Children love stories and reading books together is one of the best things you can do for development. Stories alone can be launch pads for improvisation and exploration of sounds and rhythms. So combining stories with Classical music and movement take all of these benefits to another level. Listening to music alongside stories helps to set the […]
Life at the Pond Rhythm Game
This Pond Rhythm Game draws inspiration from the natural world to teach listening and rhythm. A pond is a magical place for a child, teeming with life and a source of great fascination and wonder! If you are lucky enough to have one nearby it will no doubt already be on your child’s list of […]
Oats And Beans And Barley Grow: Favourite Farm Songs
Oats and Beans and Barley Grow is one of our favourite farm songs, wonderful for the changing season, when Winter has finally passed and we are looking forward to the new growth of Spring and the Summer harvest that will follow. It is full of the the joy and wonder of Nature’s bounty! Oat&Beans&Barley […]
Tinsel Dancing For Toddlers and Preschoolers
Tinsel Dancing for Toddlers and Preschoolers is always a hit at any Christmas party and it’ll always come in handy to blow off some steam whenever it’s too cold or wet to go outside to play over the holidays. This idea is very simple and it’s success really depends on the music that you play. […]
The Farmer’s In His Den Circle Game
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 […]
Here We Go Looby-Loo! : Action Songs
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’s 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 […]
Horsey Horsey Don’t You Stop!
Horsey Horsey Song is a lovely traditional knee bobbing song. All babies enjoy being bobbed up and down to a song on your knee, and this is the simplest way to sing this song. But you can also do some easy actions (suggested in brackets) as you’re bobbing them up and down, with wheels going […]
I’ve Got a Body! : Action Song
I’ve Got a Body is a very lively action song, with endless opportunities to improvise with all of the sounds and actions that we can make with our bodies. Children always love exploring all these possibilities. It’s such fun to come up with lots of different energetic movements. And you can explore contrasts with soft […]
Ride A Cock Horse To Banbury Cross
Ride A Cock Horse is a traditional English nursery rhyme just perfect for knee bobbing with babies and toddlers. It’s a great favourite to sing whenever children are playing 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 in […]
Trot, Trot, Trot! Toddler Song
Trot, Trot, Trot! is a simple toddler song which you can sing with a horsey puppet, but best of all little ones love singing it on your knee, being jigged up and down as a knee bobbing song! Knee Bobbing songs are great because they’re such fun and an easy way for babies and toddlers […]
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