Our family loves music. Our computer iTunes plays in the background at home throughout the day. Both of our kids and Dad strum the guitar almost daily. And no car trip is begun without our iPod at the ready.
Music in the car helps the time go by happily. Music on the iPod means no commercials, no fading stations, and no repeats. We love rockin’ out.
Even though everyone in the family appreciates a wide variety of music, we all have our favorites. Our iPod contains a play list for Plum and Bluey, as well as organized lists for us adult folk.
We usually default to a random mix and just let the music play. But it doesn’t take long for someone to shout out a desire for a specific play list or song. It is a great thing to be able to lift a grumpy kiddo’s mood simply by blasting “Party in the USA,” and breaking out our own unique family choreography! Or should that be Car-eography? ;p
We sometimes use the Ipod’s capacity to make a custom list for a day while we’re on-the-go. We start the trip going through the car’s passengers, asking each person to name a song for the list. Adults can help young ones remember their favorites. When we feel we have enough selections, we let the new song list play on random. Everyone gets to hear her/his favorites and perhaps finds a new favorite from someone else’s choice.