{"id":114,"date":"2020-05-22T11:45:56","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T18:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/lochdale-strongstart\/?p=114"},"modified":"2020-05-22T11:45:56","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T18:45:56","slug":"the-joy-of-songs-and-rhymes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/lochdale-strongstart\/2020\/05\/22\/the-joy-of-songs-and-rhymes\/","title":{"rendered":"The joy of songs and rhymes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Singing songs and reciting rhymes is one of my favourite activities to do with children of all ages.\u00a0 It can be done anywhere and anytime.\u00a0 From singing birthday songs, to singing lullabies to put your child to sleep, there are many opportunities to sing to children.\u00a0 All it requires is your voice.\u00a0 It is free and fun!<\/p>\n<p>Children love to listen to their parents\u2019 voice, especially parents\u2019 singing.\u00a0 Best part is, you do not have to be a professional singer to entertain your children. \u00a0All you need is to start with repertoire of a few simple songs that your child responds to, and sing these songs regularly.<\/p>\n<p>It can be favourite childhood rhymes, or new songs that you make upIf you only know the tune to some songs, consider humming the tune or clapping\/tapping the beats to favourite songs.\u00a0 \u00a0Make up your own songs and be creative.<\/p>\n<p>Singing songs and rhymes is a wonderful way to interact, sooth, and play with your children.\u00a0 Regardless of how well you sing, your voice is your child\u2019s favourite voice.\u00a0 Happy singing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singing songs and reciting rhymes is one of my favourite activities to do with children of all ages.\u00a0 It can be done anywhere and anytime.\u00a0 From singing birthday songs, to singing lullabies to put your child to sleep, there are many opportunities to sing to children.\u00a0 All it requires is your voice.\u00a0 It is free [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10011,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/lochdale-strongstart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/lochdale-strongstart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/lochdale-strongstart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/lochdale-strongstart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10011"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/lochdale-strongstart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/lochdale-strongstart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/lochdale-strongstart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114\/revisions\/115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/lochdale-strongstart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/lochdale-strongstart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/lochdale-strongstart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}