I Have Grown A Pumpkin from our Halloween Songs For Kids, is the perfect song to sing while you’re getting your pumpkin ready for the big day! Half the enjoyment is in the build up and anticipation of the holiday, and kids just love getting involved with the preparations, making decorations and costumes and all things […]
A Tisket A Tasket : Summertime Circle Game
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 […]
Sing A Song Of Sunshine : Summer Songs for Imaginative Play
Here is a sunny, happy summer song to sing at the end of term, or before you go on holiday with the family. Sing a Song of Sunshine is so full of the promise and excitement that the holidays bring, from picnics in the country to swimming in the sea, it reminds us of all […]
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’s small range and simple tune makes it easy even for very young ones to grasp, and older children can enjoy singing it in a round. This song can be sung just […]
Umbrella Song: Rainy Day Songs
The Umbrella Song is one of our favourite Rainy Day Songs and just perfect for making the most of a rainy day. It explores both the sounds and rhythm of the rain, and has lively actions as well. Kids always love the idea of splashing in puddles in their wellies and putting their imaginary umbrellas […]
Pitter Patter, Pitter Patter : Rainy Day Songs
Pitter Patter, Pitter Patter is one of the best Rainy Day Songs for children to explore the sounds and rhythms made by the rain because it’s use of repetition is excellent for practicing tapping the ‘pitter patter, pitter patter’ quaver (1/4 note) beats, and the alliteration and repeated consonants are excellent for speech development. If you […]
I Went to Visit a Farm One Day
I Went to Visit a Farm One Day is perhaps the easiest song to sing about farms with preschoolers. This song doesn’t require any actions or dancing, just a full and enthusiastic repertoire of farmyard noises! And it always goes down very well with puppets which can vary from homemade sock puppets to paper finger […]
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 words. […]
Old MacDonald Had a Farm : First Nursery Songs
Old MacDonald Had A farm has to be the best known children’s farmyard song. It’s easy tune and repetitive chorus is often one of the first songs a toddler will sing along to. The EE-I-EE-I-O is such an appealing refrain that toddlers will join in singing it often before they can manage the other words. […]
How to knit an Easter Bunny and a Little Easter Chick
Easter is the time we celebrate the coming of Spring, and all the new life that it brings. This Spring Garland is lovely way to display any Easter crafts that have been made. Whether it be decorated blown eggs, fluffy yellow chicks, little bunnies or paper flowers, they can all be tied to this garland […]