Lullabies with a Ukrainian soul
Performers: KOLA and MamaRika.
Production and composition: Emil Galis | Pasha Tuzov.
Organization: ENKO Music.
How do lullabies help mothers and children cope with stress?
Lullabies help both mothers and children cope with stress.
How exactly? We’ll tell you now!
A baby’s ability to cope with stress is formed through early experiences. The emotional knowledge gained from the mother during close interaction (feeding, lullabies) is embedded in the child’s physiology.
✔ When a mother rocks her baby and sings quietly and rhythmically, the level of cortisol (the stress hormone) in the baby’s blood decreases.
✔ If you sing every day at approximately the same time, your child will feel secure in life.
✔ While the mother sings, the level of cortisol in her body decreases even faster than in the child.
A lullaby is a kind of meditation for the mother, thanks to which the level of serotonin (the hormone of joy) in her body increases.
So try singing Ukrainian lullabies to your little ones and yourself!
How do lullabies help establish emotional contact with a child?
A baby’s feelings begin to develop from a basic level, and adults play an important role in this development. A mother gently singing a lullaby and rocking her baby is an image that remains deep in the child’s memory and becomes a resource for the rest of their life.
To establish emotional contact with your child:
– Invest only positive emotions in them, imagine what you want to convey to your child, and sing with that mood.
– Pick up your child and gently rock them while singing.
– Make eye contact with your baby.
– make lullabies a mandatory ritual regardless of the circumstances.
Sing Ukrainian lullabies to your little ones!
“Oy ty, kotik, kotochok” performed by Ukrainian singer KOLA is a reimagined version of a Ukrainian folk song. In it, a mother forbids her cat from going to the nursery so that her child can sleep well.
Traditionally for Ukrainian songs, this lullaby mentions the names of herbs that have a positive effect on children’s sleep. In addition, each of these herbs is selected to give the child a happy fate, maternal love, health, and cheerfulness.
The project “Lullabies with a Ukrainian Soul” by “Malutka” revives lullabies so that our little ones can listen to gentle Ukrainian words from the first days of their lives and feel the strength, power, and support of their family.
Performer: KOLA.
Production and composition: Emil Galis | Pasha Tuzov.
Organization: ENKO Music.
What should you sing to your child in lullabies to make them useful?
Did you know that lullabies can influence a child’s future?
Lullabies are one of the oldest forms of transmitting the experience of generations. Thanks to them, Ukrainian mothers have long conveyed their best wishes to their children: happiness, health, and wealth.
So what should you sing to make lullabies useful for your child?
❤ Your positive wishes for your child.
❤ Use simple, familiar words like mom, dad, kitty, and your child’s name. This helps develop their vocabulary.
❤ Use ancient words of protection (names of trees, birds, animals) that will give the child knowledge about the world. This can be even more effective than colored cards.
And to keep the child calm, gently rock them, sing, maintaining a certain rhythm and tempo.
“Oi luli-luli, naletyli huli” is a gentle and poignant Ukrainian folk song, sung as a duet by famous Ukrainian performers KOLA and MamaRika especially for the project “Lullabies with a Ukrainian Soul” by Malyutka.
Guli are a symbol of purity and goodness, qualities that all children are endowed with from birth. They protect children’s sleep and peace, as they have long been a symbol of peace.
Listen to lullabies and sing them to your little ones so that they can hear their native Ukrainian language from the very first days of their lives!
❤ They reduce the intensity of heart muscle contractions in children and improve their sleep quality and appetite.
For newborns, singing lullabies is beneficial because it improves their breathing and heart function.
Sing Ukrainian lullabies to your little ones!
“Oy bayu moy, bayu, kotka zaspiayu” is a gentle lullaby in which a mother wishes her child happiness and health and protects them from misfortune.
Lullabies about cats are common in many regions of Ukraine, with some themes recurring in different parts of the country. That is why the word “kotko” was used instead of “lullaby.”
