After the first three months babies become more wakeful and develop a new awareness and curiosity for everything around them. They will watch and listen with fascination and love to be surprised by a variety of different sounds. Playing their favourite lullabies is very soothing, but by now babies really enjoy being entertained with as many […]
Tommy Thumb : Free Easy Piano Music
This Tommy Thumb Free Easy Piano Music is a perfect little exercise for young piano beginners. The familiar song repeats the verse for each finger in turn, so it’s excellent for finger strengthening. Tommy Thumb Easy Piano Teaching Notes For Young Beginners Right Hand: This song is great for piano beginners because it’s in C […]
Fun Finger Plays For Toddlers
These Fun Finger Plays For Toddlers are an essential part of any preschool curriculum. Finger plays and reciting rhymes are invaluable for teaching so many things: new vocabulary, speech development, comprehension and co-ordination along with developing memory skills but most important of all they’re such fun, children just can’t seem to get enough of them. […]
This is My Garden : Finger Rhyme Song
This is My Garden is perfect for the spring and summer and may just inspire a budding little gardener too! Check out the video at the bottom of this post for how to sing and the finger rhyme actions too. Finger rhymes are an excellent learning tool for small children, they are so good for […]
Tickle That Tum -Tum – Classical Tickle Tunes for Tummy Time
Introduce your baby to classical music right from the start with this cute tickle tune set to the well known Sailor’s Hornpipe which is traditionally part of the last night of the proms programme at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Tickle that tum-tum, Here my fingers come! Tickle that tum-tum, Here my fingers come! […]
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Once I Caught a Fish Alive : Counting Songs
Counting songs are such a useful learning tool, and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Once I Caught A Fish Alive is one of the best. It encourages little ones to count their fingers from 1 – 10 , while it also has the lovely imaginative actions of catching a wriggly fish from a pond. One, […]
Witch’s Cauldron Halloween Action Song
Witch’s Cauldron from our Songs for Halloween Series is a fun and easy Halloween action song, just perfect for little witches or wizards to sing to get them in the mood for some magic! Witch’s Cauldron Halloween Action Song Witch’s cauldron, […]
Wind Your Bobbin Up: First Nursery Rhymes
Wind Your Bobbin Up is an old nursery rhyme which dates from the mills in the north of England during the 1890’s. It has a simple melody and repetitive words and actions so little ones are able to join in even before they can sing the words. Actions in songs are often an excellent way to […]
3 Teddy Bear Songs, Nursery Rhymes and Finger Plays
Babies and toddlers always love their teddys, so these 3 teddy bear songs are sure to go down well! Walky Round The Garden is one of the best known finger plays because even very young babies love a tickle! It’s always a popular one at changing time and can be sung to this simple tune below or […]
Incy Wincy Spider : First Nursery Rhymes
The 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 is brilliant practice for speech development and nursery rhymes and baby songs in particular encourage the repetition of shaping vowels and consonants, all whilst having fun! […]