Your Favourites?

[finleysmaid]

So if you were going to teach 8 nursery rhymes (hopefully to cover several subject areas)

What would they be?

[Panders]

I think I would like to have Incey Wincey Spider.    This would give us 'determination',  effects of weather, water/sun dehydration, size,  opposites up/down, also nice physical use of hands depending upon how you portray the spider!   Could also use other versions, where it snows/freezes and the sun melts the snow.

When Goldilocks went to the house of the Bears - recalling the story, size/proportion, counting, senses , wild animals :)  (more of a long song though Finleysmaid)     but some nursery rhymes suffer a little in not being contemporary enough

Wheels on the bus this can be added to so much

Our children adored Peter Hammers

 

Edited May 20, 2021 by Panders

[finleysmaid]

i'm loving that list panders!

[louby loo]

Frère Jacques - to add cultural aspects ... 

[finleysmaid]

2 hours ago, louby loo said:

Frère Jacques - to add cultural aspects ... 

I have realised that i cannot remember the last time i sang this but since i have SO many other languages in the setting that may be why!! 

does anyone sing any songs in children's home languages other than English or French?

[Cait]

Does ‘Heads, shoulders, knees and toes’ count as nursery rhyme? 
 

 

[finleysmaid]

so the list so far is

Head shoulders knees and toes (i would say this is a nursery song and so counts!!)

Incy wincey

Frere Jacque

Wheels on the bus

Peter Hammers 

Goldilocks

surprised that more people haven't jumped on this thread.....am i the only one who sings their way through the day😄

so it has been proven that children who know 8 songs at the age of 3 are likely to be much better readers later in school...

as conversational skills and language are such an important part of the new EYFS i'm just looking at my ideal 8

think i would need if you are happy and you know it......sandy girl.......five currant buns.......twinkle twinkle ..... baa baa black sheep and tommy thumb........could go on!

[Panders]

ooh yes 5 currant buns - ours loved it and on high days and holidays instead of them handing over a coin we gave them a chocolate coin - always a winner 🙊

at lunch time we often sang 5 little monkeys swinging through the trees, especially if we wanted a reluctant eater to eat up a little more

[Mouseketeer]

On 20/05/2021 at 12:46, Panders said:

Our children adored Peter Hammers

Crumbs Panda I’d forgotten all about Peter, the manager previous to me used to sing this quite a lot ...may try it tomorrow.

Row, Row, Row your boat 🚣‍♀️ (Working together, animals, speeds, actions, rhyming, making up their own)

Gently/stream/crocodile/scream

Quickly/river/polar bear/shiver

slowly on the lake/long snake/quake 

Bobbing on the sea/bumble bee/freeze

 

 

[louby loo]

 Peter is our children's current favourite ... I'm actually getting quite sick of it at the moment!😭

[finleysmaid]

9 hours ago, Mouseketeer said:

Crumbs Panda I’d forgotten all about Peter, the manager previous to me used to sing this quite a lot ...may try it tomorrow.

Row, Row, Row your boat 🚣‍♀️ (Working together, animals, speeds, actions, rhyming, making up their own)

Gently/stream/crocodile/scream

Quickly/river/polar bear/shiver

slowly on the lake/long snake/quake 

Bobbing on the sea/bumble bee/freeze

 

 

Love these versions....guess what we are singing today then !!

[Panders]

11 hours ago, Mouseketeer said:

Crumbs Panda I’d forgotten all about Peter, the manager previous to me used to sing this quite a lot ...may try it tomorrow.

Row, Row, Row your boat 🚣‍♀️ (Working together, animals, speeds, actions, rhyming, making up their own)

Gently/stream/crocodile/scream

Quickly/river/polar bear/shiver

slowly on the lake/long snake/quake 

Bobbing on the sea/bumble bee/freeze

 

 gently to the shore/lion/ don't forget to roar  😂

[Panders]

Sandy Girl reminded me about 5 Little Sandcastles, sweet little tune and actions

 

[finleysmaid]

7 hours ago, Panders said:

Sandy Girl reminded me about 5 Little Sandcastles, sweet little tune and actions

 

didn't know this one......went and looked it up now have an ear worm!

[Panders]

Was it the Singing Hands version ? Makaton signs  😂

[Mouseketeer]

11 hours ago, Panders said:

gently to the shore/lion/ don't forget to roar  😂

Fab! added to the list 👍
 

[finleysmaid]

On 26/05/2021 at 18:34, Panders said:

Was it the Singing Hands version ? Makaton signs  😂

yep!