Hello Rhyme – Hello Little Babies!
Hello little babies, let’s stretch up high.
Stretch so high, you reach the sky.
Now wave little babies and say hello.
Say hello, good morning.
Literacy Tip - PLAY
Symbolic play and dramatic play help children to develop language skills. Early literacy tip for caregivers-Act out your favorite fairytale.
Song – Hands are for Clapping by Jim Gill
Board Book – Bunnies: Thumper and His Friends
Rhyme – Rolling, Rolling Little Hands
Rolling, rolling little hands
Rolling down the street
Rolling slowly
Rolling faster
Rolling, rolling little hands.
Tapping, tapping little toes
Clapping, clapping little hands
Hugging, hugging little arms…hugging tight, hugging tighter
Rhyme – Hickory Dickory Dock
Hickory, dickory, dock,
The mouse ran up the clock;
The clock struck one,
And down he run,
Hickory, dickory, dock.
Song – Wheels on the Bus by Cedarmont Kids
Book – The Busy Little Squirrel by Nancy Tafuri
Lift – Tick Tock
Tick tock, tick tock, I’m a little cuckoo clock.
Tick tock, tick tock, now it’s one o’clock.
Cuckoo! (Lift baby into the air)
Continue with two and three o’clock.
Bounce – Trot Trot to Boston
Trot, trot to Boston
Trot, trot to Lynn
Trot, trot to grandma’s house,
But don’t fall in!
Shaker Rhyme – I like the Noisy Wind
I like the noisy wind
I like the noisy wind
It roars and mutters (loud, then soft)
And shakes and shutters (shake eggs)
I like the noisy wind
Song/Shakers - Locomotion from Dancin’ Magic
Song/Bubbles - Splish Splash from You’ve Got Mail
Goodbye Rhyme – Goodbye Little Babies
Goodbye little babies, let’s stretch up high.
Stretch so high, you reach the sky.
Now wave little babies and say goodbye.
Say goodbye, good day.
Song – Clean It Up by Laurie Berkner
Song – Goodbye, So Long, Farewell by K. Guilmartin