Little Wild Music
by Claudia Robin GUnn
Claudia Robin Gunn brings the starry eyed wonder to kids music time with warm, indie-folk melodies and harmonies that capture the golden essence of childhood. Her kids songs are loved and trusted by smart parents and bright eyed kids alike, like a warm hug in sound that sets imaginations free. She released her kindie music catalogue through her own indie label Little Wild Music and also collaborates on beautiful alternative dance music for grown ups with her band Substax.
Episodes
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The Mountain Song
Suzy Cato and Claudia Robin Gunn take children on an imaginary journey into the mountains to stretch their legs, breathe deep and tune into their senses and the sounds of the world around them.
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The Mountain Song Singalong
The Mountain Song Singalong by Claudia Robin GUnn
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Leaf Skeletons
Leaf Skeletons by Claudia Robin GUnn
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Little NZ Birds
Don't forget to look up! Where are all the little songbirds? Little NZ Birds is an NZ take on the classic traditional circle song 'Little Bird' featuring 5 small NZ manu (birds) - Toutouwai (NZ Robin), Miromiro (Tomtit), Kakaruia (Black Robin), Pōpokatea (Whitehead) and Mōhua (Yellowhead). In New...
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Tara Iti - Fairies At The Beach
Celebrate Aotearoa New Zealand's critically endangered Tara Iti - NZ Fairy Tern with this song for kids sharing ways we can all help to protect and care for them on our northern beaches.
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Claudia Robin Gunn - Tara Iti - Fairies At The Beach (Sing A Long)
Claudia Robin Gunn - Tara Iti - Fairies At The Beach (Sing A Long) by Claudia Robin GUnn
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The Big Picture (Marshmellow Dance Remix)
The Big Picture (Marshmellow Dance Remix) by Claudia Robin GUnn
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Friendly Monsters (Happy Halloween)
Friendly Monsters (Happy Halloween) by Claudia Robin GUnn
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Spooktacular!
Spooktacular! by Claudia Robin GUnn
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Parallel Universe - Tom Fox Dream Pop Remix
Parallel Universe - Tom Fox Dream Pop Remix by Claudia Robin GUnn
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Everywhere Stars (Nga Purapura Whetu)
Everywhere Stars (Nga Purapura Whetu) by Claudia Robin GUnn
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Blue And Green
Blue And Green by Claudia Robin GUnn
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Dandelion Clock
Dandelion Clock by Claudia Robin GUnn
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Love You More
Love You More by Claudia Robin GUnn
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Lullaby Time
Lullaby Time by Claudia Robin GUnn
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How Many Sleeps
How Many Sleeps by Claudia Robin GUnn
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Home Sweet Home
Home Sweet Home by Claudia Robin GUnn
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Good Night Moon
Good Night Moon by Claudia Robin GUnn
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Wrap Me Up
Wrap Me Up by Claudia Robin GUnn
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Ship That Sails
Ship That Sails by Claudia Robin GUnn
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One More Story
One More Story by Claudia Robin GUnn
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Stars Dreaming Of Stars - The Response Matariki Remix
Stars Dreaming Of Stars - The Response Matariki Remix by Claudia Robin GUnn
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Apple Tree
The humble apple; it features in folklore, myth, nursery rhymes and fairy tales. From simple good luck token to magical golden agent of change and preserver of immortality, apples and the trees that bear them take us back in time in story and song. This apple tree song counts through the leaves...
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I Love The Rain
What’s not to love about the rain? Add a good raincoat, a sturdy brolly, decent gumboots and no puddle is too large. There are just some kinds of rainfall that simply invite us to step out and revel in the water that falls from the sky. There is even a name for the lovely smell of rain on very…
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Every Day Is A Dance
This is a wake up and say hello to the day kind of song about life and hope and taking chances - a little musical potion that can be sung out loud in the middle of the kitchen at breakfast time, or played loud on cloudy days to help remind us all of the potential for goodness in every moment....
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Walking Through The Seasons
Seasons are created by the movement and turning of our planet through space as it rotates on its axis, and orbits the sun. If we could take a stroll through the seasons, how would that feel, smell, sound and taste like? Celebrating the senses through the different seasons of the year, this song…
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Kids In Autumn (Acapella)
When we sing in choirs or small groups we get the sensation of being immersed in sound in all directions, and the resonance of voices harmonising above or below our own part is warm and enveloping and empowering. Here is a song that is well suited for simple parts singing in families, classrooms...
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The Acorns Roll
Trading, collecting, storing, weighing, hiding, scattering, planting – it’s the acorn economy of the schoolyard. Our son brought his treasured acorn collection home from school one year, dropping them all along the path, the street and the muddy, not yet re-concreted driveway at our place.…
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Dear Umbrella
The name umbrella comes from the Italian for ‘umbra’ (shadow). Adding ‘elle’ to the end makes it literally mean ‘little shadow’, which is sort of what it does to protect us isn’t it? The first umbrellas sheltered humans from the sun, not the rain and were known as far back as Ancient Egypt, over...
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Winter Snow
There’s something mystical and magical about snow days, and there are so many different types and forms of snow. Did you know that snow is mostly air surrounded by a little frozen water? A snowflake forms when water vapour in the upper atmosphere freezes directly into ice in a crystalline hexagon...
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Clouds
Cloud watching, sky gazing - even astronauts do it! Nephophilia is the dictionary term for someone who loves clouds. We can all be members of the cloud appreciation society - all we need to do is keep our head in the clouds. I think my favourite clouds are those pink candy floss clouds that light...
