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Little Boy Blue

Bring tradition to life with 'Little Boy Blue' by Love to Sing Ð a classic nursery rhyme that supports language development and rhythm awareness in young learners. Perfect... read more

Little Boy Blue Lyrics

Little Boy Blue
come blow your horn
The sheep's in the meadow
The cow's in the corn.

But where is the boy
Who looks after the sheep?
He's under a haystack
Fast asleep

Will you wake him? No, not I
For if I do he 's sure to cry!

Little Boy Blue

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About Little Boy Blue

Released on: May 29, 2023

00 mins 47 sec

Bring tradition to life with 'Little Boy Blue' by Love to Sing Ð a classic nursery rhyme that supports language development and rhythm awareness in young learners.

Perfect for circle time or bedtime routines, this song helps children improve memory, pronunciation, and listening skills. Educators can integrate it into literacy activities, while parents can use it to create comforting, musical moments at home.

Little Boy Blue Song Activities

Music
Tone colour is the specific sound quality of a voice or instrument. Listen to the song and ask children to describe the "feel" of the music e.g. relaxing, soft, soothing etc.
Invite individual children to come up and perform the song solo using their "best, sweet sounding" voices.

Drama
What is Little Boy Blue dreaming about? Create a story board and act out the dream.
Visual art
Create your own "tactile sheep." Draw a sheep and glue tactile material on your sheep - e.g. wool, string, corrugated cardboard, bottle tops etc.

Literacy
Sing and read along to the YouTube song to achieve multi-sensory learning "Do it, see it and hear it!"
Print out the song DF
Read the song lyrics - ask children a variety of questions.
Re-read the song lyrics and ask children to join in.
Recognise and use a variety of punctuation when reading. " " ! ? . ,
Look at print and conventions (bold, italics).
Talk about interesting/challenging words and discuss what they mean.
Word study - phonic knowledge, compound words, rhyming word, contractions etc.