Early Literacy Tip: Name objects, feelings,
or events as they happen to your baby.
Books
I Love My Daddy by Giles Andreae
Daddy Cuddles by Anne Gutman
Who Uses a Hammer? by Nancy Davis
Read-Together Book
Songs/Rhymes
*Before singing our songs, I showed everyone how to do the ASL signs for Daddy and Grandpa.
Bend and Stretch
--from Babies in
the Library by Jane Marino. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2003.
Acka Backa
-- from Lapsit
Services for the Very Young II by Linda L. Ernst. New York: Neal-Schuman
Publishers, Inc, 2001.
I Love Daddy
--from Toddler
Storytime Programs by Diane Briggs. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1993.
Daddy’s Ties
Sung to: Mary Wore
a Red Dress
Felt Board
Daddy wore his purple tie,
purple tie, purple tie.
Daddy wore his purple tie
All day long.
Continue with blue,
green, yellow, and red.
Clap Hands, Clap Hands
--from Babies in
the Library by Jane Marino. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2003.
Blue bird, blue bird,
On my window.
Blue bird, blue bird,
On my window.
Blue bird, blue bird,
On my window.
Oh, Daddy I'm tired.
*Substitute Grandpa, Grandma, or Mommy for Daddy.
