Paseo y Pista

Music for kids: songs to sing as a family

A list of songs for singing, dancing and hand games as a family: at home, in the car or on the way to an adventure. They are grouped by language and artist, with a link wherever the artist has a video.

In Spanish

  • Canticuénticos

    A band from Santa Fe, Argentina, formed in 2007, mixing Latin American folk rhythms such as chacarera, cumbia and chamamé.

    • El pulpo cocinero
    • Monstruo de la laguna
    • Lorito Teté
    • Acá ta ca ta
    • Luna lunera y Sal solecito
    • El coquí
    • Quién te enseñó pececito
    • De colores

  • Pequeño Pez

    An Argentine duo, Cecilia Peredo and Iván Fonrouge, making songs and hand games for young children.

  • Magdalena Fleitas

    An Argentine musician, teacher and writer specialising in music for children.

    • Agua
    • Tope tope tum
    • Mix de las manos
    • Un cocodrilo
    • El sin de los bigotes
    • Danzar con mi bebé

  • Marta Gómez

    A Colombian singer-songwriter.

    • Barquito chiquitito
    • Cucú cantaba la rana

  • Mariana Baggio

    A musician and flautist who teaches music to young children; she wrote «Luna lanar» with the writer Silvia Schujer.

    • Luna lanar
    • Ronda

  • Dúo Karma

    A Cuban duo founded in 1999, singing for both adults and children.

  • Cantoalegre

    A children's music company from Medellín, Colombia, nominated for a Latin Grammy.

  • Agua de Sol

  • Vuelta Canela

  • Ajó

  • Nilocos

  • Dos Cocos

  • Ruidos y Ruiditos

    • Con mi martillo
    • En un vagón
    • Munduna
    • Salta el pececito

  • Pez al Revés

    • Araña en mi cabeza
    • Bichito de luz

  • Ceci Raspo

    • Lalala

  • Piú Música Viajera

    • Nariz de colibrí

  • Martín Kieffer

    • Si es lo que es

  • Pim Pau

    • Toca el tambor

In Portuguese

  • Pim Pau

    A traditional Brazilian song.

    • Samba lelê

Ideas for singing on a walk

  • Pick one song for the way there and another for the way back.
  • Swap one word of the lyrics for something you can see on the street.
  • Hand-clapping games like «Pez tiburón» or «Al salir de la cueva» are perfect while you wait.

Want a plan to sing along the way? Our clue adventures around Madrid are walks of an hour or so, just right for a song.