Song to share – ‘Wind the Bobbin Up’

Sharing songs with your baby is a great way to bond and build your relationship. There are also many other benefits to sharing songs with your baby, especially action songs.

Action songs that involve hand and arm movements are great for developing both gross and fine motor skills, and will also help them to focus, and make it so that they are likely to join in on the fun.

One of our favourite action songs for young children is 'Wind the Bobbin Up'. If your child enjoys this, there are various ways that you can adapt it.

You could make your actions wider and more deliberate to, “wind a big one”, you can wind using your little fingers and use a whispering voice to, “wind a tiny one”, or you could speed things up and “wind a fast one!” You could even make up your own new way of doing things!

If you're unsure of where to start, here are the words:

“Wind the bobbin up

Wind the bobbin up

Pull, pull, clap, clap, clap

Wind it back again

Pull, pull, clap, clap, clap

Point to the ceiling

Point to the floor

Point to the window

Point to the door

Clap your hands together, one, two, three

Put your hands upon your knee”