So many of these 16 songs happened just as their respective titles suggest. For instance, While suggesting or trying to convince our children that it was time to take a bath or shower --Now--, it became the title of fun and playfulness to entice them to --Let's Go TAke a Bath Now . . . --. The same with brushing teeth --Every Morning, Every Night--.

So many of these songs originated spontaneously on the spot and spur of the moment and then evolved over time and with repetition into the words and phrasing they are today. Many times one child or another would begin to sing and...