Little Birdsong Treasure Basket Guide Cards

Enchanting songs & activities to enjoy with babies and young children www.littlebirdsong.co.uk

Little Birdsong’s Treasure Basket The complimentary songs with suggestions come from Little Birdsong Book IIʼs latest collection of bespoke musical activities to enjoy with specially designed instruments for toddlers and young children. Each one is designed to maximise a young child or toddlerʼs learning and creative development. Families and loved ones can join in with the exuberant ideas in moving and instrumental play.

Little Birdsongʼs bespoke treasure basket has been tried and tested by many families and nursery settings across the UK and beyond.

Each one is handmade using local materials to their origin and are approved for sale once exacting standards are met.

The delightful instruments are a high quality alternative to the commercially made instruments. Your family will treasure the musical sounds and experiences each one brings. We hope that you will share musical moments with your child, and encourage a sense of pride and wonder in music making together.

MAKING A CHOICE Allowing your child to make a choice of instrument will help to nurture independence and creative exploration. As a supportive adult we have lots of suggestions to help maximise your childʼs learning and development. These include language, creative play and music appreciation.

Little Birdsong’s Treasure Basket Hot tips and ideas • Allow your toddler to open the basket alone.

• Give your child time to explore, feel, move and copy the sounds heard.

• Offer the names of each instrument even if your child does not yet vocalise.

• Encourage and share continuing respect for each instrument • Imitate their activity – explore and enjoy their sounds too!

• Create a special corner to keep the treasure basket.

• Choose simple stories to accompany instrumental sounds.

• Use your voice to support music making with instruments.

Suggested activities • Explore starting and stopping sounds together • Explore and copy each other!

• Be animated and share your interest and joy in music making • Try playing high up, down low • Try making vocal sounds up and down with your instrument • Try playing quietly, then loudly with big actions.

• Fast and slow playing is great fun – with a big smile too!

• Encourage silent moments before playing again.

• Watch how your baby or toddler responds to each sound.

• Use instruments with favourite stories to create atmosphere.

• Ask questions such as “how did it sound?”

Suggested stories and actions The very busy spider by Eric Carle The whale and the snail by Julia Donaldson The animal boogie by Debbie Carter We all go travelling by by Sheena Roberts

Little Birdsong’s Treasure Basket 1. SING HELLO Sing hello, hello x4 Pat your head, hello x4 Tickle your tummy, hello x4 Pat your knees, hello x4 Wiggle your feet, hello x4 Shake everything, hello x4

2. DANCE! Dance to the rhythm, the rhythm of music x3 Dance all day long.

Iʼm so high, I canʼt get over it Iʼm so low, I canʼt get under it Round and round, I canʼt get around it Dance all day long.

(Repeat)

3. WHERE IS THE OWL? Where is the owl? Where is the owl?

The stars are in the sky, the moon is too.

Where is the owl? Where is the owl?

Where is the owl? Where is the owl?

The owl is in the tree, itʼs singing to you.

Little Birdsong’s Treasure Basket 4. WIGGLY WOO Thereʼs a worm at the bottom of the garden and his name is Wiggly Woo. Thereʼs a worm at the bottom of the garden and all that he can do is Wiggle all day, wiggle all night, wiggle wiggle wiggle, oh what a fright!

Thereʼs a worm at the bottom of the garden and his name is Wiggly Woo.

5. MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB Mary had a little lamb Little lamb, little lamb Mary had a little lamb Its fleece was white as snow And everywhere that Mary went Mary went, Mary went Everywhere that Mary went The lamb was sure to go

He followed her to school one day School one day, school one day He followed her to school one day Which was against the rule It made the children laugh and play Laugh and play, laugh and play It made the children laugh and play To see a lamb at school

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6. THE DOG I had a dog and his name was Rover.

Everytime I looked at him he rolled over and over!

7. BLUEBIRD Bluebird bluebird flap your wings, flap your wings, flap your wings.

Bluebird bluebird flap your wings, flap your wings and fly.

8. ONE LITTLE FISH One fish, two fish, three fish play hide and seek.

Swish, swish, swish, where are you? BOO!

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9. GET ON YOUR HORSE & RIDE Get on your horse and ride x2 Clip clop!

Get in your car and drive x2 Brrrm!

Get on the train and choo choo x2 Choo chooo!

Get in the plane and fly x2 Neeeeeow!

10. BEAR IN A BOX Bear in a box bear in a box, bear up tall!

Bear in a box bear in a box, bear down small.

Enchanting songs & activities to enjoy with babies and young children

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