Active Babies Smart Kids – The Music

Love the music you hear at on our Active Babies Smart Kids onlne series? We do too!

The beautiful baby songs have been composed by Candylion and Tessarose Music Productions.

CLICK HERE For ACCESS TO CANDYLION MUSIC

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Song Lists and Lyrics

See below for the full list of ABSK songs and artists.

Click here to add Candylion songs to your playlists (Spotify, Deezer or YouTube)

Click here for Candylion song list (Pdf) 

Click here for the Candylion lyrics from the Active Babies Smart Kids Series (Pdf)

Candylion Music

Wendy Van Kesteren and Christophe Magnan

Wendy and Christophe were an Australian/French team in work and life. Being parents, professional musicians and having friends in the GymbaROO team, the Active Babies Smart Kids TV series provided a great opportunity for them to turn their hand to children’s music, with fabulous results!! And so began Candylion.

Wendy: “It has been very interesting to rewrite and ‘play’ with these songs that hold such treasured memories for me. We hope you enjoy Candylion’s refreshed versions of these great songs and nursery rhymes and that they help to create some loving and lasting memories for you and your children too”.

Wendy and Christophe performed, composed and wrote songs together for over 20 years. Tragically, at the age of 48 and not long after completing the Candylion album, Wendy died from cancer. Christophe and their musical son, Alexandre remain in France. Christophe continues to perform regularly in Europe. When he is not entertaining, he composes and records music; producing albums for various projects, writing sound tracks for films, web sites and advertisements.

Tessarose Productions

Kiwis, Tessa Grigg and Brian Ringrose, formed Tessarose Productions in 1999. The music, (all 700 songs), has been created with young children’s developmental needs and the latest findings in early education in mind. The songs are simple and slow enough for young children to understand and then respond to, and the words repetitive and clear so children can sing along.

Tessa Grigg (B.Ed, Dip Tch (Primary) Dip Tch (ECE): Tessa has a wide range of experience within the Early Childhood Education field. She has taught in a Primary School, supervised a Pre-school with specialist work in the sensory motor area, worked as a Child and Family Therapist, taught Nanny students and has owned and operated a GymbaROO centre for 9 years. Tessa’s experience in teaching pre-school children spans 30+ years but the strength in her experience is that is has been in a variety of settings.

Brian Ringrose – Entertainer: Brian had over thirty years’ experience in the music business, both in the recording field and as a performing artist. He performed both nationally and internationally and was part of the original Invaders Band that played with Ray Columbus. Brian worked for television (a fifteen year involvement) and played to live audiences on a regular basis while also working in his recording studio during the day. Music produced by Brian has been sold internationally with feedback that recognises his versatility and creative abilities. Sadly, Brian recently passed away.

We would also love to acknowledge and thank dearly, the following artists who contributed a beautiful song each to our series:

Wendy Fine Music

Song: Little Pig Jazz (Episode 3)
From CD Sing to Me, I’m Yours by Judy Irwig
Wendy Fine and Judy Irwig:  www.wendyfinemusic.com

Hal Palmer

Song: Oh What a Miracle (Episode 4)
For more information and to purchase this song contact: Hap Palmer
Hap-Pal Music: www.happalmer.com