Nursery World - Music corner (7)

Sing-move-sing Babies bob up and down. Children who are just walking, bounce and sway.

Babies bob up and down. Children who are just walking, bounce and sway.

Older children like to march, dance, twirl or mimic the sounds they hear, like playing air guitar. There are numerous ways children feel music. Very young children often express this through how they move, and through moving with others they come to understand more about the world and their relationships with others.

There are lots of songs that help get children up and moving. Knee- bouncing rhymes like 'Father and Mother and Uncle Tom' and 'This the way the baby rides' for little legs give way to 'Jumping shoes' as children become more active and co-ordinated. As they become more able to control the speed of their actions, songs that move from a slow pace to faster and back to slow again become fun and challenging.

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