Copy the beat
Listen to the drum, then play it back.
Short songs for toddlers
Eight new short songs for little ears. Play the tune and the words light up in time, or listen to the voice reading the song, then sing it together.
Songs for 2 and 3 year olds
Four lines, lots of repeating and actions to go with the words.
Good morning
A wake up song, with actions · Ages 2 to 4
Good morning, sun, so warm and bright,I open up my eyes to light.Hands go up and hands go down,good morning, all the sleepy town!
Washing hands
A song for the sink · Ages 2 to 4
Water running, drip, drip, drop,wash and wash and do not stop.Bubbles, bubbles, round and round,clean and shiny, safe and sound!
Little ladybird
A ladybird who counts her dots · Ages 2 to 4
Little ladybird so redcounts her dots: one, two, she said.Opens wings and flies away,lands upon a flower to play!
Clap, clap
Clap, stamp and turn around · Ages 2 to 5
Clap, clap, clap your hands,stamp, stamp, stamp your feet,turn around and round and round,then sit down upon your seat!
Songs for preschool
A little longer: brushing teeth, colours, the seasons, and what is high and what is low.
Up and down, little brush
A tooth brushing song · Ages 3 to 5
Up and down the brush will go,round and round, nice and slow.Left and right and front and back,shiny teeth for every snack!
Little bird
High like a bird, low like a bear · Ages 3 to 5
Little bird up in the treesings up high, tweet, tweet, to me.Teddy hums down low, hum, hum,deep and slow, just like a drum.
All the colours
A song about colours · Ages 4 to 6
Red is for a strawberry,blue is for the sky and sea,yellow sun and leaf of green,snow so white and fresh and clean.All these colours, look and see,in a rainbow, one, two, three!
The four seasons
Spring, summer, autumn and winter · Ages 4 to 6
Spring wakes up the sleepy flowers,summer brings the sunny hours,autumn paints the leaves with gold,winter brings the snow and cold.Four together, there they go,spring and summer, leaves and snow!
How to sing with your child
Actions with the words
Clapping, stamping and turning around help children remember a song and feel its beat. Clap, clap was made for exactly that.
A song for every day
Sing Washing hands at the sink and Up and down, little brush while brushing teeth. Routines go easier with a song.
Pause before the rhyme
Once your child knows a song, stop before the last word and let them say it. The rhyme helps them guess it.
The voice, then you
Listen to the voice once or twice, then sing on your own, away from the screen. Children like their parent’s voice best.
Games to go with the songs
Clap the syllables
Ba, na, na: one drum beat for every part.
Rhyming words
Hat and cat sound alike. What else?
High and low
Is it a bird singing or a bear humming?
More songs
Lullabies for the end of the day, and counting rhymes for counting.