My Week with Sprout Music: The Sunny Side Up Show

 

Madeline Fretz - Music has played an important part of The Sunny Side Up Show since its launch.

Back then, Sprout had a section of its website and Games and Videos app as well as a TV segment called Sprout Tunes (more on that hopefully). Some of the music videos there have been from Sunny - such as "We Try, We Don't Cry," "Where is Chica?," and "So Many Numbers in the Ocean." I remember the songs distinctively.

Watching TV shows is a great introduction to music for preschoolers, and The Sunny Side Up Show was no exception - music was everywhere. Famous musicians often appear on kids shows, and there have been times where musicians visited Chica and the gang - Elizabeth Balzano of Bounce, Dan Zanes (formerly of the Del Fuegos) and Sonia de los Santos, Elizabeth Mitchell, Lisa Loeb, Justin Roberts, Laurie Berkner, The Wiggles, the Dream Jam Band, the Pop Ups, the Okee Dokee Brothers, Lucky Diaz, Walter Martin of the Walkmen, Jake Shimabukuro, Timothy Bloom, Megan Nicole, The American Authors, OK Go, Boyz II Men, Faith Evans, Mel B (Scary Spice of the Spice Girls), Postmodern Jukebox, Pentatonix, LeAnn Rimes, Jennifer Nettles, Justin Timberlake, Jordan Smith, Demi Lovato, Maren Morris, Jack Black, Steve from Blue's Clues, the Joyous String Ensemble, America's Sweethearts, Manhattan Dolls, Christopher Jackson, Ruth B, Harry Connick Jr. All musicians have appeared on The Sunny Side Up Show or its later incarnation as Sunny Side Up. 

Music was used on The Sunny Side Up Show almost every day, making it a great introduction to music for a lot of kids, including myself. Once children heard the theme song, they knew a musical world was waiting for them.