"Toy Symphony" - Leopold Mozart

Artist: Toronto Chamber Orchestra

Song: "Toy Symphony" (Leopold Mozart)​

Album: Listen to the Birds: An Introduction to Classical Music​

Description:​ I hesitate to call this video animated, as it's pretty much just moving the camera around the illustrations from The Secret Mountain's latest book/CD set.  But the illustrations are pretty, and I think kids'll get a kick out of listening to a handful of instruments that do not sound like your typical orchestral instruments.  (The "Toy Symphony" is not just a cute appellation.)

Source: Vimeo​

"The Funky Lumberjack - Martykins & Friends

Artist: Martykins & Friends

Song:​ "The Funky Lumberjack"

Album:​ Martykins and Friends

Description:​ Nicely animated video for a fun(ky) song.  Yes, I would post this solely for the "axe" pun.  Animation by Nana Boachie.

Source: YouTube​

"High 5 Your Shadow" - Ratboy Jr.

Artist: Ratboy Jr.​

Song: "High 5 Your Shadow"​

Album: Champions of the Universe​

Description: That is one danceable shadow.  A fun video for my favorite song off Ratboy Jr.'s latest album.​  (But those woo-hoos?  Too high for my voice, at least at loud sing-along volumes.  I think Little Boy Blue has a much easier time of it.)

Source: YouTube

"Gravity" - Rocknoceros

Artist: Rocknoceros​

Song: "Gravity"​

Album: Dark Side of the Moon Bounce

Desription: Going way back in the kindie time machine for this one, off Rockno's fine second album.​ Not sure what the spinning (and singing) fork is all about, but I like it anyway.

Source: YouTube​

"Camping Paper Story" - Angie Engelbart (PLAY music)

Artist: Angie Engelbart (PLAY music)

Song: "Camping Paper Story"​

Album: N/A

Description:​ It's a craft, it's a song, it's a video.  Though nicely sung by Angie Engelbart, I don't expect the video itself to capture a child's attention for repeated views.  Done live, however, I can imagine the origami story song by Anne Kelly-Saxenmeyer would be fun for a storytime.

Source: Vimeo​

"Hangin' Around" - Debbie and Friends

Artist: Debbie and Friends

Song: "Hangin' Around"​

​Album: Story Songs & Sing Alongs

Description: This is one of the most singularly educational songs in recent kids music and while the video (pre-Debbie's association with Planet Sunday) ​isn't super, it's an effective match for the lyrics.

Source: Vimeo

"Rocketbox" - Umigo (feat. Bootsy Collins)

Artist: Umigo (feat. Bootsy Collins​)

Song: "Rocketbox"​

Album: N/A

Description:​ Once you get past the beginning of this cartoon, which explains why Bootsy Collins would be singing about telling time (Umigo -- the concept, not the character -- is actually funded by a government grant designed to teach kids 2 through 8 mathematic principles), you get to a funky song featuring Bootsy Collins singing about telling time.

Source: Vimeo​

"Banana on the Head!" - The Flannery Brothers

Artist:​ The Flannery Brothers

Song:​ "Banana on the Head!"

Album:​ N/A

Description: I like the song -- it's very simple, minimal almost.  But it's the video, in which a few dozen urban residents are willing to have themselves be filmed with bananas on their head, that makes this a low-key delight.​

Source: YouTube