris: Bedtime Prayers: Lullabies & Peaceful Worship… simply exquisite music for young ones and Mama!

    Added: I just found out from a reader about Songs For Saplings.  ‘Questions With Answers’ contains a plethora of Scriptural truths about God and His creation. The songs teach who God is, what He did in creation, and why He did it. They also teach us who we are and how we should respond to Him. I wish we had these when ours were little, but am getting them for our grandchildren. You can listen to them ALL here. There is also Songs For Saplings ABC and 123. (4.5 and 5 star reviews)

    We also wanted our children to learn the wonderful old praise choruses that they would have in their heads and hearts for a lifetime.

    • Top 50 Hymns And Choruses, 2016
    •  Maranatha: The Praise Series 1-3
     

    But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple area, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they were indignant. “Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked him.”Yes,” replied Jesus, “have you never read,'”From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise’?” ~Matthew 21:15-16

    ~~~~~~~

    “Oh, Mothers of young children, I bow before you in reverence. Your work is most holy. You are fashioning the destinies of immortal souls. The powers folded up in the little ones that you hushed to sleep in your bosoms last night, are powers that shall exist forever. You are preparing them for their immortal destiny and influence. Be faithful. Take up your sacred burden reverently. Be sure that your life is sweet and clean.”  ~ J.R. Miller

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    1. Jedidja

      September 16, 2012 at 2:30 am

      Dank je wel/thank you for this wise lesson 🙂 I am glad I read is this morning. ( 9:30)

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    2. Wendy @ E1A

      September 16, 2012 at 1:50 pm

      “Oh, Mothers of young children, I bow before you in reverence. Your work is most holy. You are fashioning the destinies of immortal souls. The powers folded up in the little ones that you hushed to sleep in your bosoms last night, are powers that shall exist forever. You are preparing them for their immortal destiny and influence. Be faithful. Take up your sacred burden reverently. Be sure that your life is sweet and clean.” ~ J.R. Miller

      Love this quote and what a great post!

      Reply
    3. Charlotte Moore

      September 16, 2012 at 9:40 pm

      I totally agree. Good post!

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    4. Phyllis Sather

      September 16, 2012 at 10:58 pm

      We love Steve Green and Go to the Ant – thanks for the reminder. You are so right about the music. I too learned the hard way, but our children raised on “great” music couldn’t bear to listen to the terrible stuff.

      Blessings…

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      • Jacqueline

        September 17, 2012 at 11:10 am

        Phyllis,
        There will always be the drawing of the heart to things that don’t build up the soul and mind, but I so loved seeing them have soft hearts to things of God; they soon began to tell us, “Mom, that is NOT good music…it’s not even music at all!” 🙂

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    5. BUSY MOM IN AL

      September 17, 2012 at 1:51 pm

      We love Judy Rogers! Also if you go to CDBaby and search for Holly Dutton – she has the whole Westminister Shorter Catechism set to her own original guitar music! Even I learned the songs!

      Another favorite is http://www.scripture-lullabies.com! These are absolutely beautiful and not just for babies! We love them at night before bed and they would be great on Sunday mornings while getting ready for church! I tell everyone I can about them . . . and some of the proceeds go to crisis pregnancy centers. I think you will like them also.

      Maybe this will give a few other ideas! 🙂

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      • Jacqueline

        September 17, 2012 at 8:12 pm

        Hello, Busy Mom In AL:)
        Thank you so much for your contributions. I have not heard of Holly Dutton, but I’ll check her music out. We have loved Michael Card’s lullabys since we sang them in the nursery as we rocked all our little babies. Again, they know them by heart and will be singing them to their children someday. The two CD’s that we have are ‘Sleep Sound In Jesus’, and ‘Come To the Cradle’.

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    6. A.S.

      October 21, 2022 at 2:24 pm

      This is a great list! I loved listening to Steve Green. I still burst into song when I come across the Bible verse, to the amusement of my husband. I also grew up listening to Cedarmont kids hymns cd.

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      • Jacqueline

        October 24, 2022 at 10:43 pm

        A.S., I’m so glad you found this list helpful! I really miss those peaceful days, and would love to do them all over again!
        Blessings,
        Jacque

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