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Mum and Dad and Uncle John (video)

Song type: Actions, Active, Face to face, Rhymes
Language: English
Age group: 0-2, 3-5
Audience: Baby, Children, Pre-school, Toddler
Topics: Bookbug

How to use this song with babies

Hold your baby in front of you on your forearms or stretched on your lap. Support their head on your outstretched hands. Bounce very gently and move left and right when mum and dad fall off.

How to use this song with toddlers

Play with your volume and speed to increase the fun!

How to use this song with 3 to 5-year olds

In a group, invite children to skip (trot) in a circle in time to the rhythm of the lines, holding imaginary reins before them.

Mum and Dad and Uncle John lyrics

Mum and Dad and Uncle John,

Went to town, trotting along.

Mum fell off... Dad fell off...

But Uncle John went on and on and on and on and on and on and on!