The concept is simple, each object in the bag is relevant to a certain nursery rhyme, whether it is a gorgeous finger puppet turtle for ‘I had a little turtle’ or a scarecrow prop for ‘Dingle Dangle Scarecrow’, kids will love exploring the tactile song props in the bag. We have included a printout of the lyrics for each song which doubles as a cue sheet so you know exactly what song each prop links too. NEW for the ‘Move with Me’ Bag, we have also included QR codes for each song which can be scanned on your mobile’s camera to take you to a video on YouTube, these can either be played for the children if the leader wasn’t confident singing or simply as a prompt for how the song goes. Introducing the ‘Move with Me’ Bag! All the objects in this special bag link to songs that are fantastic to dance along with and are perfect to encourage children (and parents) to focus on the movements rather than singing. It features all-new songs, so if you have both the original and expansion ‘Sing with Me’ Bags there is no overlap of songs or objects meaning they can all be used together! So what are you waiting for? It’s time to get your toddlers and adults stomping around the room to the ‘Ants Go Marching One by One’ song or stretching to ‘Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes’! string(5170) " A set of 24 character figures for use as visual aids in telling Bible stories to children aged 3 and over, encouraging them to listen and be involved. Our busy bag activities are designed to let children experiment with different objects to learn and develop.

In just a few weeks’ time, 1000’s of Early Years educators around the world will be taking part in World Nursery Rhyme Week – a global initiative launched in 2013 which promotes the importance of nursery rhymes in early childhood development. There are lots more things that you could add and we may take some out and put others in when we find them and think of some more favourites soon!Alongside grouping rhyming words, the simple language used within these rhymes are great for helping children to memorise verbal phrases, sounds and written words and sentences!

Following on from our BESTSELLING toddler Resource the ‘Sing with Me Bag’ we are so excited to launch our latest nursery rhyme bag, made especially for groups that are re-opening! Wrapped and Customised Soap (Down in the Jungle) You can find our 'Down in the Jungle' finger puppet set (available separately) here!

More like this nursery rhythm and rhyme busy bag for EYFS children:

I recommend arriving with the same 15 items for a few sessions, so that the children learn how it works. Once they’re confident with the process, you can start to swap new items in to keep the song session fresh. I would only add 2 or 3 new toys at a time, though, so that the children aren’t overwhelmed. They’ll also have their favourites that they’ll miss if they don’t appear! Ours were The Wheels on the Bus and Sleeping Bunnies. The children wanted these every week! The leader would have the 'Move with Me' Bag on camera and ready loaded with the objects and start rustling their hand around inside, each child takes a turn in shouting stop and whatever object is in the leader's hand is the next song! Old McDonald – for younger children use a selection of farm animals for them to choose from, to extend this further for older children why not include animal masks so they can be an animal of their choice during the song. Both of these ideas could easily be for both age groups however the masks would introduce older children to playing a part in the song.