Baby Rhyme Time (For babies 0-11 months and a caregiver)
Baby Animals - Greening
Everywhere a Moo, Moo - Rookie Toddler
Rhyme: Clippity, Clippity, Clop
Clippity, clippity, clop
The horses go clip, clop
They gallop and gallop
They start and they stop
Clippity, clippity, clop
According to Baby Storytime Magic by MacMillan & Kirker. pretending to be animals or imitating their movements helps your child's physical development.
Wonderful Ones (For babies 12-23 months and a caregiver)
I'm a Little Teapot - Kemp
Jack and Jill - Woodruff
Rhyme: The Itsy Bitsy Spider
The itsy bitsy spider
Climbed up the waterspout
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
And dried up all the rain
So the itsy bitsy spider
Climbed up the spout again!
In her book, Reading Magic, acclaimed author, Mem Fox states that "Experts in literacy and child development have discovered that if children know eight nursery rhymes by heart by the time they're four years old, they're usually among the best readers by the time they're eight." Nursery rhymes give children great opportunities to not only develop their vocabulary, but also build memory and comprehension.
Terrific Twos (For toddlers 2-3 years and a caregiver)
Books
Raindrop Plop - Lewison
What Can You Do in the Rain? - Hines
Action Rhyme: This Is My Garden
This is my garden (extend hand forward, palm up)
I'll rake it with care (make raking motion on palm with 3 fingers of other hand)
And then some flower seeds, I'll plant in there (plant motion)
The sun will shine (make circle with hands)
And the rain will fall (let fingers flutter down)
And my garden will blossom (cup hands together, extend upward slowly)
And grow straight and tall
We are continuing our opposites theme with wet and dry this week. This rhyme is a fun way of introducing your toddler to plants and what they need to grow. During your next outdoor playtime or walk point out some of these to him - grass, trees, spring flowers, etc. What words can you use to describe them? Tall, short, hard, soft, green....?
1, 2, 3, Go! (For children 1, 2, and 3 years and a caregiver)
BooksDimity Duck - Yolen
If You're Hoppy - Sayre
Action Rhyme: Ducks on the Bus
The ducks on the bus go quack, quack, quack
Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack
The ducks on the bus go quack, quack, quack
All through the town!
Ducks...flap, flap, flap
Ducks...waddle, waddle, waddle
The toddlers enjoy this rhyme with the puppets in storytime but it is also an entertaining one to repeat at home. What other animals might be riding on the bus? Frogs? Rabbits? What sounds and actions might they be making? Have fun with this one!
StoryMix For 3 to 6 (For children 3-6 years without caregiver)
Books
Who Took the Farmer's Hat? - Nodset
Snappy Little Farmyard - Steer
Is There Room On The Featherbed? - Gray
Action Rhyme: Two Mother Pigs
Two mother pigs lived in a pen
Each had five babies and that made ten
These four babies were black as night
These four babies were black and white
And all eight babies loved to play
And they rolled and rolled in the mud all day
At night, with their mother, they curled in a heap
And squealed and squealed till they went to sleep
We talked about lots of things on the farm this week in storytime. This is such a popular theme with preschoolers. Be sure to check out additional materials on this topic - books, puppets, puzzles, or CD's. Ask at the Help Desk if we can be of assistance.
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