Deniseibase Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Trying to put together an 'educational' music playlist for my 11 year old, who is too old for most 'kid's' music like Raffi and Laurie Berkner. We got this idea because she's trying to memorize Tom Lehrer's 'The Elements' and Jonathan Coulton's 'The Presidents'. Here's what I have so far - The Elements / New Math - Tom Lehrer The Presidents / That Spells DNA / Mandelbrot Set - Jonathan Coulton (there's a little language here, but that's not a problem for us) Wakko's World / America / Universe - Animaniacs (this is about as far as she's willing to go into 'kid's music') James K Polk / Meet James Ensor - They Might be Giants Any other suggestions? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Well, I really like all of the Beethoven's Wig stuff, and I am (supposedly) an adult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 They Might Be Giants has a whole CD of songs about science. Some of 'em are pretty meh, but my kids enjoy the CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWOB Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 They Might Be Giants has a whole CD of songs about science. Some of 'em are pretty meh, but my kids enjoy the CD. :iagree: My kids love They Might Be Giants, especially their science CD. Now, some of their songs are definitely aimed at an older audience, but they do have a few "educational" songs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasharowan Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 The history teachers have taken songs and reworded them as history songs on youtube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 How about We Didn't Start the Fire? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter's Moon Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Well, I really like all of the Beethoven's Wig stuff, and I am (supposedly) an adult. I listen to them all the time!! Moonlight Sonata AKA "Beep Beep Beep" makes me :lol: all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 (edited) Has he heard of the Vlog Brothers . . . John and Hank Green? Nerdfighters!!! One of them wrote a best selling young adult book and they are currently on tour promoting it. ANYway, the other one writes music and they have a YouTube channel. I'll get you started with the quark song. Edited February 8, 2012 by KungFuPanda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Pinky and the Brain - the brain Monty Python - galaxy song (if you're ok with that) Definitely lots more They Might be Giants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bug's Mom Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 We like watching/listening to the "History for Music Lovers" videos on youtube. Some are better than others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenNC Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 My daughter loves the historyteachers and we have all really enjoyed Tony Garone's concept album of the Epic of Gilgamesh http://www.garone.net/tony/gilgamesh.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Horrible Histories: http://www.youtube.com/user/horriblehistoriesBBC Not all songs, but there are some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 My daughter also memorized Tom Lehrer's The Elements at the same age. He has some great (albeit quite risque) songs. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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