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How do you engage toddlers with music? Tell us to win one of TEN Let's Sing and Play book and CD sets!

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SorchaMumsnet · 05/09/2016 14:16

By reading, singing, dancing and playing, everyone is having so much fun that they don’t realise how clever they are being! Join Monkey and Mo and explore the magical world of music with your child.

Published by pre-school specialist Campbell Books and based on the award-winning Monkey Music classes, Let’s Sing and Play is full of ideas on how to make music with your toddler.

You can use the CD with the book, separately, or even, when you know the songs… not at all!

Find out more and buy the book

To be in with a chance of winning 1 of 10 Let's Sing and Play book and CD sets, just tell us - how do you engage your toddler with music?

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How do you engage toddlers with music? Tell us to win one of TEN Let's Sing and Play book and CD sets!
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NauticalDisaster · 05/09/2016 17:30

My DSs haven't realised that I sing quite badly so don't companies that I sing all the time! We have songs for everything, gardening, bath time, meals, shopping, car songs, beach songs, etc. and they are all made up by us! Music is just part of our everyday life because we ding all the time.

carz1985 · 05/09/2016 17:15

We always have music on in the car and around the house. Mostly Disney stuff as the kids love it.we sing along to them and my eldest daughter loves to do different voices she lives doing zazu from lion King. We also sing songs which we can do actions ect to like head, shoulder, knees and toes, row row row your boat.

miahighland · 05/09/2016 16:29

We always have music playing in the house. My daughter sings all the time and tells me and dad to stop singing whenever we try to sing as well, she puts music on when she goes to bed. She sings everywhere including the supermarket. People just think it is hilarious,

nooka · 05/09/2016 16:13

We played lots of music with our toddlers. All sorts of things except music designed for toddlers as at least back then it was all really quite painfully awful. I hope it's better now!

barricade · 05/09/2016 16:13

The theme tunes to popular children's TV shows is great for motivating otherwise reluctant kids in completing varying tasks, be it brushing teeth, changing for bed, getting ready for bath-time, etc. E.g. CBBC themes - Andy's Dinosaur Adventure, Hey-Ho!, Get Well Soon!, Ballormory, etc. are incredibly popular.

And, of course, songs are incredibly helpful with learning to count ('Five Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed'), learning the alphabet ('The Alphabet Song', 'E,I,H,G,O'), and to calm them down ('Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star', 'Row-Row-Row Your Boat', etc.)

Mozarmstrong · 05/09/2016 16:00

Music is Bril played softly for bedtime and louder for rhythm m o cements Tec at Mmmm s legs bums wiggle wiggle they love it!

flickas · 05/09/2016 15:39

My 2.5 year old loves to bop to music, whenever he hears music he'll do a little dance.
We've always put relaxing classic music on as a cue for sleeping/night time.
I also sing to him (usually made up songs) when eating as he's a bit of a fussy eater, to encourage him to eat, which sometimes works, sometimes doesn't.
I do think that music and singing are a very fun way to learn things!

Daniwiththelimphair · 05/09/2016 15:27

Music is constantly on in our house so I don't think he's ever not engaged with music. I'm always singing, he's always singing (or telling me to stop singing...). I think surrounding children with music in every day life is so important, even if it's just your own voice and some finger clicking!