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Pom Poms
This is a wintertime counting song. It’s super fun to learn how to make pom poms - they’re really easy with a little practise and the right materials. These days there are pom poms everywhere - dangling off backpacks, bobbing from pencil tops and adorning scarfs, jackets and keychains and more.…
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Hello Neighbourhood
A simple hello is a powerful thing! This is a seasons song about the things that it’s fun to go outside and do in our neighbourhoods and communities throughout the year. Isn’t it so interesting how small humans have much less social reticence than adults? We will often hear a friendly and...
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Spring Song
The bright blooms and birdsong of spring are an easy way for small children to tune into the seasons, and understand the passing of time on a yearly scale. What song heralds spring where you live? It’s the song of the Tui that congregate and squabble in the flowering trees and flax for us. They...
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Save The Daisies (Garden Song)
This song started with the watery and puddly days playing games in the garden when our son was very small. He just loved to water the plants - and everything else too! I would try and do odd jobs like pruning the small hedge in our front garden, or weeding the herb patch. I started imagining a...
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Listen To The Leaves - Whakarongo Ki Ngā Rau
This is a memory song, to help us listen and remember the Māori names for a forest full of NZ plants and trees. My friend Lucy Hiku who lives in Christchurch joins me on this song both on writing and vocals - both our families love to go walking in the ngahere (the bush). When we get to know the...
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Summertime And Sunshine
Beach life! Summertime is such a fun time for chasing the sunshine, and also seeking a spot in the shade too. The joy and impatience of preparing for a day at the beach is infused through this song, with a little bit of a reminder of what we need to do, and wear and notice to stay safe. Our…
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Camping Holiday
Camping holidays are so much fun. Bucket baths, driftwood forts, hammocks in trees, kayaking, stargazing, toasting marshmallows, homemade bread on the fire – all the memorable stuff that goes along with a week in the woods, by the coast or at the lake. I nearly called this song ‘Yes Moments’ for...
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Happy Place
Whether we prefer the beach, the mountains, the forest, the park or our garden at home - nature is the ultimate happy place, and time spent in green and in blue spaces is shown to reduce stress and enhance our mental health and resilience. Whether it’s the blue skies and sunshine of summer, or…
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Lucky Rainbow
Where do rainbows come from? And where do they go? The science of light spectrums is so fascinating - and so is hearing little kids theories of what creates rainbows. Their imaginations are endless... So this is a slightly silly song about a lost and found rainbow in the hope that it may bring…
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The Weather Report
A song about resilience for all the budding meteorologists and climate scientists. In New Zealand we are surrounded by ocean, so change is the one thing we’re certain of when it comes to the weather. In our climate, kids often need both a raincoat and sunhat on the same day. This song marvels at...
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Heart Beats
The system of our bodies is a bit like an orchestra being kept in time by some divine inner rhythm. When we tune into the pattern made by our beating hearts, our breaths, our footsteps and the purposeful music we can make with our hands as we clap in time, we are better able to appreciate the...
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Treehouse
“Where do we go in our imaginations? In a treehouse, we can be anywhere at all. Our family spent more than a year house hunting for our family home, many years ago now. Our 2 year old son would get very grumpy with all the trudging through open homes, and by the time we found it and moved in baby...
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The Wind
We can’t see the wind, only how it ruffles the world as it passes by - and it’s always been a favourite subject of poets and songwriters, and the stuff of legend around the world. This wind song tumbled into my head one day after a particularly gusty morning breeze had blown over all the dustbins...
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Kind Words
Words have weight, and power and even somewhat magical abilities. When we use the kind ones, the helpful words, the honest and supporting phrases, we can build ourselves and others up. Words can also hurt us, and stay in our head long after the speaker has forgotten them. This song uses gentle...
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The Skybirds
Where did this song come from? Well, we had a DIY bird mobile that came with all the cut out wooden bird shapes, and a cross hanger and coloured embroidery thread to connect it all up. The idea was to paint and decorate each bird yourself. Little miss 4 years old had a story in her head for how...
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Grandfather Tree
For all of us who have ever wished an old tree could tell us their story; the vast, wide girthed, towering, reaching, encompassing, dizzying ones that we might just be lucky enough to encounter at the corner of our street, in the park or reserve, on a hillside by the sea, or deep in the bush…
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Kids In Autumn (Acoustic)
Kids In Autumn (Acoustic) by Claudia Robin GUnn
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Little Robin
A song for the NZ Robin / Toutouwai featuring Melissa Rose Gunn on flute. LYRICS Robin little robin little robin little robin fly Robin little robin little robin little robin fly Hop up on a branch as the rats run by We will set a trap so that they’ll not find your nest little robin little robin...
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Like An Astronaut
Discover the stars from the safety of Planet Earth. Little Wild Universe is an out of this world album to inspire families who love to dream big. Family music for beautiful minds, this is a musical journey that takes curious listeners on a joyful and uplifting rocket ride through the solar…
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About this show
Claudia Robin Gunn brings the starry eyed wonder to kids music time with warm, indie-folk melodies and harmonies that capture the golden essence of childhood. Her kids songs are loved and trusted by smart parents and bright eyed kids alike, like a warm hug in sound that sets imaginations free. She released her kindie music catalogue through her own indie label Little Wild Music and also collaborates on beautiful alternative dance music for grown ups with her band Substax.
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