Thursday, May 31, 2018

Baby Storytime 5/31/18

Book read:
Wake up, me! by Marnie McGee

A Bouncing We Will Go (from Jbrary)
A bouncing we will go,
A bouncing we will go,
High ho the derry-o
A bouncing we will go!
Other verses include a hugging we will go, a rocking we will go, a clapping we will go, etc.

Here we go up, up, up (from Reading With Red)
Here we go up, up, up! (reach up)
Here we go down, down, down! (touch floor)
Here we go back and forth! (sway side to side)
And here we go round and round! (turn around)

Ride baby ride (from Jbrary)
Ride baby ride! ch ch ch (bounce baby)
Ride that horsey ride!
Ride baby ride! ch ch ch
Ride that horsey ride!
Other verses: clap baby clap, stomp baby stomp, etc. 

I'm a little cuckoo clock (from KCLS)
Tick tock, tick tock, (rock back and forth)
I'm a little cuckoo clock!
Tick tock, tick tock,
It's one o'clock!
CUCKOO! (jump once)

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

10 Little Bubbles (while popping bubbles, to the tune of "Ten Little Indians")
One little,
Two little,
Three little bubbles,
Four little,
Five little,
Six little bubbles.
Seven little,
Eight little,
Nine little bubbles.
Ten little bubbles in the air.

Literacy tip of the week: Even if they can't talk back, engaging in "conversation" with your baby is beneficial to their literacy development. It exposes them to new words and teaches them how conversation works.


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