If you have a calm and chilled toddler who listens to you then you have probably got songs as a part of your routine. If you have a more boisterous toddler who you sometimes wonder how you are ever going to control, then you need songs for toddlers. are fascinated by their surroundings and they think that the whole world is there just for them to explore, sometimes they can’t understand why you don’t let them go where they want and do what they want. This is when some will start to tantrum. If you think that your toddler is heading for a meltdown moment, you can use songs as a good change of activity. You cannot simply suggest a song to a toddler and get them to forget their previous fixation, life is not that simple. They have to be used as a means of giving the toddler what they want while doing so in a way you can control.
Songs for can be found in all sorts of places. In Peter Pan there is a great song called ‘following the leader’. If your toddler wants to go somewhere you don’t then you suggest to them that you lead them to the area while singing the song. This means that you can get them there in a calm, controlled state, and then if the area is unsuitable you can explain to the toddler and then continue singing and marching on to the next spot. Using songs for like this means that your toddler gets to go where they want, and you get to control the approach and the removal from said place. Other good songs for this sort of situation are the marching song from the Jungle Book and the Grand Old Duke of York.
How else can songs for be used? If your toddler has just had a pushing or hitting moment with another toddler and there have been tears then songs can be used to reunite them and forget the saga. In this situation you still have to go through the whole saying sorry bit, but then you need a song to move things back to play. There is a great song called ‘five naughty monkeys’. This is about monkeys swinging in a tree teasing Mr Crocodile. It is a useful song as the children get to be monkeys and call out ‘you can’t catch me’ while an adult becomes the crocodile and chases them.
As you can see from the above examples of uses of songs for it is a way of creating imaginary play for through songs which they already know. have short attention spans so the easiest way to leap into an imaginary world is through songs for toddlers. The best songs for are short and memorable and they quickly get used to the association with play.
Getting songs for to be really successful does mean interaction with the kids. You cannot simply put on a cd and assume that your toddler will sit or listen or dance to the music. If you want songs for to be an aid to awkward situations then you need your toddler to associate songs with fun time with you.
Good luck and keep learning and singing songs for toddlers. It is a great reward when they can sing them back to you and when they sing songs on the telephone to their granny and grandpas.
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