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There Was a Princess Long Ago : Storytelling Circle Game

August 5, 2013 By Sara Mullett 23 Comments

Musical Storytelling There Was a Princess Long Ago

There Was A Princess Long Ago is a wonderful storytelling circle game, which combines one or two well known fairy tales with actions and imaginative movement, and is best suited to children of 3 years and over. It’s full of fairytale romance and magic!  There Was A Princess Long Ago There was a Princess long ago, […]

Filed Under: 5+, Action songs, Circle Games, Creative Role Play, Imaginative Play, Literacy, Preschoolers Tagged With: Fairy Tales, Princess

A Tisket A Tasket : Summertime Circle Game

July 17, 2013 By Sara Mullett 4 Comments

A Tisket A Tasket

A Tisket a Tasket which is also known as I Sent A Letter To My Love –  is the perfect circle game to sing and play in the garden on a Summer’s day. This game is suited for ages 6yrs+ and can get quite competitive!  It could be played inside, but you do need enough […]

Filed Under: 5+, Circle Games, Musical Activities For..., Musical Movement, Preschoolers, Seasonal Activities, Summer Tagged With: Outside games, Party Games

Ring A Ring O’ Roses : Circle Games

July 9, 2013 By Sara Mullett 6 Comments

Ring A Ring O' Roses

Ring A Ring O’ Roses, is one of the first circle games that children will play together, it is so well known that everyone knows the words and what to do. Like most very old traditional nursery rhymes the original words to Ring A Ring O’ Roses have a historical relevance. In this case the […]

Filed Under: Circle Games, Introducing Do Re Mi, Musical Movement, Nursery Rhymes Tagged With: First Nursery Rhyme Series, Introducing Do-Re-Mi Series, So-Mi, Solfege, Tonic Sol-fah

Ride A Cock Horse To Banbury Cross

June 18, 2013 By Sara Mullett 4 Comments

This is the Way the Lady Rides

Ride A Cock Horse To Banbury Cross is a traditional English nursery rhyme just perfect for knee bobbing with babies and toddlers. It’s always a great favourite  whenever children are sitting on rocking toys or playing with a hobby-horse. The gentle rhythmic rocking of the song is an excellent way for children to feel the beat […]

Filed Under: 5+, Baby, Circle Games, Farm Songs, Knee Bobbing Songs, Musical Activities For..., Musical Movement, Nursery Rhymes, Preschoolers, Rhythm & Percussion Activities, Toddlers Tagged With: First Nursery Rhyme Series, Free Sheet Music, Horses

Here We Go Looby-Loo! : Action Songs

May 24, 2013 By Sara Mullett 5 Comments

Let's Play Music : Here We Go Looby Loo - Circle Game

Here We Go Looby-loo is a lovely circle game because it has simple movements that everyone does together as part of the dance. It is one of the easiest action songs and if your kids know the Hokey-Cokey then they’ll recognise some similarities. And because everyone does the same thing even very young children are happy […]

Filed Under: 5+, Action songs, Circle Games, Musical Movement, Nursery Rhymes, Preschoolers, Toddlers Tagged With: Dolly, First Nursery Rhyme Series, Free Sheet Music

The Farmer’s In His Den Circle Game

April 5, 2013 By Sara Mullett 7 Comments

Let's Play Music : The Farmer's In the Den - Preschool Farm Songs! Great songs to sing for Spring!

The Farmer’s In His Den is a lovely song for a group of children. It’s a great choice for playgroups and parties because it is a simple circle game, that gets everyone involved. Kids really love it’s catchy “EE-I-AD-I-O” refrain, and they’ll  often pick it up well before they can sing the rest of the words. […]

Filed Under: Baby, Circle Games, Creative Role Play, Easter & Spring, Farm Songs, Musical Activities For..., Musical Movement, Nursery Rhymes, Preschoolers, Toddlers Tagged With: First Nursery Rhyme Series, Free Sheet Music, Party Games

Mary Had A Little Lamb Circle Game

February 23, 2013 By Sara Mullett 1 Comment

Mary Had A Little Lamb - Spring Nursery Rhyme Activities

This old favourite nursery rhyme is popular with all little children, it has such a simple tune and small range (So Mi Re Do) so it  is perfect for young children to sing and easy for them to remember. For the same reason, it is easy to play on the chime bars or a xylophone […]

Filed Under: Animal Songs, Baby, Circle Games, Musical Activities For..., Nursery Rhymes, Preschoolers, Toddlers Tagged With: First Nursery Rhyme Series, Free Sheet Music, Sheep

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