Wee Read - Eggs

Early Literacy Tip: Develop your baby’s listening skills by using puppets and props to tell a story instead of reading it.

Books

 That's Not My Bunny by Fiona Watt

Baby Loves Spring by Karen Katz

Spring Peeps by Cindy Eng

Read-Together Book

Songs/Rhymes

I’ll Touch My Chin

--Mother Goose on the Loose by Betsy Diamant-Cohen. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2006.

We used the egg shakers for the first time. They were a big hit! See this post about how I made them.

Shake Your Eggs

use shaker eggs
Shake your eggs and shake them high.
Shake your eggs and shake them low.
Shake your eggs and shake them high.
Shake your eggs around you go.

--Librarian Lisa’s Storytimes

Shake Your Shakers

-- Mother Goose on the Loose by Betsy Diamant-Cohen. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2006.

Put Your Egg on Your Head

Sung to: “There’s a Spider on the Floor”

Put your egg on your head, on your head.
Put your egg on your head, on your head.
Put your egg on your head
Put your egg on your head.
Put your egg on your head, on your head.
continue with toes, tummy, etc.

--Librarian Lisa’s Storytimes

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