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UK Mother’s TikTok Shows ‘Mr. Blue Sky’ Triggers Tidy-Up Response Learned at Nursery

The clip highlights music-based cues used in early-years settings to prompt routine behaviour.

Overview

  • Alana, who posts as @alanas.life, filmed her young son immediately cleaning when Electric Light Orchestra’s ‘Mr. Blue Sky’ played on a Google device.
  • She said his nursery pairs the song with tidy-up instructions, which she described as Pavlov’s dog conditioning.
  • In the video, the child packs away a train set in about three minutes with no complaints as the track plays.
  • Parents commenting on TikTok largely approved of the approach, with some saying they would pay extra and others noting similar “tidy-up” songs at their nurseries.
  • Coverage notes UK safeguarding rules limit parents’ visibility into daily nursery routines, and no comment from the nursery or regulators was reported.