The project “Lullabies with a Ukrainian Soul” by “Malutka” revives Ukrainian lullabies so that you can sing or play gentle songs to your children.
Listen and sing Ukrainian lullabies!
Performer: KOLA.
Production and composition: Emil Galis | Pasha Tuzov.
Organization – ENKO Music
How do lullabies affect a baby’s speech?
Do you know how lullabies affect a child’s speech?
Let us tell you:
✔ Words that are sung and chanted are easier to perceive and reproduce thanks to their slow and expressive pronunciation.
✔ Diminutive and affectionate forms, names of colors, sentence structure — all of this will definitely be stored in your baby’s memory.
✔ Rhythm is one of the main pillars of good speech, which affects the clear and correct pronunciation of words, intonation, and pauses in the process of speaking.
The lullaby “Oy, povyshu kolysochku y na dubu, na dubu” (I’ll hang the cradle on the oak tree, on the oak tree) is a reimagined folk song-talisman performed by the famous Ukrainian singer MamaRika.
Ukrainian women wove symbolic images into their lullabies, which served as a kind of talisman for the child. The images of the trees on which the cradle was hung were important. The oak is a symbol of greatness, courage, strength, and also a prototype of the world tree of life.
The project “Lullabies with a Ukrainian Soul” by “Malutka” was created to revive the culture of singing lullabies, to showcase new or long-forgotten songs for lulling children to sleep, which contain the Ukrainian code and reveal the system of values and beliefs of Ukrainians.
Listen to Ukrainian lullabies and sing them to your little ones!
The original lullaby can be found on the website: https://folklore-archive.org.ua/work/565/
Performer: MamaRika.
Production and composition: Emil Galis | Pasha Tuzov.
How do lullabies affect appetite?
Did you know that lullabies improve a baby’s appetite?
Now we’ll tell you all about it
❤ Singing while eating increases appetite and improves digestion, especially in premature babies or underweight children.
❤ While singing a lullaby, physical contact (tummy to tummy) and the sound vibrations of the mother’s voice help calm the baby, relieve intestinal spasms and colic.
❤ Many babies subconsciously adjust their swallowing rhythm to the rhythm of the lullaby.
So, if your little one is not eating well, try singing lullabies to them.
The song “Oy, I Will Rock You and Sing to You” performed by the singer MamaRika is a reimagined version of a Ukrainian folk lullaby found in the village of Zhukotyn in the Lviv region.
A mother’s song-spell has long been a magical talisman for a baby, a source of Ukrainian wisdom.
The project “Lullabies with a Ukrainian Soul” from “Malutka” aims to revive the culture of singing Ukrainian lullabies, because they contain the national code of Ukraine, the system of thinking of the Ukrainian people.
Turn on and sing Ukrainian lullabies to your little ones so that from the first days of their lives, children hear their native Ukrainian language and feel the strength and power of their family!
The original lullaby can be found on the website: https://folklore-archive.org.ua/work/117/
Performer: MamaRika.
Production and composition: Emil Galis | Pasha Tuzov.
Organization: ENKO Music.
How do lullabies affect a baby’s health?
Is it true that children who listen to their mother’s lullabies from childhood get sick less often?
Lullabies have a positive effect on a child’s physical and emotional state.
How exactly?
❤ They calm the child and promote the release of the happiness hormone oxytocin.
❤ They help relax the baby’s muscles and reduce stress.
❤ You can play audio lullabies, but still try to sing along a little.
The rhythmic lines of the lullaby and your singing will definitely have a positive effect on your child’s emotional and even physical development.
So play Ukrainian lullabies for your little ones and sing along yourself!
The project “Lullabies with a Ukrainian Soul” by “Malutka” was created to revive the culture of singing Ukrainian lullabies, give them a new sound, and reveal the Ukrainian identity, age-old traditions, and code of the nation that are preserved in folk songs.
“Ay nu luli, luli, luli” is a gentle lullaby in which a mother calls on her child’s guardians to protect the baby’s peace and sleep.
Listen to this soulful lullaby and sing it to your child!
