Soft SONG BAG - Nursery Rhymes - Let's Play - by Oskar & Ellen

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Putting the basket together was also a lovely task for his older siblings to help me with and a great way to get everyone involved. They remembered their own favourite nursery rhymes fondly and then went to help me find an object or character to represent each one. We have lots of activities like this nursery rhythm and rhyme busy bag for EYFS children to have fun with and enjoy. Nursery rhymes are particularly important during the early years. They help children to develop their communication skills in a simple and fun way. There’s a tiny caterpillar on a leaf wriggle wriggle. Print off some leaves and caterpillars pictures laminated them and if you have an enough for each child let them use these props during the nursery rhyme song. Choose a simple rhyme and use it to accompany one of your daily routines such as a walk to the playpark or a craft activity.

We have so many little toys and finger puppets in the home now that it was easy to pop them into a basket and make a nursery rhyme singing basket for baby boy to start enjoying. The addition of some singing and story props to everyday singing brings the songs to life and helps develop further skills too, such as recognising and naming objects, simple story sequencing and basic motor grasp. Experts in literacy andchilddevelopment have discovered thatif children knoweight nurseryrhymesby heart by the time they'refouryears old, they're usually among the best readers by the time they're eight. - Share picture books of rhymes with your children andencourage them totalk about the characters and the events that unfold within the rhyme. The concept is simple, each object in the bag is relevant to a certain nursery rhyme, whether it is a gorgeous finger puppet turtle for 'I had a little turtle' or a scarecrow prop for 'Dingle Dangle Scarecrow', kids will love exploring the tactile song props in the bag. We have included a printout of the lyrics for each song which doubles as a cue sheet so you know exactly what song each prop links too. NEW for the 'Move with Me' Bag, we have also included QR codes for each song which can be scanned on your mobile's camera to take you to a video on YouTube, these can either be played for the children if the leader wasn't confident singing or simply as a prompt for how the song goes. The children can each have a butterfly at the start of the story and as their colour is mentioned in our ‘Easter Butterfly Poem’ the child can take their turn in making the butterfly dance and fly! As the poem continues, the children can keep on joining in, gradually building up the number of butterflies to a big finale with a rainbow of colour!

The leader would have the ‘Move with Me’ Bag on camera and ready loaded with the objects and start rustling their hand around inside, each child takes a turn in shouting stop and whatever object is in the leader’s hand is the next song!

Has a helpful small reference number printed on the reverse for easily finding the correct character for each story But why are nursery rhymes so important in early childhood and what can Early Years educators do to ensure that traditional nursery rhymes are never forgotten? Old McDonald – for younger children use a selection of farm animals for them to choose from, to extend this further for older children why not include animal masks so they can be an animal of their choice during the song. Both of these ideas could easily be for both age groups however the masks would introduce older children to playing a part in the song. This is a lovely hands-on, engaging activity for young children to learn more about sound-making and rhythm.Introducing the 'Move with Me' Bag! All the objects in this special bag link to songs that are fantastic to dance along with and are perfect to encourage children (and parents) to focus on the movements rather than singing. It features all-new songs, so if you have both the original and expansion 'Sing with Me' Bags there is no overlap of songs or objects meaning they can all be used together! So what are you waiting for? It's time to get your toddlers and adults stomping around the room to the 'Ants Go Marching One by One' song or stretching to 'Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes'! Following on from our BESTSELLING toddler Resource the ‘Sing with Me Bag’ we are so excited to launch our latest nursery rhyme bag, made especially for groups that are re-opening!