DO play with your food!

Using music from Gunnar Madsen and his new album 'I Am Your Food' - release date June 15th 2018 - Mop Mop Music (ASCAP)

I have had SO much fun with this post! I was passed a pre-release copy of Gunnar Madsen's new album a couple of weeks ago and loved the unique and quirky vibe. The lyrics are awesome! I have to say that I've never heard an album for kids that is quite like this. Of course I would HAVE to do something with this music! The songs are all very catchy and memorable and it was tough to decide which one to go with since they are all so fun. There's a song about food that's so fast it runs off to the other side of town; a song about worms and why they are the dietary supplement we should all be considering (!) ; but it was the song 'I am your food' which I finally went with. I loved this song in particular because it teaches kids that what you eat is what you are. If the food you eat isn't good enough then you won't be. This was a great topic for me since I have a 3 year old and a 5 year old and they are at that age where they would gladly eat ice cream for dinner every night!

Fun with felt!

Since the theme was 'you are what you eat' I made a load of felt foods and gave them to my kids to see how many people and face combinations they could come up with. Ok, to be honest, I think I actually played with it most! It was such fun! I'll post over in the craft section what I made and how but, for now, here are some of our creations below:

Teach about healthy eating

The lyrics in this song are just great:

If I’m missing something, you’re missing something. If you are full of it, you’re full of me. If I’m asparagus, you’re asparagus, we are asparagus. If I’ve gone bad, what about you? If I’m okay, You’re okay...

The lyrics are easy for kids to understand and spell out the importance of making good food choices.

About Gunnar Madsen

Gunnar Madsen is a Grammy-nominated artist who was an early voice in the indie-children's music scene, was a founding member of the band, 'The Bobs, and has composer and producer credits across the music scene including for a number of popular TV shows and movies.

Guests on the new album include Frances England, Bill Harley and Justin Roberts. The album will be available on June 15. I will be GIVING away a FREE copy of the new album 'I Am Your Food' to one lucky winner so pop on over to my social media channels to have a chance to enter!

This spring and summer 2018, Madsen plans to serve up a series of five animated music videos from the songs on I Am Your Food,  some of which he crafted with his teenage son, who is an accomplished EDM and hip-hop producer.  His YouTube channel features a newly hatched “Tiny Desk” version of “City of Sardines “ along with an animated music video for “10,000 Pancakes.” Bonus tracks will also be coming this year.

For more on Gunnar Madsen, you can take a look at his website or follow him on Facebook.

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