Sing me a song

            The children have been exploring the nursery rhymes by learning all the different tunes and rhymes. They have done this by humming and trying to sing along. It is fantastic to see the different interpretations of the actions for the songs. We have seen lots of hand waving, shapes made by fingers or just a nod of the head! What we have also seen in the bouncing bears is the children approaching us and saying ‘baa baa’ or ‘bubble’ which we interpret to mean they want to sing the song.

And of course we all have our favourites we like to sing, but here are some that we find most popular with the children.

I had a little Turtle

‘I had a little turtle

His name is tiny Tim

I put him in the bath tub

To see if he could swim

He drank up all the water

And ate up all the soap

And now he’s ill in bed

With a bubble in his throat

Bubbles...bubbles...bubbles...POP!!!!’

Can you build a tower?

(Sing to the tune of ‘Polly put the kettle on’)

‘Can you build a tower?

Can you build a tower?

Can you build a tower?

Build a tower very high

Now it starts to wobble

Now it starts to wobble

Now it starts to wobble

It all falls down! CRASH!

Twinkle twinkle little star

‘Twinkle twinkle little star

How I wonder what you are

Up above the world so high

Like a diamond in the sky

Twinkle twinkle little star

How I wonder what you are’

If there are any special songs you sing to your child at home we would love to hear them!