Songs and games

Find it on Youtube

The Wonky Donkey

This is a fun video that all kids and adults just love!

YouTube clip section- Craig Smith site

http://www.youtube.com/user/craigsmithkiwi#p/a/u/2/SDeQT9zCvi4 The clip is based on the book that comes with a CD.

Find a review of the book here:

http://www.kids-bookreview.com/2010/10/review-wonky-donkey.html

Pete the cat

Children will love Pete the cat and his funky dancing. Maybe they can bring their soft toys to dance with Pete.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFCXJYNCyqE

Michael Rosen

(Author) having fun with “We’re going on a bear hunt."

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytc0U2WAz4s

Popular English nursery rhymes

Free Rhymetime songsheet downloadable from Bookstart website (UK). (PDF, 684Kb)

Books with rhymes and fingerplays

This little Puffin, Elizabeth Matterson, Penguin/Puffin
Invaluable book of rhymes, songs and games. Starts with games and fingerplays for babies and adds rhymes and fingerplays to do with the world around us.
Acker Backer boo
Illustrated book of rhymes and games from a variety of countries. Best for older pre-schoolers.

Nursery rhymes

Nursery rhymes can be used from babies’ earliest days to instill an understanding of rhythm, rhyme and storytelling.

Lucy Cousins book of Nursery Rhymes
Lucy Cousins, Macmillan
The Mother Goose Treasury
Illustrated by Raymond Briggs, Hamish Hamilton
The ABC book of Nursery Rhymes
ABC books
The Walker book of Read–Aloud Rhymes for the very young
selected by Jack Prelutsky, illustrated by Marc Brown, Walker
Multicultural Resources
Early Words have been asked for good examples of multicultural rhymes. This is one of the best sites we have found,
http://www.bpl.bc.ca/kids/embracing-diversity/songs-and-rhymes/arabic
The languages of all the rhymes and activities are listed on the right side of the page.
Find songs and rhymes that you can share with your child in your strongest language.
Ask your family and friends for songs and rhymes they remember.
 
Global Language books have the following online: http://www.globallanguage.com.au/

Chinese and English Nursery Rhymes book and CD (Simplified Chinese Bilingual ed.) by Faye-Lynn Wu

My first book of Tagalog words: Filipino Rhymes and Verses (Tagalog Bilingual ed.) by Liana Ro

Row, Row, Row Your boat (Bilingual ed.) by Annie Kubler- in Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Somali, Tagalog, Urdu, Vietnamese and other languages.

Have a look at the Multilingual songbook site: www.laukart.de/ctm/index.php

Bussongs.com has a great site with a section on multicultural rhymes.bussongs.com