Wee Read - Fly Away, Birdie!

Early Literacy Tip of the Week:

Using simple signs will help your baby express what she feels and will lead to less frustration. As she ages, she will abandon signs once she’s learned how to say the words.

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

Good Morning, Mrs. Perky Bird (with crow puppet)

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

Open Shut Them

Book One

Have You Seen My Cat by Eric Carle

Three Crows

Three crows,

Sat upon a wall,

Sat upon a wall,

Sat upon a wall.

Three crows,

Sat upon a wall,

On a cold and frosty morning.

--via Library Quine

Two Little Blue Birds

Two little blue birds sitting on a hill.

One named Jack, the other named Jill.

Fly away Jack, fly away Jill.

Come back Jack, come back Jill.

Pretty Bird

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

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two

From Head to Toe by Eric Carle

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

I’m a Little Cuckoo Clock!

Rock babies gently back and forth on your lap as you say the verse. Then lift them up in the air for each “Cuckoo!”

Tick tock, tick tock

I’m a little cuckoo clock

Tick tock, tick tock

It’s one o’clock!

CUCKOO!

Tick tock, tick tock

I’m a little cuckoo clock

Tick tock, tick tock

It’s two o’clock!

CUCKOO! CUCKOO!

--Mel’s Desk

Read Together

Baby Says Peekaboo by Dawn Sirett

The More We Get Together