The Nutcracker Suite is such a wonderfully imaginative piece of music and immediately makes you think of Christmas. But it’s also an excellent teaching resource for all sorts of creative activities from poetry and painting to imaginative movement. Here, I have chosen to look at the 7th movement, The Dance of the Toy Flutes. I […]
Harvest Songs For Kids
Singing Harvest Songs teaches kids to be thankful for the food on their plates and grateful for Nature’s generous gifts. They encourage children to look around and appreciate the beautiful world we live in. These simple songs are perfect for preschoolers and kindergarteners. They have catchy melodies and short verses, that are really easy to […]
The Winter Fairy Song
In the middle of Winter, even when everything lies dormant, there is still a simple beauty in the dramatic effect the season has on the natural landscape. The Winter Fairy Song embraces this, and encourages us to open our eyes and appreciate the wonders of winter. The Winter Fairy Song : A Song to Explore […]
The Autumn Fairy Song For Autumn
Autumn is such a magical time. The trees and plants can change their colours as if by magic, sometimes seemingly overnight. The Autumn Fairy Song provides a magical explanation for this mysterious transformation and a delightfully whimsical idea! The Autumn Fairy Song A little Autumn fairy, Sitting in a tree, Painting all the leaves, And […]
Autumn Songs for Kids
These Autumn Songs for kids are just what you need to get you into an Autumnal mood and inspire some lovely seasonal activities. Autumn creeps up on us gradually bringing it’s golden highlights, the kids go back to school and the days start getting shorter. After all the lovely Summer fun outside, it’s time to […]
Fairy Songs For The Seasons
This collection of Fairy Songs For The Seasons tell the story of how the spring, summer and autumn fairies magically change our surroundings from one season to the next. These songs encourage children to see the real magic that naturally occurs around us in nature throughout the seasons. Believing in magical things is one of […]
The Summer Fairy Song
When summer finally arrives, it brings a truly magical effect to the garden. It transforms into a glorious display of growth and colour. This is true whether you have a small patch with a few pots or a large plot with shrubs and vegetables. To small children it can seem like a jungle out there […]
8 Summer Songs for Kids
Seasonal songs are always so much fun and it’s a great way to introduce traditional activities and customs that we associate with a particular time of year. So with this in mind, here is a little collection of songs for the summer, there’s everything from circle games to imaginative play, finger rhymes and puppet games […]
Summer Garden Songs
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 […]
The Spring Fairy : A Song for Spring
The Spring Fairy is A Song For Spring that encourages children to go outside and look for clues of the changing season. When spring arrives every year it’s always so exciting! It’s brings with it the promise of a new season with everything fresh and renewed. But the last bit of winter seems to drag […]