Wee Read - Birds

Early Literacy Tip: Teach your baby your native language first, and encourage him or her to speak it with you. This will help your baby learn other languages in the future.

Books

Wow! Said the Owl by Tim Hopgood

Look at the Baby by Kelly Johnson

 

Five Little Ducks by Juliet Williams

Read-Together

Special Songs/Rhymes

Clap Hands, Clap Hands

--from Babies in the Library by Jane Marino. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2003.

Owl in the Tree (with owl puppet)Sung to: “Skip to My Lou”

Owl in the tree goes, “Hoo, hoo hoo,”
Owl in the tree goes, “Hoo, hoo hoo,”
Owl in the tree goes, “Hoo, hoo hoo,”
Hoo, hoo, hoo, my darling.

--Sunflower Storytime

Five Little Owls

Five little owls sitting in a tree
One flew away!

How many do you see?
One, two, three, four.

Four little owls sitting in a tree
One flew away!

How many do you see?
One, two, three.

Three little owls… etc.

--Sunflower Storytime

Blue Bird, Blue Bird

Blue bird, blue bird

On my window,

Blue bird, blue bird

On my window.

Blue bird, blue bird

On my window,

Oh, Mommy, I’m tired.

--Jim Thomas