You do not have to be a fantastic singer in order to play these games with your baby – children enjoy YOU. Your baby will not care whether the crooning is slightly off-key as long as you are spending time with them.
Singing Games for a Newborn – Your baby enjoys hearing you sing and personalizing familiar songs is easy. For example in our home the song “Rain, Rain Go Away” became:
“Evan, I love you. I really, really love you.
Every day – night and day. Evan, Momma loves you.”
Even as a nearly three years old toddler, this song never fails to bring a smile to his face because the repetition of this singing game has made it so familiar to him.
Three to Six Month Old Baby Singing Games – Sing this game song to the tune of “London Bridge is Falling Down”
“Head and shoulders, knees and toes,knees and toes, knees and toes
Head and shoulders, knees and toes – Pretty Baby!
Eyes and ear and mouth and nose,mouth and nose, mouth and nose.
Eyes and ears and mouth and nose,Pretty Baby!”
Gently touch your baby on the body parts named, or help her touch her own head and shoulders, knees and toes, as you sing through the song.
Singing With the Growing Baby – Any fun action song with rhyme and rhythm can become a favorite singing game but a long-time bath game favorite is “Rub-a-Dub-Dub”. A fun game song to splish and splash to, this bath-time game song can be sung to the tune of “Here we go ‘Round the Mulberry Bush” (The same tune as “Pop Goes the Weasel”)
“Rub-A-Dub-Dub, three babes in a tub, babes in a tub, babes in a tub.
Rub-A-Dub-Dub, three men in a tubs – And who do you think they’ll be?
A butcher, a baker, a candlestick maker, candlestick maker, a candlestick maker.
A butcher, a baker, a candlestick maker – Now which do you think you’ll be?”
Music Games for an Older Infant – Another fun bath-time song, this one is to the tune of “Here we Go ‘Round the Mulberry Bush” and can be used to clean your baby from head to toe. “This is the way we wash our legs, wash our legs, wash our legs. This is the way we wash our legs to make ourselves so clean.” Repeat the song changing the words with each verse until you’ve cleaned your baby completely!