The original can be found on the website: https://www.polyphonyproject.com/uk.
Performer: Kateryna Hirman.
Composer: Oleg Martynyuk.
“The Cat Went to Fetch Water” is a gentle lullaby-fairy tale for little ones.
The image of a cat is traditional in Ukrainian children’s folklore. Cats are sleepy animals; they lull children to sleep, protect their dreams, and often help parents with household chores so that they have more time to spend with their little ones.
The project “Lullabies with a Ukrainian Soul” by “Malutka” was created to revive the culture of singing Ukrainian lullabies. After all, they preserve the wisdom of previous generations and the beliefs of our ancestors, which we want to pass on to our children. That is why lullabies have a very positive effect on a baby’s speech.
Sing Ukrainian lullabies! ❤️
The song “Sleep, baby, in your cradle and grow up big” is a modern version of an ancient Ukrainian lullaby found in folklore archives.
Since ancient times, mothers have included symbols in the lyrics of lullabies that invoke good fortune and protect their children. One such symbol is the image of the oak tree, from which the cradle was made. It embodies the power, strength, and stability of the child in adulthood.
The project “Lullabies with a Ukrainian Soul” by Malyutka was created so that your little ones could listen to the gentle Ukrainian language and feel the support of their family from the very first days of their lives. After all, children are the future of Ukraine.
Performer: Kateryna Hirman.
Composer: Oleg Martynyuk.
What to sing to help your child start talking sooner?
Is it true that lullabies can help children start talking better and sooner?
Parents can influence their child’s speech development by singing lullabies.
❤ To encourage your child to babble, hum (as if humming) certain sounds, most often the consonant M and vowels.
❤ Use common and everyday words. Hearing the same words and sounds repeatedly, the child begins to babble in response, thus training the larynx — one of the main organs of the speech apparatus.
A lullaby is the first important step in the development of a baby’s speech.
Sing Ukrainian lullabies to your little ones!
“Oi lyul-lyul, y pid zelennu hrusku” is a reimagined version of the Ukrainian folk lullaby “Oi lyul-lyul, y pid zelennu duli.”
Duli is a variety of pear with large, sweet fruits that were very popular among Ukrainians. Since parents had to work a lot in the garden or orchard, they would hang their babies’ cradles nearby on fruit trees.
The project “Lullabies with a Ukrainian Soul” by Malyutka was created to revive long-forgotten Ukrainian lullabies, give them a new sound, and reveal their symbolism. After all, Ukrainian lullabies preserve our identity, age-old traditions, and the code of the nation.
Listen to lullabies and sing them to your little ones!
The original lullaby can be found on the website: https://folklore-archive.org.ua/work/1312/
Performer: Kateryna Hirman.
Composer: Oleg Martynyuk.
How to sing if you don’t have a voice?
You want to sing lullabies to your children, but you don’t have a voice.
✔️ Your musical abilities are indirectly related to how you perform lullabies for your baby.
What to do?
❤ Choose a lullaby not in the form of a song, but in the form of a poem that rhymes well.
❤ Sing the lullaby at a tempo and rhythm that is comfortable for you.
Listen to Ukrainian lullabies and sing them to your little ones!
The original composition can be found on the website: https://folklore.kh.ua/site/track?id=686.
Performer: Kateryna Hirman.
Composer: Oleg Martynyuk.
The project “Lullabies with a Ukrainian Soul” from “Malutka” revives the culture of singing Ukrainian lullabies so that children can feel the strength, power, and support of their family from the first days of their lives.
“Oy zasni, zasni, dytyno y malenka” (Sleep, sleep, little child) is a reimagined modern version of a Ukrainian folk lullaby. It is a tender song in which a mother rocks her child and wishes them a happy and prosperous life.
Listen and sing lullabies with a Ukrainian soul!
The original lullaby can be found on the website: https://www.polyphonyproject.com/uk.
Performer: Kateryna Hirman.
Composer: Oleg Martynyuk.
