06/01/2026
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Singing also has lots of health and developmental benefits for your little ones.
Singing out loud releases feel-good hormones called endorphins that make you feel happy and positive.
There is also a tiny part of your inner ear, called the sacculus, that releases even more happy hormones when it’s stimulated by music.
Not only is it good for your mental health and mood, but research has shown that singing can actually help build your children's brain development and overall immune system.
Singing to babies prepares them for communicating later in life as it helps them get used to the structure and inflections of their native language.
Singing also strengthens their lips and tongues which encourages clear speaking, and also expands their vocabulary.
Thank you to CAMHS Professionals for sharing and promoting the importance of singing to or with babies and children.
Singing rhymes and repeating the songs again and again encourages the development of rhythm and rhyme, memory and sequencing laying the foundations for early phonics, supporting children and babies with their listening skills and sound discrimination.
Developing memory through sequencing and repetition through nursery rhymes and rhyming songs is a wonderful way to build relationships and form strong loving bonds. It also helps children to learn the art of rhyming words and through moments of pause, babies can learn the art of conversation and turn taking through the sounds they make in response, their ooohs and ahhhs.
This can be extended further by playing with words and replacing initial sounds with other phonemes, creating funny rhymes.
