The Baby Record

The Baby Record is to help parents and caregivers interact with a baby, giving them their first best step and a great start in life! From birth, you will be hugging, talking, bouncing, playing, smiling, and laughing with your baby. The album includes everything from bouncy rhymes to lullabies. The instructions are clear, and the songs are sung simply, without accompaniment. Put the recording on, the baby on your knee, and off you go!

Research shows that singing and playing rhythmic games with your baby develops language and listening skills, concentration, self confidence and discipline, and an emotional sense of well-being. In fact, there is likely no other natural activity that will benefit your baby’s physical, intellectual, and emotional growth more than the kind of activities and songs on this recording. From the moment of birth, every child enjoys music and rhythm, listening, moving, being sung to, and vocalizing back. The Baby Record is the natural way to boost your baby’s brain development.

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Track Listing

BOUNCING RHYMES

1. Ride Baby Ride
 2. Mother, Father and Uncle John
 3. To Market To Market
 4. This Is the Way the Ladies Ride
 5. Baby A Go Go
 6. Tommy O’Flynn
 7. Rickety, Rickety Rocking Horse
 8. Captain Go Side Track Your Train

FINGER AND TOE PLAY

9. This Little Pig Goes to Market
 10. Round & Round the Garden
 11. These Are Baby’s Fingers
 12. Slowly, Slowly
 13. Let’s Go to the Woods
 14. Come A Look A See
 15. There Was a Little Man
 16. Shoe the Old Horse
 17. This Little Pig Had a Rub A Dub Dub
 18. This Little Baby

ACTION RHYMES

19. Riding on My Pony
 20. Pop Goes the Weasel
 21. Humpty Dumpty
 22. 1, 2, 3 Baby’s on My Knee
 23. One is a Giant
 24. Clap Your Hands Little Sally
 25. Ring a Round the Rosie
 26. Row, Row, Row Your Boat

INSTRUMENT PLAY

27. Listen to My Drum
 28. Baa, Baa Black Sheep
 29. Hey Diddle Diddle
 30. Shakers Away
 31. Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross
 32. I Can Play My Drum
 33. Fee Fie Foe Fum
 34. Jack Be Nimble
 35. 1, 2, Buckle My Shoe
 36. 1, 2, 3, 4 Jingle at the Cottage Door
 37. Bell Horses

SONGS

38. Head and Shoulders
 39. As I Was Walking to Town One Day
 40. Let’s Tap Our Legs Together
 41. Rain Is Falling Down – Splash!

LULLABIES

42. Baa, Baa Black Sheep
 43. Starlight, Starbright
 44. Sleep My Babe
 45. What’ll I Do With My Baby-O?

A Word From Bob

In the 70s, shortly after I became the music teacher on Sesame Street, I decided that I’d like to record a few songs for children. At the time, I was performing live family concerts with symphony orchestras in North America. A number of orchestral musicians in Canada told me about a record producer in Toronto by the name of Bill Usher who had produced several quality recordings for young children. I called Bill and he said that he and Katharine Smithrim were in the process of recording 2 LPs for babies and toddlers. They asked if I would like to be a part of the project. Having taught music classes for parents with babies and toddlers in Toronto, Katharine took the lead in choosing the material. We hit it off right from the start and had great fun with the project. Together, we recorded The Baby Record and Songs & Games for Toddlers. Both recordings have sold many thousands of copies over the years.