Wee Read - Parachute Day

Early Literacy Tip of the Week:

Ask your baby questions and answer yourself. This models turn-taking in conversation.

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

I Put My Arms up High

--Babies in the Library by Jane Marino. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2003.How Does Baby Feel?

Open Shut Them

Book One

Little Robin Redbreast by Shari Halpern

Red Bird

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

Little Cheek

Little cheek, little chin,

This is where the food comes in.

Little eyes, little nose,

Now I’ll kiss your little toes.

--Manly Library

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two

How Does Baby Feel? by Karen Katz

Come Under My Umbrella (with parachute)

Come under my umbrella,

Umbrella, umbrella.

Gently wave the parachute up and down.

Come under my umbrella,

It’s starting to storm.

Move parachute faster.

There’s thunder and lightning

And wind and rain.

Come under my umbrella,

It’s starting to storm.

--MCLS Kids

Row Boat, Row Boat (with parachute)

Row boat, row boat go so fast (shake the chute fast).

Row boat, row boat go so slow (wave the chute slowly).

Row boat, row boat the waves are getting worse (shake fast again).

Row boat, row boat put it in reverse (stop the chute by pulling towards you).

--Kendra at Read, Sing, Play

Ring Around the Rosie (with parachute)

Ring around the rosie

A pocket full of posie

Ashes, ashes, we all fall down!

--Traditional

The More We Get Together