Online resource:īelow is one of many sites where you can find words and chords for popular songs such as those listed above. Read more about the benefits of music therapy in early years. Having fun is mandatory, all the rest is optional and limited only by your enthusiasm! Select the ideas that suit your style and your children.įor adults, the aim should always be to do simple things well so you can focus on putting the song across and helping to make it all really meaningful for the kids. Working alongside one or more adults expands the possibilities, and makes performing the song even easier (just rehearse a few times first, so you all know what you’re doing). (Be aware your colleagues will think you’ve become a Morris Dancer.) Perhaps later, when they’ve got the idea of the song, you could get some of them to do the same. When you tap your foot in time to your chords, this creates a clear beat for the children to follow. Make yourself a DIY set of ankle bells on a string which you tie around one ankle.Because it’s a one-chord song, they just cannot play a wrong note when set up like this. If you have any individual glockenspiel note bars (and if you’re feeling very, very brave) give one note bar each (which must be a G, B or D) and a beater to some children and ask them to ‘play along’.Your kids can then strum along without holding down any notes at all – and hey presto, you’ve got a band! Those with the know-how could tune a ukulele to an ‘open-string’ G chord (notes G,B,D, B going across from thick to thin strings).Adding another very light ‘tick-tock’ rhythm would also expand the effect.Soft hand clapping can be done by tapping your palm with the fingers of the other hand (it’s a trick flamenco performers use).
Light percussion (or hand-claps) could be used with same rhythm as guitar (but don’t drown the singing).This song uses just four notes all through, so adding an adult playing the melody on recorder, flute, keyboard, glockenspiel etc.Link to rhymes/songs about sleep: ‘Rock a bye baby’ (a song which is 240 years old!) ‘Frere Jacques’ (how they get to sleep in France) etc.(So how do sheep get to sleep? … And do they snore?) This is a counting song, so you could discuss ‘counting sheep’ to get to sleep too.Get the children to pretend to fall asleep after the final round – with a reward for the most convincing sleepers.… and the little one said … Good night … Good night Bring the sound level right down to a whisper at the end, and finish with:.One confident child could become the ‘little one’ who says ‘roll over’ on cue.And when they do know the song well, you could leave them to sing those words on their own – which enhances the feeling of making music together. (It’s also quite a good way to perform the song whilst your little ones are getting to know it). Here, you would sing the song alone, with the children joining in on the repeated ‘roll over’. For variety, you could also use an (African) ‘call and response’ technique.You could even “perform” the song with 10, 9, 8 … live kids, puppets (or soft toys) if you wish. Get groups of children to ‘roll over’ whenever they hear that part of the song.When the kids ‘know’ the song, persuade your colleagues to display one or two of their numbers upside down to see who notices the ‘mistake’ – which could also be a smart way into getting some children to do the job as well/instead.
large number cards (1-10) which helpers hold up at the appropriate verse. You could then ‘double’ the voices in places to create greater intensity (e.g.
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