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50 Song and Rhymes
What song and rhymes will you sing/say with the children in your early years setting in the next year?
Here are 50 songs and rhymes, in alphabetical order, that I have sung or will be singing in the next year:
- A hedgehog is very prickly
- Aeroplanes, aeroplanes
- An elephant
- Baa, baa black sheep
- Bobby Shaftoe
- Big Bear
- Christmas pudding
- Cobbler, cobbler
- Coffee, coffee
- Cows in the kitchen
- Cuckoo
- Dr Foster
- Dingly dangly scarecrow
- Down in the jungle
- Five little ducks
- Five little men …
5 Ways to Use Puppets during a Music Time
Do you currently use puppets during your Music Time? If not it's time to get them out of the cupboard; they are a great resource! Here are 5 ideas:
Some of the ideas that I mention require each child to have a puppet; if you don’t have enough for one each then they can share (I talk more about this below), you could use other soft toys or, as an additional activity, you could get the children to create paper puppets. There are also affiliate links included for your convenience.
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