Sleepy Songs Lyrics
Go to sleep, go to sleep, little darling I love you.
Go to sleep, go to sleep, little darling go to sleep.
Sweet dreams, sweet dreams, go to sleep have sweet dreams.
Sweet dreams, sweet dreams, go to sleep and have sweet dreams.
Moonlight so sweet and pale from heaven falling.
Soft winds on gentle wings to us are calling.
Moonlight so sweet and pale from heaven falling.
Soft winds on gentle wings to us are calling.
Stars shining brightly in the night.
Moonbeams so silver bright.
Moonbeams so silver bright.
Golden slumbers kiss your eyes.
Smiles awake you when you rise.
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
and I will sing a lullaby.
Lullaby, lullaby, lullaby.
Go to sleep, go to sleep, little darling I love you.
Go to sleep, go to sleep, little darling go to sleep.
Sweet dreams, sweet dreams, go to sleep have sweet dreams.
Sweet dreams, sweet dreams, go to sleep and have sweet dreams.
Sleepy Songs Learning Activities
Music
- Children lie on the floor with their eyes closed and listen to the medley of songs. Listen again, this time swaying gently to the beat. Discuss the words and the mood (colour tone or timbre) of the music and how lullabies tend to be slow and soft.
Health
- Discuss the importance of sleep to keep minds and bodies healthy.
Drama
- Watch the video song.
- Use facial expressions, sounds and movement to express a “sleepy” mood.
Literacy
- Sing and read along to the YouTube song to achieve multi-sensory learning “Do it, see it, hear it!”
Print out the song PDF
- 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
