Toddler Tuesday: Song Sticks

Do you know a little toddler friend that likes to sing songs? Does this little friend sing the same song over, and over, and over......

Toddlers are great repeaters and learn best from doing something many times in a row! It is so fun when they start to learn and remember the words and actions to familiar songs!

But if you are anything like me, I can only sing 'Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star' so many times before I go bananas. So we created Song Sticks!

We collected a big list of songs that the toddlers know (or are still learning) and then found a picture that easily identified each song. We laminated each little picture (from clip art mostly) and stuck them to craft sticks! We labeled each stick with the song title and tossed them in a container (I recommend that this container be decorated with lots of stickers and such.....because its fun!). We were then ready for hours and hours of singing bliss....our kids love the anticipation of what stick will be chosen next and feel so proud when they can identify the next song from looking at the pictures!!

Best of all, Song Sticks make it easy to sing LOTS of songs (not just the same song repeated until the end of time) and keeps track of the ones we have done already- "Oh, it looks like we sang Twinkle Twinkle already! Let's choose another stick and see what song we should sing next!"

Repetition and variety all in one- Song Sticks are delightful!