These garden songs encourage children to explore nature and discover all the wonderful things the summer months bring. When the summer is finally here it’s great to get the kids outside as much as possible.
6 Summertime Garden Songs
1. This Is My Garden.
A charming imaginary finger rhyme for 2 – 5 year olds. Finger rhymes are great because you don’t need any setting up or special equipment, just hands. They are excellent for speech development and encouraging the imagination too.
2. Mary Mary Quite Contrary
Try singing this well loved nursery rhyme with a puppet outside to encourage imaginary play in the garden. You can also have lots of fun collecting little objects to pretend you are making up Mary’s garden.
3. 5 Musical Circle Games For Summer
Any of these 5 circle games are perfect for playing and singing outside with the grass between your toes! I have also always found them invaluable for any summer parties. They are perfect if you are entertaining a slightly bigger group of children.
4. The Hungry Caterpillar Rap
Sing this song after reading the book – storytime outside on a blanket is a real summer treat! This rap is so much fun, and a great way to explore the different rhythms of words. “Munch munch munch!”
5. The Butterfly Song
Sing this song with homemade fluttering butterflies and learn about colours too. A lovely one for the summer, and accompanied by a great little craft that encourages children to make their own fluttering butterflies.
6. The Summer Fairy
Kids love anything about fairies and this song embraces the whimsy of the summer fairy. If you wanted to explore all of the seasons all at once, you should check out my Autumn, Winter and Spring fairy songs too.
Where do I find the rap?
Do you mean the Hungry Caterpillar Rap? http://www.letsplaykidsmusic.com/hungry-caterpillar-rap/
I love all of these ideas and will be using them a lot over the summer (although probably inside given the weather at the moment!) We did The Hungry Caterpillar Rap today, which my two-year-old loved (as did my 9month old but he is less of a critic!) I look forward to trying the others as the week goes on. Thank you!
Thanks Emma! I hope you have lots of fun with the songs and a great summer!