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Playsongs Playtime

Playsongs Playtime

Written by: Playsongs People
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Welcome to Playsongs Playtime, a joyous five minutes of guided interactive play with your baby or toddler. Each episode introduces one short playrhyme and one short playsong, and guides you through playing with them - right now in the moment - or tucked away and played again and again later. Our aim is to bring playsongs and playrhymes to life for you and your little one - so you can enjoy the participatory action to the full. Babies and toddlers have chuckled and laughed through action play with their grown ups since play began - and they learn so much from it - language development, physical development, bonding, communication and interaction. But best of all, it’s fun - a few moments of precious, total engagement just with you. Basing each episode on the much-loved Playsongs books and audio, presenter and author, Sheena Roberts, is joined by Playsongs People musicians, Sandra Kerr, Leon Rosselson, Janet Russell, Kevin Graal, Steve Grocott, Nancy Kerr, James Fagan, and Debbie Sanders who sing and play the songs with us. You’ll find peekaboo games, knee-bouncers, tickle rhymes, joyous lifts, sound explorers, and soothers - each one tried, tested and voted great by baby gurgles and toddler giggles. No special skills needed—just bring your voice, your baby, and a willingness to play. Find all our playsongs and playrhymes at www.playsongs.co.ukCopyright 2025 All rights reserved. Parenting Relationships
Episodes
  • 20. Lullaby Horses for Sleepy Babies
    Nov 26 2025

    Snuggle your baby or toddler close, while you softly lull them into sleepiness with our foot-patting rhyme, Shoe a Little Horse. Then sing or hum them to sleep with the hauntingly beautiful old lullaby, All the Pretty Little Horses.

    Lullabies are as much a comfort for ourselves, as they are for our little ones. On one of those sleep-deprived nights, we can soothe ourselves through the desperate stretches of wakefulness, clock aware, calculating how much time we might just manage to sleep ourselves before the day starts all over again with all its demands and commitments. But ‘When you wake, you shall have a cake, and all the pretty little horses.’ Sweet dreams.

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    6 mins
  • 19. Rocking the Golden Boat Merrily Down the Stream
    Nov 19 2025

    We’re rocking you and your little one over the silvery sea in our playrhyme, The Golden Boat, and with our playsong, Rock Rock Rock my Boat. Both games support that stage in a little baby’s development, when they’re preparing themselves to manage that rollover from lying on their back to lying on their front. And these games work in different ways for your bigger baby or toddler just as enjoyably. We’ll show you how. So find a comfy, warm bit of floor to sit on, join hands and rock rock rock….



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    7 mins
  • 18. Splish Splash Splosh
    Nov 12 2025

    Pop a pretend soap bubble on baby’s nose with our playrhyme, Bubble, and for the serious business of getting baby bathed, we have our playsong, Splish Splash Splosh, in this episode of Playsongs Playtime.

    Our 5-minute guided interactive play session is a perfect companion to a pretend bath or a real bath. So here’s the soap to wash your hands, now blow a big bubble and see where it lands!

    Pop!

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    7 mins
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