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Mrs Bear Sits On The Chair : Rhythm and Listening Game

September 11, 2021 By Sara Mullett 12 Comments

Mrs bear sits on the chair - rhythm and listening game - Let's Play Music

Mrs Bear Sits On The Chair Listening game is the same song as the Baby Bear rhythm and listening game, but you can develop the listening skills further by practising a rhythmic response. Instead of just using three instruments, you can add another one to make it more challenging. You can then add another step to […]

Filed Under: Musical Memory Game, Preschoolers, Rhythm & Percussion Activities, Toddlers Tagged With: Bears, Confidence Building, Free Sheet Music, Listening Game, Note Recognition, Rhythm Games

Horsey Horsey Don’t You Stop!

September 9, 2021 By Sara Mullett 8 Comments

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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 […]

Filed Under: 5+, Action songs, Baby, Farm Songs, Imaginative Play, Knee Bobbing Songs, Musical Activities For..., Musical Movement, Preschoolers, Rhythm & Percussion Activities, Toddlers Tagged With: Free Sheet Music, Horses, Rhythm Games

Ride A Cock Horse To Banbury Cross

September 7, 2021 By Sara Mullett 4 Comments

This is the Way the Lady Rides

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 […]

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

6 Pony Songs with Musical Activities

September 6, 2021 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

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Horses and ponies are a great learning topic to get kids moving. They provide so much scope for exploring rhythm. These pony songs and games work for all ages, from knee bobbing pony songs for babies to rhythm activities and note recognition for older kids. tle Pony Songs and Musical Activities for 3 to 6 […]

Filed Under: 5+, Animal Songs, Baby, Knee Bobbing Songs, Musical Activities For..., Musical Movement, Preschoolers, Rhythm & Percussion Activities, Songs, Toddlers Tagged With: Horses, Pony

Rainy Day Rhythm Games for Kids

August 22, 2021 By Sara Mullett 19 Comments

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One of the wonderful things about childhood is that children can find fun in everything. Even a rainy day is full of possibilities. Suddenly the world is dripping wet, and special clothes and umbrellas are required, it is all such a novelty! Just as rain makes everything look different, it makes different sounds too. So […]

Filed Under: 5+, Musical Activities For..., Musical Memory Game, Musical Movement, Preschoolers, Rainy Day Songs, Rhythm & Percussion Activities, Toddlers Tagged With: Free Printables, Listening Game, Note Recognition, Rhythm Games, Weather

Hickory Dickory Dock: Music & Upcycled Craft Activity

August 10, 2021 By Sara Mullett 18 Comments

Let's Play Music : Hickory Dickory Dock - First Nursery Rhyme Series

Hickory Dickory Dock is an all time favourite nursery rhyme for babies, toddlers and small children. The continuous rhythm of the ‘tick-tock’ is perfect for teaching and practising the steady beat. It is also a great opportunity to make an upcycled Hickory Dickory Dock out of old cardboard boxes, and a little mouse out of […]

Filed Under: Baby, Craft Activities, Creative Role Play, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers, Rhythm & Percussion Activities, Toddlers Tagged With: First Nursery Rhyme Series, Free Sheet Music, Kids Crafts, Mice, Rhythm Games

This Is The Way The Lady Rides : Knee Bobbing Songs

July 8, 2021 By Sara Mullett 11 Comments

Horsey Horsey Don't You Stop

This Is The Way The Lady Rides is the liveliest of the knee bobbing songs  And as all babies and toddlers just love being bounced on your knee, it ticks all the boxes! This song is great for teaching contrasting tempos and great for getting the kids up and moving which always goes down well! This […]

Filed Under: 5+, Baby, Creative Role Play, Knee Bobbing Songs, Musical Activities For..., Musical Movement, Nursery Rhymes, Preschoolers, Rhythm & Percussion Activities, Toddlers Tagged With: First Nursery Rhyme Series, Free Printables, Horses, Rhythm Games

DIY Instruments : Coconut Shell Clip Clops

July 5, 2021 By Sara Mullett 2 Comments

Let's Play Music : How to make homemade instruments out of coconut shells!

Coconut Shells are great for making DIY Instruments! The clip clop sound that they make when they are tapped together is very satisfying and perfect for accompanying imaginary horsey play or our horsey songs. Before you start playing the coconut shell clip clops, discuss the sound that horses hooves make and demonstrate how to make […]

Filed Under: Craft Activities, Homemade Musical Instruments, Rhythm & Percussion Activities Tagged With: Coconut Shell Clip Clops

Incy Wincy Spider : First Nursery Rhymes

July 4, 2021 By Sara Mullett 8 Comments

Let's Play Music : Incy Wincy Spider - Puppet Tutorial and Educational Benefits

Old chestnuts are often the best and Incy Wincy or Itsy Bitsy Spider is certainly a firm favourite when it comes to Nursery Rhymes and baby songs. Singing finger rhymes like this is brilliant practice for speech development and nursery rhymes and baby songs in particular encourage the repetition of shaping vowels and consonants, all […]

Filed Under: Action songs, Baby, Creative Role Play, Finger Rhymes, Musical Activities For..., Rainy Day Songs, Rhythm & Percussion Activities, Toddlers Tagged With: Finger Rhymes, First Nursery Rhyme Series, Free Sheet Music, Puppets, Spiders

I Hear Thunder! Rainy Day Songs

June 29, 2021 By Sara Mullett 5 Comments

I Hear Thunder - Rainy Day Songs

I Hear Thunder is perhaps the most familiar of the rainy day songs, easily remembered because it borrows the tune from Frere Jacques. It has a small range and a simple tune which makes it easy even for very young ones to grasp, and older children can enjoy singing it in a round. This song […]

Filed Under: Action songs, Autumn, Nursery Rhymes, Rainy Day Songs, Rhythm & Percussion Activities Tagged With: First Nursery Rhyme Series, Free Printables, Free Sheet Music, Rhythm Games, Weather

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