Our Song - a resource for early years settings

This resource by Jackie Oates introduces practitioners in Early Years settings to traditional English folk songs and aims to promote a sense of belonging for young children. Each song comes with a set of actions or games to encourage learning, music notation, and accompanying audio files. There are also videos of some of the songs that can be used as a guide or to sing along with for in-person sessions.

Our Song is produced by the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) in collaboration with Hounslow Music Service and Croydon Music and Arts.

Funded by Youth Music.

For accompanying audio and video files, please go to: https://www.efdss.org/learning/resources/a-z/55-resources/learning-resources/10848-our-song

Note: It is common practice to update the words of folk songs as times, communities, and situations change – so do feel free to adapt them to suit the young people and context in which you teach. It is also common practice to change the key in which they are sung to suit voices and accompaniment. The beauty of folk songs is their flexibility and communal ownership - so enjoy making these your own!