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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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Sheena at Playsongs
Hedgehog peekaboo
Three young hedgehogs come out on a dark starry night. But what are those scary sounds?
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Sheena
There was a little mouse ~ barley game
Mouse barley! That smooth-rough grass. Do children still put a seed head up their sleeve and let it magically climb all the way up to the...
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Sheena and Ami
Here are the candles
Here are the candles, red, white and blue, to put on a birthday cake for you.... play this tickle-puff rhyme whenever you have a toddler'
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Sheena
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...
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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...
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Sheena
Little mouse
There was a little mouse who sat in a chair, When the cat said 'Meow' he ran right up there!'
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Sheena
A little frog ~ fingerplay or whole body action game.
A fingerplay to tickle a toddler with - A little frog hides in a hole and leaps out to give you a surprise.
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Sheena
Wee Wiggie ~ finger play or toe tickler
A finger play from Playsongs: Action Songs and Rhymes for Babies and Toddlers. Performed by Kevin Graal, music accompaniment by Stephen Chad
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Sheena
Hands can hold and hands can squeeze ~ sound exploration song
Hands can clap, rub, swish, rustle, click, fingersnap,scrape... explore all the sounds you can make with this little play rhyme.
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Sheena
Hedgehogs ~ fingerplay or whole body action song
A gentle little rhyme and song about hedgehogs. Play the fingerplay instructions to hoot like an owl and 'boo' like a ghost - then m
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Sheena
A finger walk ~ finger play action song
Sit with baby or toddler facing you resting on your raised knees. Walk your fingers up from his toes to his knees and fly your hands like...
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Sheena
Five little peas in a pea pod pressed ~ finger play action rhyme
A favourite traditional finger play, action rhyme. With very little children, play it very, very slowly to help them manage the actions,...
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