In My DaughterвЂ™s Eyes by Martina McBride.I See the Light by Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi.How You Live (Turn Up the Music) by Point of Grace.

Beautiful Boy by John Lennon (there is also a Celine Dion version).Suggestions for Special Songs to Dedicate to Your Child: So if you canвЂ™t find a song to dedicate to your child, write one yourself. ItвЂ™s not very beautiful and IвЂ™m tone deaf, so I donвЂ™t sing it well, but she absolutely loves it and thatвЂ™s all that counts. For our youngest daughter, I couldnвЂ™t find just the right song, so I invented one. If you canвЂ™t find a song with lyrics that you feel fit your child, write them a song. It can be based on who they are now or on what you hope they become or even as an encouragement or life motto that you wish to impart them with. The key to choosing a song to dedicate to your child is that it is personal. It creates an anchor for your child also even once they are grown and have moved out of your home.ДЄs an added bonus, when you have a special song for your child, you can also use it to make a memorable video montage using photos of your child growing up as a gift for their graduation, wedding day or milestone birthday. This parenting tool gives you another thing that is shared just between the two of you, which increases emotional intimacy. It helps them to feel cherished and loved. Even my teens get all mushy when their вЂњbaby songвЂќ comes on in the vehicle or when I sing their song to them.Д¬hoosing a special song to dedicate to your child is something I would really encourage you to do. They still sometimes ask me to sing their songs to them when they are sick or upset. Most of my kids are too big to be rocked now (all but one are taller than I am!), but they still love their вЂњbaby songsвЂќ. For our kids that we adopted at older ages, there wasnвЂ™t an opportunity to rock them to sleep with their song, but that hasnвЂ™t stopped me from rocking them and singing their special song to them. For some of them, it is a song that I would sing them when I rocked them to sleep when they were babies.

вЂњMommy, can you please sing me my baby song?вЂќ My kids call their special songs their вЂњbaby songвЂќ. I donвЂ™t recall how it started, but once I did it for one, I felt that I had to do it for the others. Choosing a song for each of my kids is something that IвЂ™ve done for as long as I can remember. They asked questions about it and were especially looking for song suggestions. Wire binding.When I wrote a list of connection activities for parents to do with their kids, a lot of my readers were fascinated by the idea of choosing a special song to dedicate to your child. Valerie Kosednar, Early Childhood Educator/MusicianД§0 pages. Practically EVERYTHING has a star! This is a great volume of work вЂ“ not just for music teachers, but for anyone who enjoys spending time with children.вЂќ вЂњAs I went through the вЂIвЂ™m Growing UpвЂ™ DVD, following along with the book, I kept track of my favorites by making a star next to titles in the table of contents. The book/CD/DVD formats allow you to learn by seeing and hearing, as well as having all the instructions and music transcription in the book itself. Mary Alice and Andy have drawn on their extensive experience in the classroom to assemble this collection: book/CD/DVD in one package, which includes fifty-four of their favorite movement activities for children in preschool, kindergarten and the early primary grades.

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