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Playsongs blog ~ where we share songs, news and views
Our Playsongs blog regularly features a favourite baby and toddler song or rhyme. We relate stories from our contributors and followers about their favourite songs, and tell you the stories behind the songs.
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Santa's sleeping
Sing this little finger play when Christmas is approaching. Sing it very quietly and count one finger for each day that's left. On the...
Sheena
Hark hark the dogs do bark
Rhymes and songs evoke special memories from early childhood…
Carole Thomas
Rock-a-bye baby on the tree top
What terrible words! That's often the reaction to our best-known traditional lullaby. But what if it's not a lullaby? Imagine a rowdy,...
Sheena
A clip clopping reuse for plastic!
Clip clop sounds to make with problem plastic. There are so many pony trotting songs to sing with babies and toddlers and they love to clip
Sheena
An elephant goes like this like that
Breaking a bone in my foot taught me how hard it is to crawl upstairs - babies do it at speed! They are so strong! Maybe it's an idea fo
Sheena
Here we go down the street...
Step out at a fine buggy-pushing pace as you share these songs together. The first one uses the bare bones of Here we go round the...
Sheena
Five little peas go POP!
A finger play for toddlers or a lift for a little baby. Here's how. Five little peas in a pea pod pressed (hold up one fist tightly...
Sheena
Easter Bunny Hokey Cokey
Here's my over-excited Easter Bunny dance for toddlers. Babies can join in too with over-excited Easter Bunny grownups to support them....
Charlie
Sharing songs and rhymes - why it works
Why do babies love group music making? I've watched babies time and time again in my own, in my daughter's and in my friends' baby song...
Sheena
Sisters
A new baby arrives. A little sister ~ or a little brother. Suddenly you're not the only child, and mum or dad is busy, fussing over this...
Sheena
One little bat
'Five little owls' is one of our favourite Playsongs. In this version, there's a little bat bouncing and flying around - and sle
Charlie
John Brown's Baby ~ the nose blowing song
John Brown's Baby's got a cold upon his chest...
Sheena
Sherborne bell tower
Sherborne in Dorset has a bell tower and a clock, which works and sounds very much like Big Ben's. The complete Big Ben song has four...
Sheena
My Blue Heaven
My Blue Heaven, sung by Gene Austin in 1927, has the perfect lilt for rocking or back-patting a little baby.
Sheena
Chop chop chop chop
Chop chop chop chop
Cut off the bottom and cut off the top.
All the rest goes into the pot,
Chop chop chop chop.
Sheena
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