Free Music Downloads for Kids

All children love music. And while building a child's music collection can be as costly as building your own, there are several web sites that offer a large selection of free music downloads for kids. The songs on these sites are available for personal use and can be downloaded to personal MP3 players or burned onto CDs. There are no hidden costs or strings attached.

Three of the best sites for free music downloads for children are Free Kid's Music which features contemporary children's music, Kid's Music Web which features traditional children's music, and Mama Lisa's World, which features international children's music. Free Kid's Music, Kid's Music Web, and Mama Lisa's World each offer free downloads of children's music that are free, legal, and safe.

Free Kid's Music has downloads of contemporary children's music from new artists albums. A unique combination of traditional songs, silly songs, educational songs, and spiritual songs are available for no cost. The downloads are offered for free by the artists as a form of advertisement for their albums and the site encourages users to purchase CDs or tracks from favorite artists. Some of the featured artists of freekidsmusic.com include Jam Toast, a punk band for kids, Ronnie Caldwell, a children's Christian music artist, and Cool School with Ms. Maria, who makes learning fun by setting educational concepts to music. The website for Free Kid's Music is freekidsmusic.com

Kid's Music Web has a page of free MP3 downloads for traditional children's music. Almost 50 children's favorites from the Alphabet Song to Yankee Doodle are included. The site says that it is also planning on adding lyrics and guitar chords for each song in addition to more free music. Each song on this site is sung by professional singer Noelle Shearer with acoustic guitar accompaniment by professional guitarist John Morgan. The website for Kid's Music Web is kidsmusicweb.com

Mama Lisa's World: Children's Songs and Nursery Rhymes features traditional music from around the world. Click on the continent and country you want to explore music from and the lyrics of traditional songs are available in both their native language and with English Translations. Many of the songs also include Midi or MP3 files that can be downloaded for free. Mama Lisa's Website is mamalisa.com/world/

Note: As with most other free music downloads, these songs are available for personal enjoyment only. For any other uses, such as including a song on a personal website or on a CD for resale, express permission must be granted.