November 15th, 2008 kyleroth Posted in Lifestyle, kids, parenting 1 Comment »

Rock-n-Tot at MOCA

Next Sunday, November 23, is another installment of Rock-n-Tot. This one will be held at MOCA, mixing in Arts and Culture. The kids are excited to go back. We attended one of the events last Spring and had a great time.

At a Rock-n-Tot event, you will find a dance floor, kid-friendly music, art exhibits and coordinating educational activities, crafts, products that encourage learning and safety. We also provide spa services for parents/adults (because caregivers need to know that they are appreciated) as well as storytelling, facepainting, and more.

Naomi was very generous and provided a discount for Kade’s Preschool. Hopefully we can pack the house and the kids can rock it out with all of their friends.

I think the difficult part about throwing a Rock-n-tot event would be finding kid-friendly adult music. You know, good dance beats, clean lyrics. One parents’s clean lyrics are another parents devil music. I tried to offer up some suggestions for some tracks:

Mike Doughty – I Just Want The Girl In The Blue Dress To Keep On Dancing
Mike Doughty – 27 Jennifers
Black Kids – I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You
MGMT – Electric Feel
Paolo Nutini – New Shoes
Peter Bjorn and John – Young Folks
Port O’Brien – I woke up today
The Ting Tings – Great DJ.

I also thought some kids songs that are parent friendly could be good.
Peter Himmelman – My Green Kite
anything from They Might Be Giants
JJ Grey and Mofro – Orange Blossoms

I am personally pretty excited about next weekend’s event and the kids are already practicing their moves. Hopefully they don’t get stage fright and can show their moves to all of their friends. See you at the show! Get your tickets online!