Music is an important factor in the life of every person, starting with little kids that are in the first years of their life. Giving them access to music is a must. You can do this no matter how small the kid is- he will enjoy it for sure. Also, information’s transmitted thru music and lyrics are easier to be understood by a kid than from a story. Also you will want your kid to develop an ear for music from the moment he is very little.
Buying a CD might be very expensive and also might not give access to exactly what you need. Is unlikely that you will find on a CD exactly the songs you are looking for. In fact in many countries it is very hard to even find CD’s with children songs, no matter if they are in maternal language or in English. Also cartoon TV channels don’t really insist on giving kid’s songs, but only cartoons. The only songs that you will hear there are those from the cartoon that is on TV in that moment. Then in this case the best option for you is the Internet. Here you will find for sure any song you are looking for.
There are websites that have very big collections of songs for kids. Some have the songs divided on several categories. For example you can find websites with specific categories for “Christmas songs”, “Animal’s songs”, “Food Songs”, “ABC songs for toddlers” and much more. Other websites just have a big collection with songs that can be easily accessed from 1 click. Without doubt, on YouTube you will find any kid song you want, and in any language you want. The only problem is that you must know what are you looking for, because opposed to websites dedicated exclusively to kid’s, on YouTube you won’t be really able in browsing thru categories.
On many websites you will not only have the possibility of listening the song directly from your browser, but also you will be able to save it on your computer and make CD’s with your preferred songs. This is a very good option for nurseries two, because the teachers can make personalized CD’s with exactly what they want. Again here YouTube isn’t the best option because you can’t directly download from it, even if there are 3′rd party software’s out there especially for this things.
You can use the audio files on the Internet for very important things like teaching your kid how to spell correctly. You can access audio files with free phonics resources.
Finally, I suggest you accessing online storytime website. It’s a great website with free kid’s books and a great blog where you can find more information’s about this topic and many more.