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Mu Thimcheall, Mu Thimcheall

Song type: Actions, Finger play, Rhymes, Tickling
Language: Gaelic
Age group: 0-2, 3-5
Topics: Gaelic

How to use this rhyme with babies

A great song for touch and tickles which is important for bonding. Use your fingers to do round and round on your baby’s hand. Get ready for lots of giggles if you leave a little pause before the tickles.

How to use this rhyme with toddlers

Toddlers will enjoy the tickly aspect of this song as much as babies! They also love anticipation so leave a good pause before the tickles. Toddlers may also want to do the actions and tickles on you!

How to use this rhyme with 3-5-year olds

This is a rhyme which can grow with children and 3-5 year olds will still enjoy it. They might like to do the actions on their own teddy bear. Why not extend the song with some imaginative play and have a teddy bear’s picnic at home?

Song and rhyme words

Mu thimcheall, mu thimcheall,

Teadaidh dol air iomrall.

Aon cheum, dà cheum,

Teadaidh dol gad dhiogladh.

Funded by Scottish Government’s Gaelic and Scots Learning Directorate