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

[SorchaMumsnet]

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?

This discussion is sponsored by Pan Macmillan and will end on 5 October

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[Susangilley7]

Sing along in the car to audio tapes etc.

[clarabella12]

we have lots of musical instruments and attend music class

[jmgcomps2]

If you couple the music with lights and/or movement, that helps

[jamielmdjs]

It doesn't take much to engage the little ones with music. Music has been playing since day 1 - from musical baby bouncers, musical toys and now tv.

It's always a source of fun and laughter with a sing song and a dance.

[Dessallara]

We are attending Heartbeeps sessions and practising at home too, both my daughters loves it :)

[allipratt]

We go to rhyme time twice a week at the library, where we sing songs and play instruments, wave scarves, etc. It's really engaging. We also use song in many things we do, whether it's swimming, when out in the car, in the bath or in town. I always have the radio on at home, which my son seems to really enjoy.

[MiniAlphaBravo]

I listened to classical music when my toddler was in my tummy and my husband sings to her and plays guitar. She loves music and dancing along and knows lots of actions to nursery rhymes. She's 21 months and has just started to sing along as well

[Mojito6]

We get out the big box of musical instruments and put on a nursery rhyme cd and play along to the music. Or we sing nursery rhymes loudly! This is often quite head ache inducing especially if I've been up all night with the baby but my three year old adores music so the louder the better....after a coffee

[GrooveHeart]

We listen to music on a daily basis, we have got a box of instruments and we also attend music and dance classes.

[ptak5566]

We have cd of nursery rhymes, children's songs in the car that we sing along too.

[dannydog1]

My nine month old granddaughter loves her little set of musical instruments- tambourine, rattle etc and joins in any music playing. She loves playing duets with her mum on the piano as well!

[windowmouse]

lots of fun songs to dance around to and have fun with!

[pixelwife]

We have lots of musical instruments in our house, both real and toy so my children are used to lots of music. Plus we love to sing and dance generally. My children are already showing musical aptitude just because it's been a part of their lives from birth (and probably before).

[beckyinman]

Always have music on and be dancing around!

[sweir1]

we get them dancing in the living room!

[simone12345]

MY GRANDAUGHTER JUST LOVES TO SING AND DANCE ALL THE TIME SHE ONLY HAS TO HEAR A TUNE AND SHES OFF SINGING AND DANCING SO HAPPY ALL DAY

[buckley1983]

The background to any journey in the car is a nursery rhyme CD! We have a whole range & OH & I can often be found randomly humming a tune off of one of them! They soothed LO from a very young age & he still enjoys it now. A friend bought LO a CD of songs featuring his name, which he LOVES! I'm told he enjoys singing in circle time at nursery, but he get shy singing at home & he HATES hearing me sing!! If I started joining in in the car, he will tell me to stop immediately! I try not to be offended!

[maisiesnan]

We always have music on or play on home made instruments ie the pan drums using the wooden spoon, the tissue box and elastic band guitar making music and having fun is always good

[caroll1234]

Music in our house is present all the time. We love singing, dancing and clapping hands, it s just fun and such a great idea to spend time with kids!

[CathBookworm]

Radio on, then a bit of dancing in the kitchen. Or we play Just Dance on the Wii along with older brother and all sing along too.

[KarenCBC]

Music is very important in our house, it's always on and I'm always singing. When DS was tiny I made shakers using plastic bottles and rice or lentils. Two years later he still has these along with a large selection of other instruments, homemade and bought. He loves to play them while making up songs or singing along to whatever is on. He's currently obsessed with Michael Jackson!

[Bellroyd]

By surrounding them with music and playing with them, encouraging them to join in with the beat

[Beautifulmind20]

We played memory game with music. Ring a bell/shaker/maracas to make-sound without showing to my 2 year old and asked her to identify which one making that music.
And we ring the bell number of times and asked my 4 year to tell how many time I ring the bell .
With those game , we are engarage the listening and counting skills.

[melonpanini]

My daughter and I used to listen to music together all the time and sing.

[Tkw2014]

My 2 were bought a lovely wooden music set of percussion instruments when they were quite little and they join in with nursery rhymes or make up their own tunes with them.