Little Movers

A gentle acoustic folk song about barefoot time, carpet and floorboards and grass, and a child working out how to move at their own pace with nobody watching the clock.

Aderet Therapy Weekly is a weekly paediatric physiotherapy podcast for parents of babies and young children, made by Aderet Therapy in Campbelltown, in the Macarthur region of NSW. Each episode mixes short talk segments with original songs written for the week's topic. This is a song from the episode "Why is your toddler walking on their toes?".

This has been created with the help of AI.

Links

• Aderet Therapy
• Listen to the full episode (Aderet Therapy Weekly, 17 August 2026)

Lyrics

Verse

Down the hallway and out through the door

Ten small toes learning the floor

Nothing to teach them and nothing to say

They are working it out their own way

Chorus

Little movers, off you go

Steady or wobbly, fast or slow

Nobody's watching the clock in here

Little movers, I'm right here

Verse

Carpet and floorboards and grass in the sun

That is the lesson, and that is the fun

Shoes for the gravel and shoes for the street

And the rest of the day, let them be feet

Chorus

Little movers, off you go

Steady or wobbly, fast or slow

Nobody's watching the clock in here

Little movers, I'm right here

Verse

Soft little arches that no one can rush

Quietly building with no one to push

One day you'll run and you won't think at all

Of the hallway, the floorboards, the wall

Chorus

Little movers, off you go

Steady or wobbly, fast or slow

Nobody's watching the clock in here

Little movers, I'm right here

Outro

Off you go, love

Off you go

Disclaimer

This song and this video are general information. Every child is unique, and nothing here is medical advice or a substitute for a conversation with your GP, your child and family health nurse, or your physiotherapist. The episode this song comes from says what can and cannot be supported by evidence; the song does not make clinical claims.

About Aderet Therapy

Paediatric physiotherapy for newborns to 18 years: gross motor development, assistive technology, communication physiotherapy, aquatic physiotherapy, key worker early intervention, school holiday programs, and the free Little Movers League community sessions. NDIS, Medicare and private health.

Suite 10, 261 Queen Street, Campbelltown NSW. Wheelchair accessible, free parking.

Phone 02 4949 7276 · info@aderettherapy.com.au · aderettherapy.com.au

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