Monday, December 30, 2013

Wee Read - Shake, Shake, Shake

Early Literacy Tip of the Week:
Speaking to your baby up close will help him see the movements your mouth makes in order to produce sounds.

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.

Open Shut Them

Book One
Close to You: How Animals Bond by Kimiko Kajikawa

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

Shake Your 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.

Put Your Egg on Your Head
Sung to: “There’s a Spider on the Floor”
Use egg shakers
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.

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two
Ollie by Paola Opal

Three Little Monkeys Swinging From a Tree
Three little monkeys swinging from a tree
Teasing Mr. Crocodile, “You can’t catch me!”
When along comes Mr. Crocodile annnnd SNAP!
--Traditional

Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Row, row, row your boat,
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream!
--Traditional

Read Together
Clap Hands by Helen Oxenbury

The More We Get Together

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