Category: Play Songs
Sailor, Sailor
Use this song with your child to help develop speaking skills and gratitude. This simple beat keeping play prompts your child to express ideas with descriptive language whilst drawing awareness to the importance of the items in their lives. Encouraging your child be aware of the “treasure” in their lives can lead to higher levels…
These are my Glasses
Lullabies are for snuggling up close, breathing each other in, and that warm and safe feeling of Here is one of my favourite Laurie Berkner songs. I love books, so it should come as no surprise that I’d love to sing about reading books. The actions of this song have many benefits, including fostering hand-eye coordination,…
Put a Spot Over Here
This playful and fun song is bursting with opportunities to learn and grow. You can switch up the lyrics as you please to target new language whilst also working on the fundamental skill of crossing the midline. Crossing the midline happens when a child reaches across their body instead of changing hands. By teaming this…
This is a Face
‘This is a Face’ provides the opportunity to learn and sing about the features of our face. In addition to drawing faces, in this video, we also design faces with play dough. This sensory learning approach of singing with materials encourages creativity and enhances fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. In particular, this play approach…
You Can’t Make a Turtle Come Out
Come play peek-a-boo with a shy little turtle and then join in for some dramatic play. Peek-a-boo play is widely recognised for its cognitive benefits for babies, but it is also packed full of learning for toddlers too. Social interaction forms the beginning of all communication, making an interactive game like peek-a-boo a great way…
Pop Goes the Weasel
This play song has a little of everything: nature, music and movement, creative expression and a focused instrument play. The song is bursting with invitations to create and be silly. The play I have designed serves to help children understand the songs form and use an accented beat presented with the ‘Pop’ lyric. Featured Products
I Saw a Rabbit
I found this rhyme while researching Easter-themed content and immediately fell in love with the play invitation. The fine motor work presented in this video is a beautiful workout for little fingers. The inclusion of the vocalisation also benefits children’s pitch development and healthy vocal exploration as it promotes the blending between a child’s higher…
The Poor King
I have sung this song for years with children and it’s always a hit! The song is rich with verbal and non-verbal communication styles, making it perfect for participating in back-and-forth interaction and sound play with children. This type of play is key to developing speech sounds in children and early world learning. Children who…
Two Little Butterflies
All young singers are classified as “treble” singers. This is because they have a vocal range that is high and light. A child’s pitch range is divided into two registers: chest (lower) and head (higher). Not all children have the ability to easily access and move between these two vocal registers and the inability to…
If You’re Happy and You Know It
Little people have big feelings. This version of the song focuses on happiness, but keep this song in mind when your child is experiencing other intense emotions: “If you’re angry and you know it, stomp your feet….clench your fists or let out a shout! Actions like this provide safe and healthy ways for children to…