Spring and baby animals with Bangers & Smash

Continuing our theme of Spring and new life, we sang songs about baby animals this May at Bangers & Smash.

Children and staff enjoyed:

  • looking at a book, Noisy Farm, and making the sounds of the animals

  • playing with a mummy duck, daddy duck and some baby ducks and singing:

    • Five Little Ducks Went Swimming One Day

    • Six Little Ducks That I Once Knew

    • Ducks Like Rain

  • looking at a selection of toy farm animals and singing:

    • Baa, Baa, Black Sheep

    • Hey, Diddle, Diddle

    • Horsey, Horsey

    • Giddy Up, I’m A Cowboy / Cowgirl

  • using their voices and tongues to mimic the sounds of a horse neighing and clip-clopping

  • playing claves at different speeds to make the sounds of a horse walking, trotting and galloping

  • listening and moving to Hoe Down from Rodeo by Aaron Copland

  • singing Old Macdonald Had A Farm and clapping the rhythm of the words, Ee I Ee I O

Kitty Pidduck presents…

Kitty was also delighted to present family music sessions at the Centre for Wildlife Gardening and Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses.

Nature Tots

Big thanks to Diana from the London Wildlife Trust for inviting Kitty to work with the Centre for Wildlife Gardening’s Nature Tots forest school group on Monday 23 May.

Parents and children enjoyed singing songs about wildlife and playing claves made from bamboo and hazel before toasting their own fruit kebabs on the fire.

Afterwards, Diana gave Kitty a tour of the Centre, which is a hidden gem and well worth a visit!

Animal Parade

Kitty went on to present a morning of animal-themed songs and activities at Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses on Monday 30 May.

In celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, Kitty kicked off with a song about a cat visiting a queen before asking the children to sing about animals they might meet in Brockwell Park.

Kitty Cat, Kitty Cat, where have you been? I’ve been up to London to visit the Queen!

Families then made animal crowns and junk shakers and danced to carnival music from Brazil.

Afterwards, everyone lined up ready to parade to the pond with their crowns and shakers…

And here we are, serenading the frogs and pond skaters!

Thanks to everyone who came to our music sessions this May and to all Bangers & Smash nurseries and outdoor settings for continuing to support our work 💚