Thursday, October 9, 2014

Baby Storytime 10/9/14

Book read: Where is my baby? by Harriet Ziefert

ASL Sign of the Week: All done

Head and Shoulders Baby 1, 2, 3 (found at King County Library and Jbrary)
Head and shoulders baby 1, 2, 3.
Head and shoulders baby 1, 2, 3.
Head and shouders, head and shoulders,
Head and shoulders baby 1, 2, 3.
(Additional verses can included any two body parts. Examples: Eyes and Ears, Tummy and Back, Knees and Toes)

Roll, Roll, Sugar Babies (from Reading Chick via Mel's Desk)
Roll roll sugar babies, (roll baby's hands)
Roll roll sugar babies,
Push (lean forward)
Pull (lean back)
And clap, clap, clap! (clap, clap, clap)
(For additional verses, substitute other opposites for push and pull. We used "up" and "down" and "left"and "right".)

Acka Backa Soda Cracker (from Northport Library)
Acka backa soda cracker,
Acka back boo! (rock or bounce baby)
Acka backa soda cracker,
I love you! (give baby a hug)

Acka backa soda cracker,
Acka back boo!
Acka backa soda cracker,
Up goes you! (lift baby)

If You're Happy and You Know It

In and Out of the Window (from Ms Katie's Storytime Wiki)
Go in and out of the window, (lean forward and backwards)
Go in and out of the window,
Go in and out of the window,
As we have done before.

Go up and down the staircase, (lift and lower baby)
Go up and down the staircase,
Go up and down the staircase,
As we have done before.

Go round and round the village, (roll baby's hands)
Go round and round the village,
Go round and round the village,
As we have done before.

Did you ever see a baby? from Birth2Six
Did you ever see baby, a baby, a baby?
Did you ever see a baby go this way and that? (lift baby up and down)
Go this way and that way and this way and that way,
Did you ever see a baby go this way and that?
Repeat with moving baby side to side and to the front and back.

I'm a little cuckoo clock (from Born to Read)
Tick tock, tick tock, (rock baby)
I'm a little cuckoo clock!
Tick tock, tick tock,
It's one o'clock!
CUCKOO! (lift baby once)

Tick tock, tick tock,
I'm a little cuckoo clock!
Tick tock, tick tock,
It's two o'clock!
CUCKOO! CUCKOO! (lift baby twice) 

Wheels on the Bus

Literacy tip of the week: Prompt your baby to point at pictures in books as you read them. This is a great way to keep them engaged and demonstrate how the pictures and words in a book are connected.

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